You're reading from Mastering Cyber Intelligence Gain comprehensive knowledge and skills to conduct threat intelligence for effective system defense

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800209404

Length 528 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Jean Nestor M. Dahj

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Cyber Threat Intelligence Life Cycle, Requirements, and Tradecraft

2. Chapter 1: Cyber Threat Intelligence Life Cycle FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Requirements and Intelligence Team Implementation

4. Chapter 3: Cyber Threat Intelligence Frameworks

5. Chapter 4: Cyber Threat Intelligence Tradecraft and Standards

6. Chapter 5: Goal Setting, Procedures for CTI Strategy, and Practical Use Cases

7. Section 2: Cyber Threat Analytical Modeling and Defensive Mechanisms

8. Chapter 6: Cyber Threat Modeling and Adversary Analysis

9. Chapter 7: Threat Intelligence Data Sources

10. Chapter 8: Effective Defense Tactics and Data Protection

11. Chapter 9: AI Applications in Cyber Threat Analytics

12. Chapter 10: Threat Modeling and Analysis – Practical Use Cases

13. Section 3: Integrating Cyber Threat Intelligence Strategy to Business processes

14. Chapter 11: Usable Security: Threat Intelligence as Part of the Process

15. Chapter 12: SIEM Solutions and Intelligence-Driven SOCs

16. Chapter 13: Threat Intelligence Metrics, Indicators of Compromise, and the Pyramid of Pain

17. Chapter 14: Threat Intelligence Reporting and Dissemination

18. Chapter 15: Threat Intelligence Sharing and Cyber Activity Attribution – Practical Use Cases

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