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Mastering Defensive Security

By : Cesar Bravo
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Mastering Defensive Security

By: Cesar Bravo

Overview of this book

Every organization has its own data and digital assets that need to be protected against an ever-growing threat landscape that compromises the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of crucial data. Therefore, it is important to train professionals in the latest defensive security skills and tools to secure them. Mastering Defensive Security provides you with in-depth knowledge of the latest cybersecurity threats along with the best tools and techniques needed to keep your infrastructure secure. The book begins by establishing a strong foundation of cybersecurity concepts and advances to explore the latest security technologies such as Wireshark, Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA), Burp Suite, OpenVAS, and Nmap, hardware threats such as a weaponized Raspberry Pi, and hardening techniques for Unix, Windows, web applications, and cloud infrastructures. As you make progress through the chapters, you'll get to grips with several advanced techniques such as malware analysis, security automation, computer forensics, and vulnerability assessment, which will help you to leverage pentesting for security. By the end of this book, you'll have become familiar with creating your own defensive security tools using IoT devices and developed advanced defensive security skills.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Mastering Defensive Security Concepts
7
Section 2: Applying Defensive Security
15
Section 3: Deep Dive into Defensive Security

Chapter 16: Practicing Forensics

"Dealing with Digital Evidence is a big challenge for the justice system, especially when we realize the new challenges and risks that it brings, like the remote manipulation of the collected evidence."

– Judge RosibelJara

Digital forensics is a very complex topic because, as you will see in this chapter, evidence can be gathered even if you don't have access to the device. Consequently, to be admitted on trial, digital evidence must comply with a plurality of conditions and regulations to ensure that the digital evidence was handled properly and that it was taken into custody appropriately. Therefore, the role of the digital forensics specialist is key to ensuring the success of the digital forensics process. This chapter aims to give you a very good introduction to the topic and serve as a starting point in case you need to face this process.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Introduction...