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Learn how to improve the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information on your PC's and LAN's - easily and effectively. Written by the renowned international expert on PC security, Robert Schifreen, this unique management guide is written for every security conscious manager in an organization. Practical, comprehensive and easy to read, this guide will ensure that the reader is aware of everything concerned with maintaining the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data on personal computers and local area networks. UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE: - Totally PC and LAN specific - Practical tips and guidance - Comprehensive coverage of the topic - Unique action sheets for immediate implementation - Step-by- step coverage, easy to read, with limited technical jargon WHO SHOULD READ THIS GUIDE: - PC support managers, security managers, IT managers, sales and marketing managers, personnel officers, financial directors and all those responsible for corporate data. - Senior managers who wish to ensure that data on their employees PC's is safe at all times. - Managers with little computing or security experience who wish to implement a security policy throughout an organization. Please note this is a Short Discount publication
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Data Protection and Security for Personal Computers A manager's guide to improving the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data on Personal Computers and Local Area Networks.
By Robert Schifreen "Ignorance is precious, for once lost it can never be regained."
Elsevier Advanced Technology Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DH, UK
Data Protection and Security for Personal
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Copyright © 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road, Oxford 0 X 2 7DH, England Robert Schifreen TTK Technical Publications Ltd 10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH, England
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photoco pying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the Publisher. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained herein.
ISBN: 1 85617 163 9
Printed in the UK by Professional Book Supplies, Abingdon, Oxon
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THE SMALL PRINT The contents of this Guide are beUeved to be correct at the time of writing. However, the publishers can accept no responsibility for loss of, or damage to, computer data caused by errors or omissions contained in the pages that follow. This publication is © copyright Robert Schifreen. You are permitted to copy extracts from this publication for circulation within your company provided that the amount of words copied in one calendar year does not exceed 15% of the total and that no fee whatsoever is charged. In addition, you may freely copy the sample data security policy for employees. For other specific copying requirements, please contact the publishers in v^iting. Each copy of Data Protection and Security for Personal Computers can be individually traced by means of certain markings placed within the text. The publishers wiU pursue legal action against any person or organization thought to be copying major portions of this document without permission. The author of this Guide makes no apology for using the word "data" as both a singular and plural form of itself. Strictly speaking, an item of information is a datum and a collection of these are known as some data. However, English is a living language and there is little to be gained by