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The Cybersecurity Playbook for Modern Enterprises

By : Jeremy Wittkop
Book Image

The Cybersecurity Playbook for Modern Enterprises

By: Jeremy Wittkop

Overview of this book

Security is everyone's responsibility and for any organization, the focus should be to educate their employees about the different types of security attacks and how to ensure that security is not compromised. This cybersecurity book starts by defining the modern security and regulatory landscape, helping you understand the challenges related to human behavior and how attacks take place. You'll then see how to build effective cybersecurity awareness and modern information security programs. Once you've learned about the challenges in securing a modern enterprise, the book will take you through solutions or alternative approaches to overcome those issues and explain the importance of technologies such as cloud access security brokers, identity and access management solutions, and endpoint security platforms. As you advance, you'll discover how automation plays an important role in solving some key challenges and controlling long-term costs while building a maturing program. Toward the end, you'll also find tips and tricks to keep yourself and your loved ones safe from an increasingly dangerous digital world. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a holistic understanding of cybersecurity and how it evolves to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Modern Security Challenges
5
Section 2 – Building an Effective Program
9
Section 3 – Solutions to Common Problems

Password managers

Most people do not understand the lessons you have learned in this book about reusing passwords and why it is so critical to have complex passwords. It is important for them to learn the importance of not reusing passwords and what can happen if they do. It is also important to familiarize them with the tools, such as password managers, that can help them. When I talk about complex passwords and using unique passwords for every site they visit, the reaction is always the same. How will I remember all of those complex passwords? Of course, the answer is you don't need to remember them; a password manager will remember them for you.

It is important to highlight the need to use a password manager that you trust. You are inputting all your passwords into a vault. If the vault itself is not secure, your passwords are also not safe. Choosing a password manager should be an intentional process with due diligence. You should look into the company that provides the...