Security Automation Essentials: Streamlined Enterprise Security Management & Monitoring with SCAP

Master the latest digital security automation technologies Achieve a unified view of security across your IT infrastructure using the cutting-edge techniques contained in this authoritative volume. Security Automation Essentials: Streamlined Enterprise Security Management & Monitoring with SCAP lays out comprehensive technical, administrative, and operational strategies for security management. Discover how to define baseline requirements, automatically confirm patches and updates, identify vulnerabilities, write customized auditing content, and evaluate compliance across your enterprise. Throughout, the authors provide detailed case studies and tips on selecting appropriate security components. Understand SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol) technologies and standards Track compliance using benchmarks and scoring systems Build machine-readable configuration checks using XCCDF, OVAL, and OCIL Perform vulnerability assessments and find misconfiguration Maximize product interoperability through the use of standard enumeration Assess and monitor residual risk using CVSS values Use SCAP editors and XML to create and debug automated checks Accurately assess threats using software assurance automation Security Automation Essentials: Streamlined Enterprise Security Management & Monitoring with SCAP Features thorough, accessible explanations for security professionals of all levels about what SCAP is and what it can do to automate and streamline network security practices Helps you immediately take advantage of SCAP support in existing products, and includes tips for purchasing new security products and services that can interoperate with existing enterprise systems Includes case studies of SCAP streamlining in practice Supplemented by an author website with up-to-date resources and announcements on the latest developments in the field Provides a solid foundation for studying particular SCAP components in more detail and customizing/programming SCAP content and tools Coverage includes: What Is SCAP; SCAP Languages; SCAP Enumerations; SCAP Vulnerability Measurement; Putting the Pieces Together; Using SCAP In Your Enterprise; Emerging SCAP Technologies