This book is a guide to all of the security issues that many IT organizations who deal with Windows NT face on a regular basis. It offers a complete solution to security features including firewalls, encryption, and how the new NT 5.0 platform will handle common security difficulties. The NT security model introduces issues such as password management on both a local, global, and per account scale so you can protect all of your user accounts from hackers.

You then learn how to plan a secure installation and manage your Internet connections and presence. You learn the difference between the architecture of Unix as opposed to NT to create a foundation for security in your organization. All of these elements combine to form a structure for your computing environment. However, in order to maintain your integrity you must develop a secure network cabling system that extends your basic cable structure as well as your network topology. You learn how to protect your coaxial, ethernet, unshielded twisted pair, and fiber optics so that no hacker or disgruntled employee can endanger your company by ciphering information directly from your network infrastructure.

When you know how to protect the integrity of your network, you can then use this text to create a secure media access method that protects both your software and cable structure. A secure media access method allows you to take into account ethernet variants, ARCnet, and token ring.

Security extends down to Windows NT file system and registry. You can...