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A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

By : Debra Baker
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A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

A CISO Guide to Cyber Resilience

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By: Debra Baker

Overview of this book

This book, written by the CEO of TrustedCISO with 30+ years of experience, guides CISOs in fortifying organizational defenses and safeguarding sensitive data. Analyze a ransomware attack on a fictional company, BigCo, and learn fundamental security policies and controls. With its help, you’ll gain actionable skills and insights suitable for various expertise levels, from basic to intermediate. You’ll also explore advanced concepts such as zero-trust, managed detection and response, security baselines, data and asset classification, and the integration of AI and cybersecurity. By the end, you'll be equipped to build, manage, and improve a resilient cybersecurity program, ensuring your organization remains protected against evolving threats.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Part 1: Attack on BigCo
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Part 2: Security Resilience: Getting the Basics Down
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Part 3: Security Resilience: Taking Your Security Program to the Next Level

Securing Your Endpoints

This chapter is about endpoint detection and response (EDR). Here, we will be discussing the importance of securing your endpoints. Securing your endpoints is critical; this includes laptops and servers. With the move to remote work, people working out of their homes, and mobile working, it means endpoints are more at risk. Do your employees have a home firewall? When I worked at Cisco, they sent us configured firewalls with steps to complete the setup. Most companies can’t afford to send out firewalls to everyone. There are solutions where you can test your home firewall setup to make sure it is configured properly.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Antivirus/anti-malware
  • Virtual private network (VPN)
  • Moving to remote work
  • Testing your home firewall
  • Network access control (NAC) and Zero Trust
  • Application firewall
  • Securing your browser
  • Turning on your application firewall
  • ...

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