Mastering Defensive Security

An immersive learning experience enhanced with technical, hands-on labs to understand the concepts, methods, tools, platforms, and systems required to master the art of cybersecurity

About This Book

• Get hold of the best defensive security strategies and tools
• Develop a defensive security strategy at an enterprise level
• Get hands-on with advanced cybersecurity threat detection, including XSS, SQL injections, brute forcing web applications, and more

Who This Book Is For

This book is for IT professionals, including systems administrators, programmers, IT architects, solution engineers, system analysts, data scientists, DBAs, and any IT expert looking to explore the fascinating world of cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity professionals who want to broaden their knowledge of security topics to effectively create and design a defensive security strategy for a large organization will find this book useful. A basic understanding of concepts such as networking, IT, servers, virtualization, and cloud is required.

What You Will Learn

• Become well-versed with concepts related to defensive security
• Discover strategies and tools to secure the most vulnerable factor - the user
• Get hands-on experience using and configuring the best security tools
• Understand how to apply hardening techniques in Windows and Unix environments
• Leverage malware analysis and forensics to enhance your security strategy
• Secure the Internet of things (IoT) implementations
• Enhance the security of web applications and cloud deployments

In Detail

We live in a digital economy that relies on technology to generate countless opportunities and benefits to make life easy; however, this poses a new set of risks and threats like never before. The world now needs professionals trained in the latest tools and skills to protect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data through the use of defensive security techniques.

Mastering Defensive Security is for IT pros looking to gain in-depth knowledge of cybersecurity and all its domains to secure their infrastructure. The book begins by establishing a strong foundation of cybersecurity concepts and exploring the latest security technologies. Throughout the book, you'll develop your skills to secure Windows and Unix systems, computer networks, IoT devices, cloud deployments, and web apps. As you make progress through the chapters, you'll learn several advanced techniques such as malware analysis, security automation, vulnerability assessment, leveraging pentesting for security, and computer forensics.

By the end of this defensive security book, you'll have a complete understanding of various techniques and tools to develop a robust security solution for your infrastructure.

Table of Content

1. A Refresher to Defensive Security Concepts
2. Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks
3. Comprehending Policies, Procedures, Compliance, and Audits
4. Patching Layer 8
5. Cybersecurity Technologies and Tools
6. Securing Windows Infrastructures
7. Hardening a Unix Application Server
8. Enhancing Your Network Defensive Skills
9. Deep Diving into Physical Security
10. Applying IoT Security
11. Secure Development and Deployment on Cloud
12. Mastering Web Apps Security
13. Vulnerability Assessments
14. Performing Malware Analysis
15. Leveraging Pentesting for Defensive Security
16. Practicing Forensics
17. Achieving Automation of Security Tools
18. The Master's Compilation of Useful Resources