Cybersecurity for beginners / Raef Meeuwisse

By:

Meeuwisse, Raef [author]

Material type: Text

TextHythe, Kent : Cyber Simplicity, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: xviii, 205 pages : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781911452034

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LOC classification:

QA76.9.A25 MEE

Contents:

Cybersecurity & its origins -- About the case studies -- Case study- Target 2013 -- The disciplines within cybersecurity -- Case study- Edward Snowden 2013 -- Basic cybersecurity concepts. Identify -- Protect -- Detect, respond and recover -- Repeat and refine -- Defense in depth -- Human factors -- Technical cybersecurity -- Evolving attack and defense methods -- Case study- Sony (2014) -- The cybersecurity Cold War -- Risk-based cybersecurity & stacked risk -- How cyber exposed are you? -- What to do when things go wrong -- A glimpse toward the future -- Bringing it all together -- Cybersecurity to English dictionary.

Summary: This book provides an easy insight into the essentials of cybersecurity, even if you have a non-technical background. You may be a business person keen to understand this important subject area or an information security specialist looking to update your knowledge. 'The world has changed more in the past 10 years than in any 10 year period in human history... Technology is no longer a peripheral servant, it shapes our daily lives. Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before.'

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Includes index

Cybersecurity & its origins --
About the case studies --
Case study- Target 2013 --
The disciplines within cybersecurity --
Case study- Edward Snowden 2013 --
Basic cybersecurity concepts. Identify --
Protect --
Detect, respond and recover --
Repeat and refine --
Defense in depth --
Human factors --
Technical cybersecurity --
Evolving attack and defense methods --
Case study- Sony (2014) --
The cybersecurity Cold War --
Risk-based cybersecurity & stacked risk --
How cyber exposed are you? --
What to do when things go wrong --
A glimpse toward the future --
Bringing it all together --
Cybersecurity to English dictionary.

This book provides an easy insight into the essentials of cybersecurity, even if you have a non-technical background. You may be a business person keen to understand this important subject area or an information security specialist looking to update your knowledge. 'The world has changed more in the past 10 years than in any 10 year period in human history... Technology is no longer a peripheral servant, it shapes our daily lives. Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before.'

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