Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook

An end-to-end guide to implementing and maintaining robust security architecture

By: Lester Nichols

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eText | 29 March 2024 | Edition Number 1

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Learn how to design and manage elegant cybersecurity solutions to mitigate risk and fight off modern threats

Key Features

Gain insight into the cybersecurity architect role and learn how to excel in it
Acquire all the different skills needed to become a CA through up-to-date practical examples
Discover useful tips and best practices that will help you hit the ground running

Book Description

Stepping up to become a cybersecurity architect is (CA) no mean feat since it requires both upskilling and changing the way you view cybersecurity altogether. The Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook is a comprehensive guide that introduces skills needed to become a security architect, lays out a path for cybersecurity engineers to become architects, and shares the best practices to enhance the skills of existing security architects.

After a brief introduction to the role, this book will help you understand the day-to-day challenges of a security architect, illustrated with practical examples. You'll learn to identify the weaknesses of your company's security posture, as well as find ways to improve and update the systems hardware and software security. You'll also get to grips with setting user policies and protocols, monitoring, and enforcing them. This will help you understand countermeasures that protect the system when an unauthorized user attempts to gain access to the system. To prepare you for the road ahead and build on your existing skills, the book will finish off with some of the best tips and practices that will help you succeed in your career as a security architect.

By the end of the book, you will be efficiently able to both plan and execute your organization's security.

What you will learn

Learn the soft skills required for the CA Role
Familiarize yourself with the how, what, why, where, and when of a CA
Build upon your cybersecurity knowledge
Gain a thorough understanding of KSATs
Walk through the day in the life of a CA
Learn strategies and design with practical examples

Who This Book Is For

This book is for cybersecurity architects and cybersecurity professionals who want to move into a cybersecurity architect role — but all cybersecurity professionals and solution architects interested in this field will find this book useful. You'll need some professional experience and a solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts to get the most out of this book.