Cybersecurity: A comprehensive guide to getting started in cybersecurity

by Erdal Ozkaya

Overview

Understand the nitty-gritty of Cybersecurity with ease

Key Features:

Align your security knowledge with industry leading concepts and tools

Acquire required skills and certifications to survive the ever changing market needs

Learn from industry experts to analyse, implement, and maintain a robust environment

Book Description:

It's not a secret that there is a huge talent gap in the cybersecurity industry. Everyone is talking about it including the prestigious Forbes Magazine, Tech Republic, CSO Online, DarkReading, and SC Magazine, among many others. Additionally, Fortune CEO's like Satya Nadella, McAfee's CEO Chris Young, Cisco's CIO Colin Seward along with organizations like ISSA, research firms like Gartner too shine light on it from time to time.

This book put together all the possible information with regards to cybersecurity, why you should choose it, the need for cyber security and how can you be part of it and fill the cybersecurity talent gap bit by bit. Starting with the essential understanding of security and its needs, we will move to security domain changes and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to secure systems. Later, this book will walk you through all the skills and tools that everyone who wants to work as security personal need to be aware of. Then, this book will teach readers how to think like an attacker and explore some advanced security methodologies. Lastly, this book will deep dive into how to build practice labs, explore real-world use cases and get acquainted with various cybersecurity certifications.

By the end of this book, readers will be well-versed with the security domain and will be capable of making the right choices in the cybersecurity field.

What You Will Learn:

Get an overview of what cybersecurity is and learn about the various faces of cybersecurity as well as identify domain that suits you best

Plan your transition into cybersecurity in an efficient and effective way

Learn how to build upon your existing skills and experience in order to prepare for your career in cybersecurity

Who this book is for:

This book is targeted to any IT professional who is looking to venture in to the world cyber attacks and threats. Anyone with some understanding or IT infrastructure workflow will benefit from this book. Cybersecurity experts interested in enhancing their skill set will also find this book useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789616194
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	05/27/2019
Pages:	396
Sales rank:	1,005,652
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Importance of Cybersecurity
2. Security Evolution – From Legacy to Advanced, to ML and AI
3. Learning Cybersecurity Technologies
4. Skills We Need for a Cybersecurity Career
5. Attacker Mindset
6. Understanding Reactive, Proactive, and Operational Security
7. Networking, Mentoring, and Shadowing
8. Cybersecurity Labs
9. Knowledge Check and Certifications
10. Security Intelligence Resources
11. Expert Opinions on Getting Started with Cybersecurity
12. How to Get Hired in Cybersecurity, Regardless of Your Background