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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)

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)/Offensive Security's Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PwK)

This is one if the best cybersecurity training courses you can take. Offensive Security's training courses focus on offensive security, specifically the field of penetration testing. Due to the large number of specializations from the information security domain, the most suitable course for you depends on what you are interested in.

The Offensive Security, Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PwK) course focuses on modern techniques used by penetration testers all across the globe, so it would be a great start for you.

Cracking the Perimeter (CTP) focuses on exploit development, web application, and WAN attacks, which are also useful for pentesters; however, PwK teaches you the core skills that are required to be a good pentester. CTP also requires advanced...