MCSE Designing Security for Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-220) (Book/CD-ROM package) [Hardcover]

Syngress Media Inc (Author), Thomas W. Shinder (Editor), Debra Littlejohn Shinder (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Global Knowledge Certification | Publication Date: September 14, 2000

The only classroom-based training and self-assessment system! Osborne's MCSE Designing Security for a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide provides 100% complete coverage of all official Microsoft objectives for exam 70-220. Based on 200,000+ hours of IT training experience, the book contains hundreds of practice exam questions and hands-on exercises. The CD-ROM features full CertTrainer CBT software with interactive tutorials and lab simulations, plus the new ExamSim adaptive test engine.

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Amazon.com Review

There are three phrases that describe this book accurately:

Well Written. As with most books in the vastly underappreciated Syngress series, the writing is a wonderful mixture of clarity and readability. Not that it's a day at the beach, by any stretch (this is a certification book, after all), but the Study Guide walks you with ease through the various issues that are involved in high-level Windows 2000 security. The sections on the political, organizational, and emotional sides of security are particularly worthwhile; you'll learn how IT security strategies must be shaped by the pressures from both upper management and the everyday user to be effective. The chapters on Active Directory planning and EFS are good from a technology standpoint, and illustrate the various approaches that one can take when using these two new Microsoft features.

Challenging. The multiple-choice questions probably are just a shade less difficult than what you'll find on the actual exam; but, to simulate the often complex (and much-feared) "scenario" questions that Microsoft has loved to throw out recently, there are also lab questions at the end of every chapter that give real-world business scenarios and ask you what you'd do to solve them. These questions tend to be rough, particularly near the end of the book, and they should prepare you quite nicely for the exam. The wealth of ExamSim questions also adds value.

Poorly Organized. Unfortunately, the Achilles heel of this book is the fact that, instead of making its own way, it follows the Microsoft test objectives chapter by chapter, which leads to a scattered and disjointed feel. The book skips from topic to topic, repeats certain ideas numerous times over the course of several sections, and brings up important topics only once or twice. For example, instead of detailing the security issues that are involved in, say, remote salesmen having to dial in to a Windows 2000 network all in one place, the Study Guide details the laws, regulations, and personnel issues of remote users in chapter 3; dialup permissions in chapter 4; laptop group policies in chapter 6; EFS hard-drive security strategies in chapter 8; and VPNs, which barely are mentioned until you're all the way through chapter 11. Almost every security issue is split and diced finely throughout the book.

If you already have hands-on experience with security issues, no doubt you'll be able to assemble these disparate topics into a coherent whole. But, if you're new to security and aren't quite sure how things mesh, you could be knocked off balance by a simple question like, "What are the security measures you need to take when hosting a Web site?"

This is a solid book that's marred notably, because it adheres too closely to the Microsoft curriculum. If you have experience with security already, or approach networking from a feature-based line of thought, this could prove a fine guide for you. But, if you're new to security, or tend to think in the larger picture instead of in individual functions, you might want to look elsewhere. --William Steinmetz

From the Back Cover

The Only Certification Study System Based on 200,000+ Hours of IT Training Experience

• 100% Complete Coverage - All official test objectives for exam 70-220 are covered in detail
• Hands-on Exercises - Step-by-step instruction modeled after classroom labs
• Exam Watch - Warnings based on thorough post-exam research identifying the most troublesome exam topics and how to answer them correctly
• Three Types of Practice Questions - Knowledge, scenario, and lab-based questions, all with in-depth answers
• From the Classroom - Discussions of important issues direct from the classrooms of Global Knowledge's award-winning instructors

Full coverage of the topics you need to review, including how to:

• Analyze the company model and geographic locations
• Analyze the structure of IT management
• Analyze the existing and planned business models and organizational structures
• Analyze business and security requirements for the end user
• Analyze the impact of the security design on the existing and planned technical environment
• Design the placement and inheritance of security policies
• Design a Public Key Infrastructure
• Design an audit policy
• Design an Encrypting File System strategy
• Provide secure access to public networks from a private network

CD-ROM features full CertTrainer CBT software and the new ExamSim test engine—more than 220 questions on CD

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 699 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill; Bk&CD-Rom edition (September 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072124970
• ISBN-13: 978-0072124972
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,429,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars MCSE Designing Security for Windows 2000 Network Study Guide, October 25, 2000

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Eugene Nesterenko "eenest" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MCSE Designing Security for Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-220) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

Was somewhat disappointed by this book. Expected much more from Syngress. Looks like author was in a great hurry trying to present at least _something_ to cover the exam objectives, piece from here, piece from here, no clear presentation of the information, no vision how the things fit together, etc. The typical note from the author when the things are not clear - "that's enough to pass the exam". About 1/3 of the 700-page book are screendumps - kind of "what you'll see if you'll try to do that", 100-page Glossary - not so much remaining for the real information. However I have to admit that all certification objectives are covered more or less. If you are not new to the thechnology - you can browse this book to become familiar with the objectives and what knowledge from wich areas Microsoft expects from you. Definitely will not recommend this title to anyone who new to security area - the one can get complete mess in his/her head after reading of this title. Looks like that for preparation to the 70-220 exam this title is not the best choice, especially taking into account that this is case-study based exam. Just to add more pepper - the quality of videoclips on CD is not so good. Not sure that anyone checked them at all.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad choice, April 6, 2001

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"cceeam" (Netherlands, ZH province) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Designing Security for Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-220) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

This book and mostly all of the Osborne series contains a lot of text whith no meaning at all. If you have a good understanding of the four core modules (especially the 3rd core), the added value of this book is almost nothing at all. Secondly the layout of the book makes this book very hard to read, although it's English... Compared to the four core books of Microsoft Press self, no other rating than one star is well deserved.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Choose a different book!, April 13, 2001

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Bill B (Bellingham, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Designing Security for Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-220) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

I was really disappointed in this book. It was long winded and off topic.. Its seems like a different person wrote each chapter, too much overlap. In the first three chapters the author(s) state that you can not export 128 bit encryption three times. I have read many of the Syngress books and have been very happy with them, I will be reading the Sybex instead. I am angry that I wasted time on this book.