Cybersecurity For Dummies
Protect your business and family against cyber attacks

Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both protected itself against attacks by cyber criminals and other online scoundrels, and ensured that it has the ability to recover if it is attacked.

If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You’ll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached!

  • The who and why of cybersecurity threats
  • Basic cybersecurity concepts
  • What to do to be cyber-secure
  • Cybersecurity careers
  • What to think about to stay cybersecure in the future

Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime — and to defend yourself before it is too late.

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Cybersecurity For Dummies
Protect your business and family against cyber attacks

Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both protected itself against attacks by cyber criminals and other online scoundrels, and ensured that it has the ability to recover if it is attacked.

If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You’ll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached!

  • The who and why of cybersecurity threats
  • Basic cybersecurity concepts
  • What to do to be cyber-secure
  • Cybersecurity careers
  • What to think about to stay cybersecure in the future

Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime — and to defend yourself before it is too late.

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Cybersecurity For Dummies

Cybersecurity For Dummies

by Joseph Steinberg
Cybersecurity For Dummies

Cybersecurity For Dummies

by Joseph Steinberg

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Protect your business and family against cyber attacks

Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both protected itself against attacks by cyber criminals and other online scoundrels, and ensured that it has the ability to recover if it is attacked.

If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You’ll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached!

  • The who and why of cybersecurity threats
  • Basic cybersecurity concepts
  • What to do to be cyber-secure
  • Cybersecurity careers
  • What to think about to stay cybersecure in the future

Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime — and to defend yourself before it is too late.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781119560326
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 10/15/2019
Series: For Dummies Books
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Joseph Steinberg is a cybersecurity and emerging technologies advisor with two decades of industry experience. One of only 28 people worldwide to hold the entire suite of advanced information security certifications (CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, and CSSLP), he writes an independent column covering cybersecurity and privacy, after previously covering those topics for Forbes and Inc. Magazine. He also authors thought leadership articles for many technology companies, including IBM and Microsoft, and has invented various cybersecurity-related technologies, which are cited in more than 400 U.S. patent filings.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Cybersecurity 5

Chapter 1: What Exactly Is Cybersecurity? 7

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Common Cyberattacks 23

Chapter 3: The Bad Guys You Must Defend Against 49

Part 2: Improving Your Own Personal Security 69

Chapter 4: Evaluating Your Current Cybersecurity Posture 71

Chapter 5: Enhancing Physical Security 93

Chapter 6: Cybersecurity Considerations When Working from Home 105

Part 3: Protecting Yourself from Yourself 115

Chapter 7: Securing Your Accounts 117

Chapter 8: Passwords 135

Chapter 9: Preventing Social Engineering Attacks 151

Part 4: Cybersecurity for Businesses, Organizations, and Government 173

Chapter 10: Securing Your Small Business 175

Chapter 11: Cybersecurity and Big Businesses 201

Part 5: Handling a Security Incident (This Is a When, Not an If) 217

Chapter 12: Identifying a Security Breach 219

Chapter 13: Recovering from a Security Breach 239

Part 6: Backing Up and Recovery 259

Chapter 14: Backing Up 261

Chapter 15: Resetting Your Device 289

Chapter 16: Restoring from Backups 299

Part 7: Looking toward the Future 321

Chapter 17: Pursuing a Cybersecurity Career 323

Chapter 18: Emerging Technologies Bring New Threats 337

Part 8: The Part of Tens 351

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Cybersecurity without Spending a Fortune 353

Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Lessons from Major Cybersecurity Breaches 359

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Safely Use Public Wi-Fi 367

Index 371

 

ntroduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Cybersecurity 5

Chapter 1: What Exactly Is Cybersecurity? 7

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Common Cyberattacks 23

Chapter 3: The Bad Guys You Must Defend Against 49

Part 2: Improving Your Own Personal Security 69

Chapter 4: Evaluating Your Current Cybersecurity Posture 71

Chapter 5: Enhancing Physical Security 93

Chapter 6: Cybersecurity Considerations When Working from Home 105

Part 3: Protecting Yourself from Yourself 115

Chapter 7: Securing Your Accounts 117

Chapter 8: Passwords 135

Chapter 9: Preventing Social Engineering Attacks 151

Part 4: Cybersecurity for Businesses, Organizations, and Government 173

Chapter 10: Securing Your Small Business 175

Chapter 11: Cybersecurity and Big Businesses 201

Part 5: Handling a Security Incident (This Is a When, Not an If) 217

Chapter 12: Identifying a Security Breach 219

Chapter 13: Recovering from a Security Breach 239

Part 6: Backing Up and Recovery 259

Chapter 14: Backing Up 261

Chapter 15: Resetting Your Device 289

Chapter 16: Restoring from Backups 299

Part 7: Looking toward the Future 321

Chapter 17: Pursuing a Cybersecurity Career 323

Chapter 18: Emerging Technologies Bring New Threats 337

Part 8: The Part of Tens 351

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Cybersecurity without Spending a Fortune 353

Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Lessons from Major Cybersecurity Breaches 359

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Safely Use Public Wi-Fi 367

Index 371

 

ntroduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Cybersecurity 5

Chapter 1: What Exactly Is Cybersecurity? 7

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Common Cyberattacks 23

Chapter 3: The Bad Guys You Must Defend Against 49

Part 2: Improving Your Own Personal Security 69

Chapter 4: Evaluating Your Current Cybersecurity Posture 71

Chapter 5: Enhancing Physical Security 93

Chapter 6: Cybersecurity Considerations When Working from Home 105

Part 3: Protecting Yourself from Yourself 115

Chapter 7: Securing Your Accounts 117

Chapter 8: Passwords 135

Chapter 9: Preventing Social Engineering Attacks 151

Part 4: Cybersecurity for Businesses, Organizations, and Government 173

Chapter 10: Securing Your Small Business 175

Chapter 11: Cybersecurity and Big Businesses 201

Part 5: Handling a Security Incident (This Is a When, Not an If) 217

Chapter 12: Identifying a Security Breach 219

Chapter 13: Recovering from a Security Breach 239

Part 6: Backing Up and Recovery 259

Chapter 14: Backing Up 261

Chapter 15: Resetting Your Device 289

Chapter 16: Restoring from Backups 299

Part 7: Looking toward the Future 321

Chapter 17: Pursuing a Cybersecurity Career 323

Chapter 18: Emerging Technologies Bring New Threats 337

Part 8: The Part of Tens 351

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Cybersecurity without Spending a Fortune 353

Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Lessons from Major Cybersecurity Breaches 359

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Safely Use Public Wi-Fi 367

Index 371

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