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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

You're reading from   Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance Identify vulnerabilities and secure your financial services from security breaches

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Published in Jan 2019
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ISBN-13 9781788836296
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is named among the Top 50 Technology Leaders by CIO Online & IDC. He is a Chief Cybersecurity Strategist and CISO at Xcitium (Comodo Cybersecurity), and a professor at Charles Sturt University. His expertise spans end-to-end IT solutions, management, communications, and innovation. He’s a well-known public speaker, an award-winning technical expert, author, and creator of certifications (courseware and exams) for prestigious organizations such as Microsoft, EC Council, CertNexus, and other expert-level vendors with an esteemed list of credits to his name. He is working with an ardent passion for raising cyber awareness and leveraging new, innovative approaches.
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Milad Aslaner is a security professional with over 10 years' experience in product engineering and management. He has published white papers and books on social engineering, the practical application of cybersecurity, and cybersecurity in the financial services industry, with a technical focus on EDR, TVM, incident response, and real-world exploitation techniques. During his time at Microsoft since 2012, he has led the commercial software engineering team for the Surface Book and Laptop, and built security features such as SEMM. As a senior security program manager, he aims to transform strategic enterprise customer requirements to realize new scenarios, thereby safeguarding Microsoft customers against the evolving threat landscape.
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Preface 1. Introduction to Cybersecurity and the Economy FREE CHAPTER 2. Cyber Crime - Who the Attackers Are 3. Counting the Costs 4. The Threat Landscape 5. Phishing, Spamming, and Scamming to Steal Data and Money 6. The Malware Plague 7. Vulnerabilities and Exploits 8. Attacking Online Banking Systems 9. Vulnerable Networks and Services - a Gateway for Intrusion 10. Responding to Service Disruption 11. The Human Problem - Governance Fail 12. Securing the Perimeter and Protecting the Assets 13. Threat and Vulnerability Management 14. Audit, Risk Management, and Incident Handling 15. Encryption and Cryptography for Protecting Data and Services 16. The Rise of the Blockchain 17. Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity 18. The Quantum Future 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

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This chapter has helped you to understand the key reasons why the financial services industry is pushing IT and security to enable online banking scenarios and how threat actors are looking into breaking into it. The next chapter will introduce you to the most important aspects of cybersecurity which are related to communication and network protocols.

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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is named among the Top 50 Technology Leaders by CIO Online & IDC. He is a Chief Cybersecurity Strategist and CISO at Xcitium (Comodo Cybersecurity), and a professor at Charles Sturt University. His expertise spans end-to-end IT solutions, management, communications, and innovation. He's a well-known public speaker, an award-winning technical expert, author, and creator of certifications (courseware and exams) for prestigious organizations such as Microsoft, EC Council, CertNexus, and other expert-level vendors with an esteemed list of credits to his name. He is working with an ardent passion for raising cyber awareness and leveraging new, innovative approaches.
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Milad Aslaner is a security professional with over 10 years' experience in product engineering and management. He has published white papers and books on social engineering, the practical application of cybersecurity, and cybersecurity in the financial services industry, with a technical focus on EDR, TVM, incident response, and real-world exploitation techniques. During his time at Microsoft since 2012, he has led the commercial software engineering team for the Surface Book and Laptop, and built security features such as SEMM. As a senior security program manager, he aims to transform strategic enterprise customer requirements to realize new scenarios, thereby safeguarding Microsoft customers against the evolving threat landscape.
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