Step-by-Step Guide: Securing Web servers

Doing business in today's world seems to create an ongoing need to set up a new Web server. For everything from development to marketing to training to e-commerce, the desire to load up static pages or networked applications is endless. But how can you be sure that the path you go down will lead you to a secure Web server that's less likely to be compromised by malicious outsiders or rogue insiders?

Securing Web servers

 Home: Introduction
 Step 1: Understanding the issues
 Step 2: Installing and configuring your Web server
 Step 3: Testing your Web server

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kevin Beaver, CISSP, is an independent information security consultant, author and speaker with Atlanta-based Principle Logic LLC. He has more than 18 years of experience in IT and specializes in performing information security assessments. Beaver has written five books including Hacking For Dummies (Wiley), Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies, (Wiley) and The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance (Auerbach). He can be reached at kbeaver@principlelogic.com. Copyright 2006 TechTarget

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