Cybersecurity The Beginner's Guide

A comprehensive guide to getting started in cybersecurity

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya 지음

Packt(GCO Science) 2019년 05월 27일 출간

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▶Book Description
It's not a secret that there is a huge talent gap in the cybersecurity industry. Everyone is talking about it including the prestigious Forbes Magazine, Tech Republic, CSO Online, DarkReading, and SC Magazine, among many others. Additionally, Fortune CEO's like Satya Nadella, McAfee's CEO Chris Young, Cisco's CIO Colin Seward along with organizations like ISSA, research firms like Gartner too shine light on it from time to time.

This book put together all the possible information with regards to cybersecurity, why you should choose it, the need for cyber security and how can you be part of it and fill the cybersecurity talent gap bit by bit. Starting with the essential understanding of security and its needs, we will move to security domain changes and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to secure systems. Later, this book will walk you through all the skills and tools that everyone who wants to work as security personal need to be aware of. Then, this book will teach readers how to think like an attacker and explore some advanced security methodologies. Lastly, this book will deep dive into how to build practice labs, explore real-world use cases and get acquainted with various cybersecurity certifications.

By the end of this book, readers will be well-versed with the security domain and will be capable of making the right choices in the cybersecurity field.

▶What You Will Learn
- Get an overview of what cybersecurity is and learn about the various faces of cybersecurity as well as identify domain that suits you best
- Plan your transition into cybersecurity in an efficient and effective way
- Learn how to build upon your existing skills and experience in order to prepare for your career in cybersecurity

▶Key Features
- Align your security knowledge with industry leading concepts and tools
- Acquire required skills and certifications to survive the ever changing market needs
- Learn from industry experts to analyse, implement, and maintain a robust environment

▶Who This Book Is For
This book is targeted to any IT professional who is looking to venture in to the world cyber attacks and threats. Anyone with some understanding or IT infrastructure workflow will benefit from this book. Cybersecurity experts interested in enhancing their skill set will also find this book useful.

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▶TABLE of CONTENTS
1. Importance of Cybersecurity
2. Security Evolution ？ From Legacy to Advanced, to ML and AI
3. Learning Cybersecurity Technologies
4. Skills We Need for a Cybersecurity Career
5. Attacker Mindset
6. Understanding Reactive, Proactive, and Operational Security
7. Networking, Mentoring, and Shadowing
8. Cybersecurity Labs
9. Knowledge Check and Certifications
10. Security Intelligence Resources
11. Expert Opinions on Getting Started with Cybersecurity
12. How to Get Hired in Cybersecurity, Regardless of Your Background

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▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, Importance of Cybersecurity, focuses on the importance of cybersecurity, and will help anyone who wants to become a cybersecurity professional to understand what is expected of them.

- Chapter 2, Security Evolution ？ From Legacy to Advanced, to ML and AI, discusses the evolution of cybersecurity and the future of the integration of cybersecurity with machine learning and artificial intelligence integration.

- Chapter 3, Learning Cybersecurity Technologies, covers what you need to learn to be a cybersecurity professional, with all the paths that are available in the job market today.

- Chapter 4, Skills We Need for a Cybersecurity Career, looks at the job market to find the cybersecurity roles that organizations are advertising and the in-demand skills that you can learn in order to change to or build your career in cybersecurity.

- Chapter 5, Attacker Mindset, explores attackers, traits and their way of thinking to find out what drives a hacker.

- Chapter 6, Understanding Reactive, Proactive, and Operational Security, covers what reactive, proactive, and operational cyber defenses are, what job the pillars of security are, and how you can position yourself to choose the optimal skills for you and your company.

- Chapter 7, Networking, Mentoring, and Shadowing, discusses the importance of these three essentials to your career.

- Chapter 8, Cybersecurity Labs, covers self-assessment and learning skills, ways to help you skill up fast, and some key resources to help you build your own practice lab.

- Chapter 9, Knowledge Check and Certifications, looks at the need to be certified and how you can choose the right places and certifications to study, as there are far too many options based on the real-life experiences of the author and the experts who have contributed to the book.

- Chapter 10, Security Intelligence Resources, focuses on existing security intelligence resources that can be publicly and commercially consumed to achieve higher standards of security for organizations. As a beginner in security, this information will always come in very handy from a ramp-up perspective.

- Chapter 11, Expert Opinions on Getting Started with Cybersecurity, contains contributions by academics from universities, such as Oxford and Charles Sturt, and also experts from the field, such as Microsoft, FireEye, SAP, and Keepnet Labs, as well as training institutes, such as the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the privately owned Cqure and Dimension Data. In this chapter, they share their own journeys into cybersecurity, the steps they took, the training they had, and recommendations on how to keep your skills sharp. Besides this, some of them also share what skills they look at when they hire talent.

- Chapter 12, How to Get Hired in Cybersecurity, Regardless of Your Background, covers tips and tricks on how to get a job in cybersecurity. This includes tips and tricks for interviews, how recruiters work, and how Fortune companies hire. This is the chapter that puts the book into practice.

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▶ Preface
There are two types of organizations: those who know they have been hacked and those who don't. Nearly every day there is news about a hacked company, regardless of their size.

On the other hand, independent research firms, such as Gartner; Fortune companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco; respected magazines, such as Forbes; global non-profit organizations, such as ISACA; governments; and recruiters are talking about the cybersecurity skill shortage today, and they estimate that the talent gap is in the millions. There are many organizations and individuals that are passionate about closing this gap. There are also possibly endless resources, although very fragmented, on the internet. You will find many books and videos that have the essentials to get you started in cybersecurity, but none of them provide guidance from A to Z on what beginners need to know, what core technology they need to focus on, why they need to have a mentor, how they can network, which certifications they can take, how they can find the resources they need, and finally, how they can find a job.

Again, none of the resources have very well-known industry experts, or hiring managers' advice and suggestions on what a beginner needs to do.

This beginner's guide explores deep technical content pertaining to cybersecurity; however, it also provides real guidance on how to become a cybersecurity expert.

While this book is called a beginner's guide, it also offers a ton of information for professionals who want to switch their careers to cybersecurity.

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저자(글) Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a leading cybersecurity professional with business development, management, and academic skills, who focuses on securing the cyberspace and sharing his real-life skills as a security adviser, speaker, lecturer, and author.He is passionate about reaching communities, creating cyber-aware campaigns, leveraging new and innovative approaches, technologies that holistically address the information security, and privacy needs for people and organization worldwide. He has authored many cybersecurity books, security certification courseware’s, and exams for different vendors.He holds Global awards in Cybersecurity as an Speaker, Author, instructor and Leader.