The NCSA Guide to PC & LAN Security
Stephen Cobb, CISSP
Chapter 10: Secure Software
This chapter is about: Piracy, bugs, and other "soft" threats
...the chapter talks about the fact that PCs and LANs bring many benefits, but they also bring many risks. The chapter looks at some of the less obvious risks, starting with software piracy, the illegal copying of programs. In fact, the widespread use of personal computers and digital media creates several other "risks" in the areas of privacy, intellectual property, and legal liability. We conclude the chapter with a look at software and hardware bugs that can threaten the integrity and availability of data.Numbers to call to report software piracy:
- 1 800-785-3448 Microsoft
- 1 800 688 BSA1 Business Software Alliance
The Story So Far
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Table of Contents with Links to Chapters
- Chapter 1. Security Matters: Assessing the problems, threats, and issues
- Chapter 2. Security Solutions: Basic concepts and techniques
- Chapter 3. Security Planning: Risk analysis and security policy
- Chapter 4. Secure Hardware: Defending and insuring equipment
- Chapter 5. Secure Power: Spikes, Sparks, and Electrical Threats
- Chapter 6. Secure Sites: Defending sites and systems
- Chapter 7. Secure Access: Controls, passwords, and encryption
- Chapter 8. Secure Data: Backup, backup, backup
- Chapter 9. Secure Code: Defeating viruses, worms and other malicious code
- Chapter 10. Secure Software: Piracy, bugs, and other "soft" threats
- Chapter 11. Secure Networks I: Generic network defense
- Chapter 12. Secure Networks II: Protecting name brand networks
- Chapter 13. Secure Communications: WANs, remote access, and the Internet
- Chapter 14. Secure People: Hacking and ethical issues
- Chapter 15. Security in the Future: How to become and remain secure
- Appendix A: Threat List
- Appendix B: A Brief Guide to Batch Files
- Appendix C: Computer Security Policy
- Appendix D: Notes on EMR
- Appendix E: Export Restrictions on Encryption
- Appendix F: Further Resources
- Appendix G: Glossary
- Appendix H: How Public Key Encryption Works
- Appendix I: Introduction to LANs
- Appendix J: Securing Safe Software
- Appendix K: Appraising Microsoft AV