Fundamentals of Communications and Networking - Couverture souple

Michael G. Solomon, CISSP, CISM, TICSA, is a full-time security speaker, consultant, and trainer, and a former college instructor who specializes in development and assessment security topics. As an IT professional and consultant since 1987, he has worked on projects or trained for over 60 major companies and organisations including EarthLink, Nike Corporation, Lucent Technologies, BellSouth, UPS, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Norrell. From 1998 until 2001, he was an instructor in the Kennesaw State University s Computer Science and Information Sciences (CSIS) department, where he taught courses on software project management, C++ programming, computer organization and architecture, and data communications. Michael has an M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Emory University (1998), and a B.S. in Computer Science from Kennesaw State University (1987). He has also contributed to various security certification books for LANWrights, including TICSA Training Guide (Que 2002) and an accompanying Instructor Resource Kit (Que 2002), CISSP Study Guide (Sybex 2003), as well as Security+ Training Guide (Que 2003). Michael authored and provided the on-camera delivery of LearnKey s CISSP Prep e-Learning course. David Kim is president and chief security officer for Security Evolutions, Inc. (SEI), located outside Washington, D.C., in Fairfax, Virginia. SEI provides IT security training and consulting services for organizations around the world. SEI has specific expertise and experience in VoIP and SIP layered security solutions where privacy data may encompass both data and voice communications. Mr. Kim s IT and IT security experience encompasses more than 20 years of technical engineering, technical management, and sales and marketing management. This experience includes LAN/WAN, internetworking, enterprise network management, and IT security for voice, video, and data networking infrastructures. Previously, Mr. Kim was chief operating officer of (ISC)2 Institute located in Vienna, Virginia, where he was responsible for content development, educational products, and educational delivery for (ISC)2 (www.isc2.org) and its IT security professional certifications. Jeffrey L. Carrell is a network systems and security instructor, and course developer to HP Networking. In addition, Jeff is a network consultant on IPv6 systems interoperability. He s been involved in the computer industry for 32 years and he has focused on the internetworking portion of the industry for over 25 of those years. His designs are in thousands of networks throughout the world.

Today's networks are required to support an increasing array of real-time communication methods. Video chat, real-time messaging, and always-connected resources put demands on networks that were previously unimagined. The Second Edition of Fundamentals of Communications and Networking helps readers better understand today's networks and the way they support the evolving requirements of different types of organisations. It discusses the critical issues of designing a network that will meet an organisation's performance needs and discusses how businesses use networks to solve business problems. Using numerous examples and exercises, this text incorporates hands-on activities to prepare readers to fully understand and design modern networks and their requirements. Key Features of the Second Edition: - Introduces network basics by describing how networks work - Discusses how networks support the increasing demands of advanced communications - Illustrates how to map the right technology to an organisation's needs and business goals - Outlines how businesses use networks to solve business problems, both technically and operationally.