A Proven, Comprehensive Approach to Securing All Your Network Endpoints! Despite massive investment in security technology and training, hackers increasingly successful in attacking networks at their weakest links: their endpoints. Drawing on powerful process control techniques, Kadrich shows how to systematically prevent and eliminate network contamination and investment, safeguard endpoints against today's latest threats?, And prepare yourself for tomorrow? Attacks. ? You will learn how to: ? Recognize dangerous limitations in conventional endpoint security strategy ? Improving security at the point of integration between endpoint and network ? Whether you re a security engineer, consultant, administrator, architect, manager, or CSO, this book provides what you ve been looking for?: comprehensive endpoint security strategy that works. Mark Kadrich is president and CEO of Security Consortium, which performs exhaustive testing and evaluation of security products and vendors. His 20 years? IT experience includes security system-level design, policy generation, endpoint security, risk management, and other important issues. Preface Preface About the Author Chapter 1 Defining Endpoints Chapter 2 Why Security Fails Chapter 3 Something Is Missing Chapter 4 Missing Link Found Chapter 5 Endpoints and Network Integration Chapter 6 Trustworthy Beginnings Chapter 7 Threat Vector Chapter 8 Microsoft Windows Chapter 9 Apple OS X Chapter 10 Linux Chapter 11 PDAs and Smartphones Chapter 12 Embedded Devices Chapter 13 Case Studies of Endpoint Security Failure Glossary Index