Poised Solutions Tech Library

Hardening is the process by which computer systems, are hardened against unauthorised access. The field of system hardening is constantly evolving and new texts are often produced to deal with the bugs in coding and the flaws in architectural design that can be exploited to gain unauthorized access. The Hardening books reviewed here cover a wide spectrum of cyber security hardening methodologies and philosophies.

System Hardening

Poised Solutions offers System Hardening as part of the Cyber Security and Adminstration suite of serivces. All elements of Cyber Security (Computer Security) revolve around process though, and whilst hardening is a useful exercise it should also be revisited periodically as part of a good all round security process.

Hardening Book Reviews

Secure Coding in C and C++

Security Engineering

Security Engineering is a seminal read, and pretty much the current bible on security practice and engineering. The edition reviewed here is the second edition, and the quality of information found within is only improving. Security Engineering is one of those books that anyone serious about security has read from cover to cover, brilliant classic book on security.

Security Warrior

Hardening Linux

Linux Firewalls

Linux Firewalls Attack Detection and Response with IPTables, PSAD, and FWSnort is an exciting look into some of the more advanced possibilities and techniques of Netfiler Firewall configuration. Linux Firewalls is a comprehensive examination of the advanced role a firewall can play in the detection and active response to hostile network based attacks.

Network Security Bible

Secure Coding

Secure coding is a relatively short book, though comprehensive in its dealing with the art of secure coding. Attack vectors are looked and the reasons behind them, then secure architecture which is where security needs to start to remove flaws, and then onto design, implementation and testing. Secure coding is a concise and clear book on secure coding practices and principles. If you code then this book should be something you should use to review your progress each step of the way.

Linux Network Security

Firewalls and Internet Security

Network Security Assessment

Beautiful Security

Beautiful Security is a collection of security essays that explores some of the deeper and more esoteric elements of cyber security. Beautiful Security is well written throughout and engages the reader and builds up the jigsaw of the emerging computer security field.

Secrets and Lies Digital Security in a Networked World

Linux Security Toolkit

Schneier on Security

Incident Response

Apache Security

Network Security Hacks

Beyond Fear

Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Linux iptables Pocket Reference (Firewalls, NAT and Accounting) is a succinct explanation of how to configure the Linux Kernel based firewall Netfilter using the standard iptables userland configuration tool. Pocket References by their very nature are short and to the point, Linux iptables is also a sweet read and does a good job of explaining how to use iptables.

Oracle Security