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Mastering Defensive Security

You're reading from   Mastering Defensive Security Effective techniques to secure your Windows, Linux, IoT, and cloud infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800208162
Length 528 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Mastering Defensive Security Concepts
2. Chapter 1: A Refresher on Defensive Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks 4. Chapter 3: Comprehending Policies, Procedures, Compliance, and Audits 5. Chapter 4: Patching Layer 8 6. Chapter 5: Cybersecurity Technologies and Tools 7. Section 2: Applying Defensive Security
8. Chapter 6: Securing Windows Infrastructures 9. Chapter 7: Hardening a Unix Server 10. Chapter 8: Enhancing Your Network Defensive Skills 11. Chapter 9: Deep Diving into Physical Security 12. Chapter 10: Applying IoT Security 13. Chapter 11: Secure Development and Deployment on the Cloud 14. Chapter 12: Mastering Web App Security 15. Section 3: Deep Dive into Defensive Security
16. Chapter 13: Vulnerability Assessment Tools 17. Chapter 14: Malware Analysis 18. Chapter 15: Leveraging Pentesting for Defensive Security 19. Chapter 16: Practicing Forensics 20. Chapter 17: Achieving Automation of Security Tools 21. Chapter 18: The Master's Compilation of Useful Resources 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Must-have web resources

This is a very nice cybersecurity controls checklist that you can leverage for a quick audit, or take it as the basis to create your own: https://www.utah.gov/beready/business/documents/BRUCyberSecurityChecklist.pdf

Cyber threat or digital attack maps

These pages show in real time a graphical representation of the cyber-attacks that are currently happening in the world.

As seen in the following figure, the pages also display additional data such as the most targeted countries and attacks by industry:

Figure 18.2 – Live cyber threat map

Some of the most famous threat maps are the following:

These pages are very useful for the following:

  • Awareness training
  • Cybersecurity presentations
  • Highlighting the relevance of defensive security in a given industry...
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