Cybersecurity - Attack and Defense Strategies: Counter modern threats and employ state-of-the-art tools and techniques to protect your organization against cybercriminals

by Yuri Diogenes, Erdal Özkaya

Updated and revised edition of the bestselling guide to developing defense strategies against the latest threats to cybersecurity

Key Features Covers the latest security threats and defense strategies for 2020 Introduces techniques and skillsets required to conduct threat hunting and deal with a system breach Provides new information on Cloud Security Posture Management, Microsoft Azure Threat Protection, Zero Trust Network strategies, Nation State attacks, the use of Azure Sentinel as a cloud-based SIEM for logging and investigation, and much more Book Description

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, Second Edition is a completely revised new edition of the bestselling book, covering the very latest security threats and defense mechanisms including a detailed overview of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and an assessment of the current threat landscape, with additional focus on new IoT threats and cryptomining.

Cybersecurity starts with the basics that organizations need to know to maintain a secure posture against outside threat and design a robust cybersecurity program. It takes you into the mindset of a Threat Actor to help you better understand the motivation and the steps of performing an actual attack – the Cybersecurity kill chain. You will gain hands-on experience in implementing cybersecurity using new techniques in reconnaissance and chasing a user’s identity that will enable you to discover how a system is compromised, and identify and then exploit the vulnerabilities in your own system.

This book also focuses on defense strategies to enhance the security of a system. You will also discover in-depth tools, including Azure Sentinel, to ensure there are security controls in each network layer, and how to carry out the recovery process of a compromised system.

What you will learn The importance of having a solid foundation for your security posture Use cyber security kill chain to understand the attack strategy Boost your organization’s cyber resilience by improving your security policies, hardening your network, implementing active sensors, and leveraging threat intelligence Utilize the latest defense tools, including Azure Sentinel and Zero Trust Network strategy Identify different types of cyberattacks, such as SQL injection, malware and social engineering threats such as phishing emails Perform an incident investigation using Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel Get an in-depth understanding of the disaster recovery process Understand how to consistently monitor security and implement a vulnerability management strategy for on-premises and hybrid cloud Learn how to perform log analysis using the cloud to identify suspicious activities, including logs from Amazon Web Services and Azure Who This Book Is For

For the IT professional venturing into the IT security domain, IT pentesters, security consultants, or those looking to perform ethical hacking. Prior knowledge of penetration testing is beneficial.

Genres: Technology, Technical

965 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2019

Reviews

[Hakim Asa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is great since it covers the most important topic about the latest security threats and defense strategies for 2020, introduces many techniques to conduct threat hunting, and deal with a system breach. Anybody reading this book should definitely be fascinated since the information in the are fresh and easy to absorb. Moreover, the book covers important topics about information security which make readers become proficient after completing them.
Great Book though

[Corvinus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well first check amazon before reading it since there is not enough reviews for it in here. Its authors are very succesful people in their major. Book is very good and explanative about cybersecurity subjects. I recommend it for the enthusiasts who has knowledge in computer science. It's not for amateurs I think. It will help learning known attack and defense types. But it's not like attack-defend scenarios are examined for both sides. More like known concepts are explained in order. I especially recommend computer science students who are freshman. Before selecting a semimajor it will help you get an idea for cybersecurity.

[Reinaldo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The reference book for cybersecurity

This book defines the standard for what a well organised reference book about cybersecurity shall be. Precise definitions, straight to the point. Thanks for all the references with still active links.

[younggi,Seo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being compatible with Kindle is eminent!

That is really great to review all the C2 framework for red team as cyber security pen-tester like me. Recommended!

[Sergio Benz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book which shows everything what i need regarding cybersecurity from Red & blue team perspective. I love well done Yrui and Erdal

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book