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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

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "With this tool, you can create an autorun.inf file that will be automatically executed when the device (USB, DVD, or CD) is inserted."

A block of code is set as follows:

//Identify USB HID Devices
let MalPnPDevices =
    MiscEvents
    | where ActionType == "PnpDeviceConnected"
    | extend parsed=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
    | sort by EventTime desc nulls last
    | where parsed.DeviceDescription == "HID Keyboard Device"
    | project PluginTime=EventTime, ComputerName,parsed.
ClassName, parsed.DeviceId, parsed.DeviceDescription, AdditionalFields;

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sudo apt-get install telnet

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: "Those settings can be accessed for configuration and verification (audit) on the Windows Group Policy Editor under Advanced Audit Policy configuration."

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