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Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide

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By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Overview of this book

It's not a secret that there is a huge talent gap in the cybersecurity industry. Everyone is talking about it including the prestigious Forbes Magazine, Tech Republic, CSO Online, DarkReading, and SC Magazine, among many others. Additionally, Fortune CEO's like Satya Nadella, McAfee's CEO Chris Young, Cisco's CIO Colin Seward along with organizations like ISSA, research firms like Gartner too shine light on it from time to time. This book put together all the possible information with regards to cybersecurity, why you should choose it, the need for cyber security and how can you be part of it and fill the cybersecurity talent gap bit by bit. Starting with the essential understanding of security and its needs, we will move to security domain changes and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to secure systems. Later, this book will walk you through all the skills and tools that everyone who wants to work as security personal need to be aware of. Then, this book will teach readers how to think like an attacker and explore some advanced security methodologies. Lastly, this book will deep dive into how to build practice labs, explore real-world use cases and get acquainted with various cybersecurity certifications. By the end of this book, readers will be well-versed with the security domain and will be capable of making the right choices in the cybersecurity field.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Certified Information Systems Auditor is an IT Certification offered by Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), a well-known body. If you want to make IT Auditing into a career, CISA is the certification that you should work toward. CISA teaches you skills in the fields of audit, security, and control of information and systems. This is highly accepted globally and has become a de-facto standard when it comes to security-audit certifications. If you already conduct Information System audits, are a security professional with existing experience, or work as an IT consultant, Privacy Officer, or Information Security Officer, this might be a valuable certification to have for your experience and skills. A minimum of five years of information security work experience, with a minimum of three years of information security...