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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner
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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner

Overview of this book

Organizations have always been a target of cybercrime. Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance teaches you how to successfully defend your system against common cyber threats, making sure your financial services are a step ahead in terms of security. The book begins by providing an overall description of cybersecurity, guiding you through some of the most important services and technologies currently at risk from cyber threats. Once you have familiarized yourself with the topic, you will explore specific technologies and threats based on case studies and real-life scenarios. As you progress through the chapters, you will discover vulnerabilities and bugs (including the human risk factor), gaining an expert-level view of the most recent threats. You'll then explore information on how you can achieve data and infrastructure protection. In the concluding chapters, you will cover recent and significant updates to procedures and configurations, accompanied by important details related to cybersecurity research and development in IT-based financial services. By the end of the book, you will have gained a basic understanding of the future of information security and will be able to protect financial services and their related infrastructures.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Cybersecurity incidents

A cybersecurity incident or information security incident is defined under ISO/IEC TR 18044:2004 as a "single or a series of unwanted or unexpected information security events that have a significant probability of compromising business operations and threatening information security." When a cybersecurity incident occurs, it very often causes service disruption because one or more IT services might be affected. These IT services might have been destroyed beyond recovery or forced to shut down or the threat actor is monitoring the IT system, preventing employees from continuing their work. In most cases, the threat actors follow a cyberattack kill chain that includes the injection of malware in the network. A cybersecurity incident by definition is either in the past or ongoing. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and cybersecurity is...