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The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth

The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth

By : Akash Mukherjee
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The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth

The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth

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By: Akash Mukherjee

Overview of this book

In an era of relentless cyber threats, organizations face daunting challenges in fortifying their defenses against increasingly sophisticated attacks. The Complete Guide to Defense in Depth offers a comprehensive roadmap to navigating the complex landscape, empowering you to master the art of layered security. This book starts by laying the groundwork, delving into risk navigation, asset classification, and threat identification, helping you establish a robust framework for layered security. It gradually transforms you into an adept strategist, providing insights into the attacker's mindset, revealing vulnerabilities from an adversarial perspective, and guiding the creation of a proactive defense strategy through meticulous mapping of attack vectors. Toward the end, the book addresses the ever-evolving threat landscape, exploring emerging dangers and emphasizing the crucial human factor in security awareness and training. This book also illustrates how Defense in Depth serves as a dynamic, adaptable approach to cybersecurity. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a profound understanding of the significance of multi-layered defense strategies, explored frameworks for building robust security programs, and developed the ability to navigate the evolving threat landscape with resilience and agility.
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Part 1: Understanding Defense in Depth – The Core Principle
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Part 2: Building a Layered Security Strategy – Thinking Like an Attacker
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Part 3: Adapting and Evolving with Defense in Depth – The Threat Landscape

Foundations of security principles

Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly complex. Due to its complexity, security is one of the major challenges organizations face. To fully understand the inherent nature of these challenges, we peek into the evolution of this vast, dynamic field. Positioned at the crossroads of humans and systems, the security landscape is filled with technical and procedural controls.

Today, security is a fundamental concern for every organization. Strong security practices are essential to protect against unauthorized access, data breaches, and other cyberattacks. The foundations of security principles provide a framework for understanding and implementing effective security measures.

To understand the inception of the field of cybersecurity, let’s draw a rough timeline. The first concept of a digital computer was originated by Charles Babbage in 1822. But the first computer was not built until the 20th century. On the other hand, the first-ever &...

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