Secure Your Enterprise Systems and DataLocking down enterprise computer networks is one of the most challenging responsibilities facing today’s systems administrators and IT support personnel. Ensuring that corporate servers and networked PCs are protected from attack is a huge and ongoing task. As an IT professional, your career success depends largely on your ability to flawlessly implement and administer today’s sophisticated IT security products and services. Are you up to the task?

If IT security issues keep you up at night, let TechRepublic’s IT Security Survival Guide, Second Edition ease your mind. In addition to all the great information you’ll find in the book, the accompanying CD-ROM contains a wide variety of security-related resources designed to make your job easier. If your organization has not yet implemented security policies or if your existing policies need updating, our ready-to-customize policy templates will help you make quick work of that task. Together, this valuable reference volume and its companion CD-ROM will help you:

• Evaluate your systems’ security risks
• Gain physical control over your network
• Secure Windows NT/2000/2003 networks
• Identify and neutralize internal as well as external security threats
• Implement firewalls and intrusion detection systems
• Institute formal IT security policies in your organization
• Teach end users best practices for securing workstations and data

Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom

By:Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Publisher: Warner Business Books
ISBN: 0446677477

Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant will reveal why some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and feel more financially secure than others. It is simply a matter of knowing which quadrant to work from and when.

Have you ever wondered…

- What is the difference between an employee and a business owner?
- Why do some investors make money with little risk while most other investors just break even?
- Why do most employees go from job to job while others quit their jobs and go on to build business empires?
- Why, in the Industrial Age, did most parents want their children to become medical doctors, accountants, or attorneys… and why, in the Information Age, are these professions under financial attack?

Paul McFedries
Publisher: Que
Publication date: 2005
ISBN 0789733692

We all have those “go-to” people in our lives. The one you go-to for advice, the one you go-to for comfort, the one you go-to with technical questions…now you can be the one that others go-to for help with Microsoft Office 2003. Tricks of the Microsoft Office Gurus is full of exclusive tricks from Paul McFedries, an Office “insider,” that will help you learn the Office applications inside and out. Designed to bridge the gap between your expectation and reality, you will go beyond the basics and learn newly discovered techniques, shortcuts and best practices, including:

- Using Excel’s “Camera Tool” for what-if analysis
- Embedding fonts in shared documents
- Adding a live stock price quote to a worksheet
- Using dummy text to layout and format a document
- Publishing Outlook Calendar to the web
- Using Word to customize Power Point handouts

Through real-world examples that showcase how the tips and tricks can be used in everyday business tasks, Tricks of the Microsoft Office Gurus will help you get the most out of Office 2003.

By: Kate Tuckett
Publisher: Berkley (September 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0425205274

The ultimate compendium of conspiracy theories-from A-Z.

An encyclopedic listing exposing some of the most famous-and infamous-conspiracies throughout history, including the JFK assassination, Area 51, the death of Princess Diana, the events of 9/11, the “Men in Black,” and many many more….

Note:
Such theories are reproduced herein for entertainment purposes only and are not intended to be taken literally.

By: David Allen
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Language: English
ISBN: 0142000280

With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, “flow,” “mind like water,” and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you’d almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.

By: Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik
Publisher: AMACOM
Edition: 5th edition (2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0814408214

In the working world, top performers are regularly rewarded with promotions to management–whether they are prepared for the advancement or not. Loren Belker’s bestselling primer on supervisory skills, The First-Time Manager, has long offered clear advice on leadership, motivation, discipline, and other tricks of the trade that are required of anyone in a supervisory position. Now in its fourth edition, the book features 11 new chapters that add an even more contemporary slant to his proven recommendations.

Security+ Certification Training Kit. This training kit introduces the basic concepts of computer security. It is designed to prepare you to take the Security+ Certification exam administered by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). The Security+ Certification program covers the computer security technologies most commonly used today. Passing the Security+ Certification exam means you are certified as possessing the basic knowledge and skills needed to work in computer security. However, this book is not just about getting you through the exam. The lessons in these chapters also provide you with knowledge you’ll use to create a more secure computing environment.Each chapter in this book is divided into lessons. Most lessons include hands-on procedures that allow you to practice or demonstrate a particular concept or skill. Each lesson ends with a short summary and a set of review questions to test your knowledge of the lesson material.

Conquer Wireless Networking ChallengesWireless networking has revolutionized the small office workspace. Employees are no longer tethered to their desks. And cord length is no longer the deciding factor in setting up an office or workstation. Wireless connectivity presents a true form of mobility—meaning new freedoms, new opportunities, and new challenges.

As wireless computing demands increase, you must have the knowledge to meet needs without sacrificing security. Introducing a wireless network requires careful planning up front, knowledgeable configuration, and diligent attention and administration. With TechRepublic’s Wireless Networking Survival Guide, you’ll learn how to integrate, troubleshoot, secure, and administer a wireless network for your small office and discover how to select the right products and devices for your organization. Know how to:

• Understand wireless network operation
• Add and configure network adapters
• Establish file access permissions
• Select the best products for your needs
• Secure wireless systems and networks
• Configure wireless network connections
• Roll out and maintain a local area network

Optimize, troubleshoot, and secure Windows Server 2003?

From expanded configuration wizards to Automated System Recovery, Windows Server 2003 offers new features and enhancements to appeal to almost any network administrator. But enjoying the fruits of new technology always comes at a price: the learning curve. Don’t waste time on the Windows Server 2003 learning curve. Let TechRepublic’s team of IT experts make your day-to-day chores easier with our Administrator’s Guide to Windows Server 2003.

Premiere Elements is geared to newbie filmmakers and hobbyists, students, business users, and home users who want professional-looking videos, but don’t want or need the advanced power of classic Adobe Premiere Pro.

With Premiere Elements 2 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the software, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to show readers how to start a project; capture and import video; work with clips and the timeline; add transitions, titles, and effects; and output finished video to DVD. Newly updated to cover Premiere Elements 2, it details the hottest new features, including the new customizable DVD menu templates, the Storyboard View, Effect Thumbnails and Preview, Docking Workspaces, and more! In addition to offering hundreds of eye-catching effects and transitions, Premiere Elements 2 can automatically transfer footage from DV camcorders, digital cameras, and even digital cell phones, directly into the timeline and automatically readjust clips during editing. Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the technology, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here - in straightforward language and through readily accessible examples.