Security Controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 IT Compliance: Authorization, Authentication, and Access

290 Pages·2005·5.303 MB·English

by  Dennis C. Brewer

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Security Controls
for Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 404 IT
Compliance:
Authorization,
Authentication,
and Access
Dennis C. Brewer
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Security Controls
for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
IT Compliance: Authorization,
Authentication, and Access
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Security Controls
for Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 404 IT
Compliance:
Authorization,
Authentication,
and Access
Dennis C. Brewer
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Security Controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 IT Compliance: Authorization, Authentication,
and Access
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Brewer, Dennis C., 1949-
Security controls for Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 IT compliance : authorization, authentication, and
access / Dennis C. Brewer.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-9838-8 (pbk.)
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1. Computer security. 2. Data protection. 3. Computers--Access control. 4. Computer architecture.
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This book is dedicated to all the people who played a role in my
education, both the book learning and the harder-to-learn life lessons.
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About the Author
Dennis C. Brewerholds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administra-
tion from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. He is a
network engineer and information technology solutions specialist for the State
of Michigan with more than 12 years of experience in the computer technology
field. His most recent experience includes a portfolio of computer security
responsibilities, including identity management, identity provisioning, and
privacy protection initiatives for state government. Over the last 10 years,
Dennis has worked on networking and computer technology from the level of
hands-on personal computer repair all the way to up to setting policy and
charting future direction. During his career with the State of Michigan, he
supported end users, networks, and computer systems at the Department of
Military Affairs, led a technology team at the state’s Consolidated Network
Operations Center, and provided technology research for the Office of Infor-
mation Technology Solutions at the Department of Management and Budget.
He has authored numerous enterprise-level information technology and
telecommunications policies, procedures, and standards currently in use by
the State of Michigan, and was a technology consultant to the team that cre-
ated the award-winning e-Michigan consolidated Web presence.
When not involved with computer technology, Dennis enjoys camping in
Michigan’s numerous state parks, bicycling, and taking writing courses. He is
planning on returning soon to his hometown of Calumet in Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula, which he says “. . . is a great sanctuary for anyone wanting to write
more books!”
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