Cybersecurity – Managing Systems, Conducting Testing, and Investigating Intrusions Managing systems, conducing testing, and investigating instrusions

A must-have, hands-on guide for working in the cybersecurity profession

Cybersecurity involves preventative methods to protect information from attacks. It requires a thorough understanding of potential threats, such as viruses and other malicious code, as well as system vulnerability and security architecture. This essential book addresses cybersecurity strategies that include identity management, risk management, and incident management, and also serves as a detailed guide for anyone looking to enter the security profession. Doubling as the text for a cybersecurity course, it is also a useful reference for cybersecurity testing, IT test/development, and system/network administration.
* Covers everything from basic network administration security skills through advanced command line scripting, tool customization, and log analysis skills
* Dives deeper into such intense topics as wireshark/tcpdump filtering, Google hacks, Windows/Linux scripting, Metasploit command line, and tool customizations
* Delves into network administration for Windows, Linux, and VMware
* Examines penetration testing, cyber investigations, firewall configuration, and security tool customization
* Shares techniques for cybersecurity testing, planning, and reporting

Cybersecurity: Managing Systems, Conducting Testing, and Investigating Intrusions is a comprehensive and authoritative look at the critical topic of cybersecurity from start to finish.

This book is written to comply with the Comprehensive National Cyber Security Initiative #8: Cybersecurity Education, Cyber Network and will serve as a detailed, hands-on guide for anyone who wants to enter the hands-on security profession, including cybersecurity testing, IT testing/development, and system/network administration. It will also serve as the text for a cybersecurity course at 2 and 4 year colleges and vocational cybersecurity education. The book is also a useful reference for working cybersecurity professionals for techniques such as advanced filtering with Wireshark and tcpdump, command line scripting, network penetration, tool customization, network administration, and log analysis. This book covers basic network administration skills that everyone needs through to advanced command line scripting, tool customization, and log analysis skills that are very useful in every shop, but few professionals have. The book goes deeper into wireshark/tcpdump filtering, Google hacks, Windows/Linux scripting, Metasploit command line, and tool customizations. In addition to the accompanying course syllabus, PowerPoint slides, and test bank, the ancillaries include downloadable custom scripts for Advanced Log Analysis. The book can be used in tandem with the SEED Project lab exercises at http://www.cis.syr.edu/~wedu/seed/ which are free, open source security labs with a free instructors manual. The books exercises can be tested using the free version of BackTrack Linux. The book covers: Cyber Network Security Concepts; Signature-Based Malware Detection vs. Polymorphic Threats   Security Training Roadmap; Cyber AntiPatterns Cyber Network Security Hands-On Network Administration for Windows, Linux, and VMware Administrator and Root Accounts; System Protection / Anti-Malware Firewall Configuration; Security Tool Customization on Windows and Backtrack Linux Alternative Pen Test Architectures; Protocol Analysis and Network Programming Linux/Unix Command Line Scripting; Windows Command Line Scripting; Python Scripting Reconnaissance, Vulnerabilities, and Cyber Testing; Cyber Security Test Planning and Reporting Penetration Testing; Advanced Log Analysis and Cyber Network Defense Reporting Cyber Investigations; Eradication of Cyber Threats

A must-have, hands-on guide for working in the cybersecurity profession Cybersecurity involves preventative methods to protect information from attacks. It requires a thorough understanding of potential threats, such as viruses and other malicious code, as well as system vulnerability and security architecture. This essential book addresses cybersecurity strategies that include identity management, risk management, and incident management, and also serves as a detailed guide for anyone looking to enter the security profession. Doubling as the text for a cybersecurity course, it is also a useful reference for cybersecurity testing, IT test/development, and system/network administration. Covers everything from basic network administration security skills through advanced command line scripting, tool customization, and log analysis skills Dives deeper into such intense topics as wireshark/tcpdump filtering, Google hacks, Windows/Linux scripting, Metasploit command line, and tool customizations Delves into network administration for Windows, Linux, and VMware Examines penetration testing, cyber investigations, firewall configuration, and security tool customization Shares techniques for cybersecurity testing, planning, and reporting Cybersecurity: Managing Systems, Conducting Testing, and Investigating Intrusions is a comprehensive and authoritative look at the critical topic of cybersecurity from start to finish.