Security for Telecommuting and Broadband Communications Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Telecommuting (TC) has become a popular trend in the workplace, & broadband connections (BC) for telecommuters have grown explosively. This report addresses security issues by providing recomm's. on securing a variety of applications, protocols, & networking architectures. Recomm's. are designed for Fed. agencies, but may be useful to other org's. & home users as well. Chapters: overview of BC, personal firewalls, securing web browsers, securing PC configurations, home networking technologies, virtual private networks, TC architectures, & organizational considerations for telecommuting security. Security checklists. Using Microsoft Baseline Security Advisor. Using Windows Update. Home networking installation tips. Illus.Kuhn, D. Richard is the author of 'Security for Telecommuting and Broadband Communications Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology' with ISBN 9780756733216 and ISBN 0756733219.