Network Intrusion Detection: An Analysts Handbook (2nd Edition)
by By Northcutt, Stephen
Category: Computers , Security , General

Written as a training aid and technical reference for intrusion detection analysis, this book covers areas such as detect evaluation, analysis, and situation handling, explains theories related to hackers, intelligence gathering, and coordinated attacks, and describes preventive and aggressive security measures. Northcutt is lead incident handler for the Global Incident Analysis Center at the SANS Institute. Novak is a security analyst at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)