Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance: Identify vulnerabilities and secure your financial services from security breaches

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Cyber Crime - Who the Attackers Are

This chapter gives an in-depth understanding specifically of cyber crime and Cyber criminals, analyzing from different perspectives, the motivations and the evolution of individuals and group, that are part of the invisible world of black-hat hackers. Cyber criminals are consistently improving their techniques and malicious activities. The chapter will cover hacktivism, Cyber terrorists, and Cyber criminals in detail along with some real world examples.

Key benefits

Protect your financial environment with cybersecurity practices and methodologies

Identify vulnerabilities such as data manipulation and fraudulent transactions

Provide end-to-end protection within organizations

Description

Organizations have always been a target of cybercrime. Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance teaches you how to successfully defend your system against common cyber threats, making sure your financial services are a step ahead in terms of security. The book begins by providing an overall description of cybersecurity, guiding you through some of the most important services and technologies currently at risk from cyber threats. Once you have familiarized yourself with the topic, you will explore specific technologies and threats based on case studies and real-life scenarios. As you progress through the chapters, you will discover vulnerabilities and bugs (including the human risk factor), gaining an expert-level view of the most recent threats. You'll then explore information on how you can achieve data and infrastructure protection. In the concluding chapters, you will cover recent and significant updates to procedures and configurations, accompanied by important details related to cybersecurity research and development in IT-based financial services. By the end of the book, you will have gained a basic understanding of the future of information security and will be able to protect financial services and their related infrastructures.

What you will learn

Understand the cyber threats faced by organizations

Discover how to identify attackers

Perform vulnerability assessment, software testing, and pentesting

Defend your financial cyberspace using mitigation techniques and remediation plans

Implement encryption and decryption

Understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) affects cybersecurity

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