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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)

Summary

This chapter focused on knowledge check, particularly related to certifications. There are many eLearning platforms that have opened and all offer competitive courses and certifications upon the successful completion of each course.

Certifications will offer learners some advantages in the job market that applicants that only have degrees will not get. Certifications show employers that you take initiative, show that you are highly skilled in a certain niche, equip you with in-demand skills, market your skills, and can kickstart a cyber security career for people with non-IT degrees. Choosing the certification to take and the vendor must always be done with caution. Before picking a course, you should evaluate the vendor's reputation, the credibility of the certification, the duration of the course, the feedback from previous learners, the level of support that learners...