Enterprise Security:
A Data-Centric Approach
to Securing the Enterprise
A guide to applying data-centric security concepts for
securing enterprise data to enable an agile enterprise
Aaron Woody
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Enterprise Security: A Data-Centric Approach to
Securing the Enterprise
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First published: February 2013
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Credits
Author
Aaron Woody
Reviewers
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Lead Technical Editor
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Technical Editors
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About the Author
Aaron Woody is an expert in information security with over 15 years of experience
across several industry verticals. His experience includes securing some of the
largest enterprises in the world. Currently, he is a Security Consultant in the public
sector. He is also a speaker and active instructor teaching hacking and forensics, and
maintains a blog n00bpentesting.com.
Aaron can also be followed on twitter at @shai_saint. He will be launching a
companion website (http://www.datacentricsec.com) for this book. To contact
him for consulting please e-mail him at aaron.m.woody@gmail.com.
I sincerely thank my wife Melissa and my children, Alexis and Elisa,
for sharing me with this project.
