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Welcome to Auerbach Publications
For over 40 years the premier publisher for IT professionals.
We offer a wide range of publications — both print and electronic —
including the IT KnowledgeBase.
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Best Practices in Business Technology Management
Publication date: September 18, 2008
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Discussing specific best practices for making specific decisions, this book offers qualitative and quantitative methods, tools, and techniques for deploying and supporting all kinds of information technology. It identifies the range of technology decisions that managers make and the best practices that define good acquisition, deployment, and support decisions, all in an easy to absorb, conversational tone. The book covers the interrelated business technology alignment areas of business strategy as well as technology applications, architecture, infrastructure, support, acquisition, and organization. Each section ends with a summary of actionable best practices.
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Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy
Publication date: September 17, 2008
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This book provides organizations with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and features involved in effective enterprise backups. Rather than focusing on any individual backup product, this book recommends corporate procedures and policies that need to be established for comprehensive data protection. It provides relevant information to any organization, regardless of what operating systems or applications are deployed, what backup system is in place, or what planning has been done for business continuity. It explains how backup must be included in every phase of system planning, development, operation, and maintenance. It also provides techniques for analyzing and improving current backup system performance.
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VMware Certified Professional Test Prep
Publication date: September 15, 2008
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The first and only alternative to expensive courses, this highly accessible work provides motivated individuals with a self-paced method to prepare for the VMware Certified Professional exam. Geared toward professionals with basic technical skills, the book focuses on that information which is specific to the exam. It covers the basics needed to install ESX and VirtualCenter, and create virtual machines. It also delves into more advanced material such as how to configure networks, assign rights, and create resource pools, and optimize resource utilization. Questions at the end of each chapter review key topics. Two sample tests provide a gauge of one’s readiness.
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Graph Theory and Interconnection Networks
Publication date: September 10, 2008
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The advancement of large scale integrated circuit technology has enabled the construction of complex interconnection networks. Graph theory provides a fundamental tool for designing and analyzing such networks. Graph Theory and Interconnection Networks provides a thorough understanding of these interrelated topics. After a brief introduction to graph terminology, the book presents well-known interconnection networks as examples of graphs, followed by in-depth coverage of Hamiltonian graphs. Different types of problems illustrate the wide range of available methods for solving such problems. The text also explores recent progress on the diagnosability of graphs under various models.
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Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security
Publication date: September 02, 2008
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The safety of ports, ships, cargo, and their personnel is of major importance to all nations. There is, however, little guidance to ensure their safety other than the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). Using the ISPS as a foundation, Lloyd’s MIU Handbook of Maritime Security provides maritime managers with the best practices on risk assessments, security measures, security organization, personnel identification, ship safety, and ship security alert systems. This volume addresses safety concerns that pertain to all ship situations, locations, and facilities.
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Multimedia Content Encryption: Techniques and Applications
Publication date: September 12, 2008
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This book presents the latest research on multimedia content encryption. It begins with a brief history and then proceeds to examine performance requirements and fundamental encrypting techniques. It discusses the most common techniques of complete, partial, and compression-combined encryption; as well as the more specialized forms, including perception, scalable, and commutative encryption. In addition, it reviews watermarking and joint fingerprint embedding and decryption. Later chapters discuss typical attacks on multimedia encryption, as well as the principles for designing secure algorithms and various applications. Finally, open issues, up-and-coming topics, and areas for further research are explored.
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Immunological Computation: Theory and Applications
Publication date: September 03, 2008
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This book presents the latest research on multimedia content encryption. It begins with a brief history and then proceeds to examine performance requirements and fundamental encrypting techniques. It discusses the most common techniques of complete, partial, and compression-combined encryption; as well as the more specialized forms, including perception, scalable, and commutative encryption. In addition, it reviews watermarking and joint fingerprint embedding and decryption. Later chapters discuss typical attacks on multimedia encryption, as well as the principles for designing secure algorithms and various applications. Finally, open issues, up-and-coming topics, and areas for further research are explored.
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Information Security Management Handbook on CD-ROM, 2008 Edition
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Containing the complete contents of every volume since 1998, the Information Security Management Handbook is now available on CD-ROM. You get a resource that is lightweight and portable, linked and searchable by keyword, organized under the CISSP CBK domains, and with exportable text or hard copy available at the click of a mouse. In addition, it provides an extra volume's worth of information that you will find nowhere else.
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Introduction to Mobile Communications: Technology, Services, Markets
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The traditionally separate Fixed, Mobile, and Internet sectors are now converging into a single sector with implications for both technology and business. With so much happening, and so many options available, it is increasingly essential for telecommunication professionals to have a clear view of where the industry is heading. This book provides a solid foundation on which to develop a modern view of telecommunications. It explores the core requirements of telecommunications, from markets to technology, primarily from the mobile standpoint. It examines how mobile communications is evolving to meet the changing needs of the customer, and how technology is changing to meet those needs.
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Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner's Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities, Second Edition
Publication date: April 8, 2008
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Written by a 20-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community, this second edition reflects the latest geopolitical factors affecting global terrorist incidents and regional insurgencies. A new section includes an analysis of transformations within Al Qaeda, coverage of the modern insurgency, and new global and regional terrorist groups. Completely updated, the section on terrorist tactics reveals the latest trends and attack methods and includes a new chapter on previously unseen suicide bombings. This book is an invaluable training tool on how to identify an attack; how to mitigate damage from successful attacks; and how to recognize the various stages of developing terrorist plots.
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Read Chapter 2: Identifying the Terrorist Group and Its Cell
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Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition
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Since 1993, the Information Security Management Handbook has served not only as an everyday reference for information security practitioners but also as an important document for conducting the intense review necessary to prepare for the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) examination. Now completely revised and updated and in its sixth edition, the handbook maps to the ten domains of the Information Security Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and provides a complete understanding of all the items in it. This is a "must have" book, both for preparing for the CISSP exam and as a comprehensive, up-to-date reference.
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New! Volume 2
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Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK
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Written as an authoritative reference, the Official (ISC)2® Guide to the CISSP® CBK® provides a better understanding of
the CISSP CBK. Endorsed by the (ISC)2, this valuable resource follows the newly revised CISSP CBK, providing reliable,
current, and thorough information. Moreover, the Official (ISC)2® Guide to the CISSP® CBK® helps information security
professionals gain awareness of the requirements of their profession and acquire knowledge validated by the CISSP
certification.
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IT Security World 2008 Conference & Expo
September 13-19, 2008 in San Francisco
Earn up to 51 CPEs with our event World Pass!
IT Security World 2008 promises new strategies to overcome perennial problems, as well as progressive techniques to solve your most pressing pain-points such as VoIP, NAC, denial of service attacks, Evil Twin threats, buffer overflows, global communication and much more. In addition to 3 industry-neutral tracks, it also features industry-specific training in Finance, Healthcare and Government.
For complete information, www.misti.com/itsecurityworld.
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Project Management Library
Got a question about project management? You'll find the answers you need in the Auerbach Project Management Library.
Guided Insights
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