Booklet for anyone who wants to know how to keep secrets on home computer, or prevent sensitive data from disclosure on office workstation. Topics include: how to break Windows and steal data from computer, pros and cons of using standard Windows data protection mechanisms, several steps to follow in order to keep information secured, using cryptographic solutions for secure storage, and more (Article: ~3,000 words).

Table of Contents includes:

Introduction

How Data is Stolen from Computers

Extensive Security Permissions

Administrators and Users

Administrative Default Network Share - "C$"

Default/Weak Password of Local Administrator Account

Windows XP Repair

Rootkits

Cached Domain Passwords

Trojans and Spyware

Social Engineering Attacks

Stolen Computer or Hard Drive

How to Prevent Confidential Data from Being Stolen

Windows Disk Encryption

Solution

Using TrueCrypt

Resources

About the Author

Slava Gomzin, CISSP, ECSP, Security+ has more than 15 years of professional experience in software development and application security. He is Security Architect at Retalix USA.