Advanced Persistent Security

by Ira Winkler, Araceli Treu Gomes

Advanced Persistent Security covers secure network design and implementation, including authentication, authorization, data and access integrity, network monitoring, and risk assessment. Using such recent high profile cases as Target, Sony, and Home Depot, the book explores information security risks, identifies the common threats organizations face, and presents tactics on how to prioritize the right countermeasures. The book discusses concepts such as malignant versus malicious threats, adversary mentality, motivation, the economics of cybercrime, the criminal infrastructure, dark webs, and the criminals organizations currently face.

260 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2016

Reviews

[Peter Kálnai · Rating 2 out of 5]

For technical readers, this is probably not what they look for. The book provides high-level perspective on defending in cyber security. I liked certain structural ideas, real-world examples, and the title (could be rather Adaptive istead of Advanced). I didn't like too much abstraction and generality, typos and often complicated phrasing.

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

TL; DR: cyber security is hard, you have to be more than proactive, so we'll use a different word for it: Proaction. And other such gems.

[Mark Lester · Rating 5 out of 5]

thought provoking

It was refreshing to read that security is not attainable; that it is a journey, not a destination. At the end, the author rightly calls out what the name of the book should be, “adaptive persistent security,” for it is only in being adaptive to the ever changing methods of attack that a true, persistent, security professional is going to be able to provide the defense necessary for their organization.