Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies - Second Edition: Discove...
25
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2024
pdf | 27.6 MB | English | Isbn:9781804613672 | Author: Tim Rains | Year: 2023
About ebook: Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies - Second Edition: Discover risk mitigation strategies for modern threats to your organization
Implement effective cybersecurity strategies to help you and your security team protect, detect, and respond to modern-day threats
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.
Key Features
Protect your organization from cybersecurity threats with field-tested strategies
Understand threats such as exploits, malware, internet-based threats, and governments
Measure the effectiveness of your organization's current cybersecurity program against modern attackers' tactics
Book Description Tim Rains is Microsoft's former Global Chief Security Advisor and Amazon Web Services' former Global Security Leader for Worldwide Public Sector. He has spent the last two decades advising private and public sector organizations all over the world on cybersecurity strategies.
Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies, Second Edition builds upon the success of the first edition that has helped so many aspiring CISOs, and cybersecurity professionals understand and develop effective data-driven cybersecurity strategies for their organizations. In this edition, you'll examine long-term trends in vulnerability disclosures and exploitation, regional differences in malware infections and the socio-economic factors that underpin them, and how ransomware evolved from an obscure threat to the most feared threat in cybersecurity. You'll also gain valuable insights into the roles that governments play in cybersecurity, including their role as threat actors, and how to mitigate government access to data. The book concludes with a deep dive into modern approaches to cybersecurity using the cloud.
By the end of this book, you will have a better understanding of the threat landscape, how to recognize good Cyber Threat Intelligence, and how to measure the effectiveness of your organization's cybersecurity strategy.
What you will learn
Discover enterprise cybersecurity strategies and the ingredients critical to their success
Improve vulnerability management by reducing risks and costs for your organization
Mitigate internet-based threats such as drive-by download attacks and malware distribution sites
Learn the roles that governments play in cybersecurity and how to mitigate government access to data
Weigh the pros and cons of popular cybersecurity strategies such as Zero Trust, the Intrusion Kill Chain, and others
Implement and then measure the outcome of a cybersecurity strategy
Discover how the cloud can provide better security and compliance capabilities than on-premises IT environments
Who this book is for This book is for anyone who is looking to implement or improve their organization's cybersecurity strategy. This includes Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Security Officers (CSOs), compliance and audit professionals, security architects, and cybersecurity professionals. Basic knowledge of Information Technology (IT), software development principles, and cybersecurity concepts is assumed.
Table of Contents
Introduction
What to Know About Threat Intelligence
Using Vulnerability Trends to Reduce Risk and Costs
The Evolution of Malware
Internet-Based Threats
The Roles Governments Play in Cybersecurity
Government access to data
Ingredients for a Successful Cybersecurity Strategy
Cybersecurity Strategies
Strategy Implementation
Measuring Performance and Effectiveness
Modern Approaches to Security and Compliance
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.
Key Features
Book Description Tim Rains is Microsoft's former Global Chief Security Advisor and Amazon Web Services' former Global Security Leader for Worldwide Public Sector. He has spent the last two decades advising private and public sector organizations all over the world on cybersecurity strategies.
Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies, Second Edition builds upon the success of the first edition that has helped so many aspiring CISOs, and cybersecurity professionals understand and develop effective data-driven cybersecurity strategies for their organizations. In this edition, you'll examine long-term trends in vulnerability disclosures and exploitation, regional differences in malware infections and the socio-economic factors that underpin them, and how ransomware evolved from an obscure threat to the most feared threat in cybersecurity. You'll also gain valuable insights into the roles that governments play in cybersecurity, including their role as threat actors, and how to mitigate government access to data. The book concludes with a deep dive into modern approaches to cybersecurity using the cloud.
By the end of this book, you will have a better understanding of the threat landscape, how to recognize good Cyber Threat Intelligence, and how to measure the effectiveness of your organization's cybersecurity strategy.
What you will learn
Who this book is for This book is for anyone who is looking to implement or improve their organization's cybersecurity strategy. This includes Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Security Officers (CSOs), compliance and audit professionals, security architects, and cybersecurity professionals. Basic knowledge of Information Technology (IT), software development principles, and cybersecurity concepts is assumed.
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