An immersive learning experience enhanced with technical, hands-on labs to understand the concepts, methods, tools, platforms, and systems required to master the art of cybersecurity

Key Features

• Get hold of the best defensive security strategies and tools
• Develop a defensive security strategy at an enterprise level
• Get hands-on with advanced cybersecurity threat detection, including XSS, SQL injections, brute forcing web applications, and more

Every organization has its own data and digital assets that need to be protected against an ever-growing threat landscape that compromises the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of crucial data. Therefore, it is important to train professionals in the latest defensive security skills and tools to secure them. Mastering Defensive Security provides you with in-depth knowledge of the latest cybersecurity threats along with the best tools and techniques needed to keep your infrastructure secure.

Section 1: Mastering Defensive Security Concepts
Chapter 1: A Refresher on Defensive Security Concepts
Chapter 2: Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks
Chapter 3: Comprehending Policies, Procedures, Compliance, and Audits
Chapter 4: Patching Layer 8
Chapter 5: Cybersecurity Technologies and Tools
Section 2: Applying Defensive Security
Chapter 6: Securing Windows Infrastructures
Chapter 7: Hardening a Unix Server
Chapter 8: Enhancing Your Network Defensive Skills
Chapter 9: Deep Diving into Physical Security
Chapter 10: Applying IoT Security
Chapter 11: Secure Development and Deployment on the Cloud
Chapter 12: Mastering Web App Security
Section 3: Deep Dive into Defensive Security
Chapter 13: Vulnerability Assessment Tools
Chapter 14: Malware Analysis
Chapter 15: Leveraging Pentesting for Defensive Security
Chapter 16: Practicing Forensics
Chapter 17: Achieving Automation of Security Tools
Chapter 18: The Master’s Compilation of Useful Resources

The book begins by establishing a strong foundation of cybersecurity concepts and advances to explore the latest security technologies such as Wireshark, Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA), Burp Suite, OpenVAS, and Nmap, hardware threats such as a weaponized Raspberry Pi, and hardening techniques for Unix, Windows, web applications, and cloud infrastructures. As you make progress through the chapters, you’ll get to grips with several advanced techniques such as malware analysis, security automation, computer forensics, and vulnerability assessment, which will help you to leverage pentesting for security.

By the end of this book, you’ll have become familiar with creating your own defensive security tools using IoT devices and developed advanced defensive security skills.

What you will learn

• Become well versed with concepts related to defensive security
• Discover strategies and tools to secure the most vulnerable factor – the user
• Get hands-on experience using and configuring the best security tools
• Understand how to apply hardening techniques in Windows and Unix environments
• Leverage malware analysis and forensics to enhance your security strategy
• Secure Internet of Things (IoT) implementations
• Enhance the security of web applications and cloud deployments