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Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition

You're reading from   Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, 3rd edition Improve your security posture to mitigate risks and prevent attackers from infiltrating your system

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248776
Length 570 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Yuri Diogenes Yuri Diogenes
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Preface 1. Security Posture 2. Incident Response Process FREE CHAPTER 3. What is a Cyber Strategy? 4. Understanding the Cybersecurity Kill Chain 5. Reconnaissance 6. Compromising the System 7. Chasing a User’s Identity 8. Lateral Movement 9. Privilege Escalation 10. Security Policy 11. Network Security 12. Active Sensors 13. Threat Intelligence 14. Investigating an Incident 15. Recovery Process 16. Vulnerability Management 17. Log Analysis 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index

Elements of a vulnerability strategy

There are several elements that have to work in unison and that are integral to the success of your vulnerability management system. These elements include:

  1. People: The team working on the security issues and the employees involved in the processes and plans should have extensive knowledge and expertise on matters dealing with vulnerabilities. In addition, they need to have great communication abilities that can help them coordinate with all other business people that may be affected by the security issues they may uncover, as well as the processes they will set up to address the identified issues.
  2. Process: The process of conducting assessments can be done by anyone. However, for value addition, the process needs to have additional features such as a setup that will allow for follow-ups on the assessment data and that can make the data usable. The process also needs to be precise and reproducible to allow other people to repeat...
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