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Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition

By : Yuri Diogenes, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition

4.9 (42)
By: Yuri Diogenes, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Overview of this book

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, Third Edition will bring you up to speed with the key aspects of threat assessment and security hygiene, the current threat landscape and its challenges, and how to maintain a strong security posture. In this carefully revised new edition, you will learn about the Zero Trust approach and the initial Incident Response process. You will gradually become familiar with Red Team tactics, where you will learn basic syntax for commonly used tools to perform the necessary operations. You will also learn how to apply newer Red Team techniques with powerful tools. Simultaneously, Blue Team tactics are introduced to help you defend your system from complex cyber-attacks. This book provides a clear, in-depth understanding of attack/defense methods as well as patterns to recognize irregular behavior within your organization. Finally, you will learn how to analyze your network and address malware, while becoming familiar with mitigation and threat detection techniques. By the end of this cybersecurity book, you will have discovered the latest tools to enhance the security of your system, learned about the security controls you need, and understood how to carry out each step of the incident response process.
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How to build a cyber strategy

In the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu said, “If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperilled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperilled in every single battle.” This quote still applies today to cyber strategies, and explains why it is so vital to understand both your business and the risks posed to it by threat actors: doing so will form the basis of a strong cyber strategy that helps protect your business from attack.

To build a cyber strategy, there are three major pillars that you need to form a solid foundation:

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Figure 3.1: Foundations of a cyber strategy

These three components are crucial to understanding what makes a cyber strategy effective.

1 – Understand the business

The more you know about your business, the better you can secure it. It’s...

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