The era of cyberwarfare is here. What we do now, and how we determine what we will do in the future, will decide whether our business lives or dies, and whether our digital selves survive on the digital battlefield.
In this article, we’ll discuss 6 cybersecurity resources from Packt, for everyone from aspiring cybersecurity professionals to experts.
Adversarial Tradecraft in Cybersecurity (Adversarial Tradecraft in Cybersecurity)
A detailed guide to help you master advanced techniques and countermeasures for protecting your organization from hackers. It enables you to use cyber deception in your operations to gain an advantage over your competitors.
Very little has been written about what to do when live hackers attack your system and get out of control. Even experienced hackers sometimes struggle when they realize that a network defender has caught them and is controlling their implants in real time.
This book offers tips and recommendations across the entire attack kill chain, showing where hackers can gain the upper hand in a real-world conflict and how defenders can outsmart them in this adversarial game of cat and mouse.
Each chapter contains two subsections, with a particular focus on offensive and defensive teams. This book has a lot to offer everyone from pentesters and red teams to SOC analysts and incident responders, attackers, defenders, everyday hackers, power users, and security engineers. It will also be useful to those involved in purple-team or adversarial simulations, since it describes processes for gaining an advantage over the other team.
Author: Dan Borges, a passionate programmer and security researcher, has held security roles at companies such as Uber, Mandiant, and CrowdStrike. Dan has been programming various devices for more than 20 years, including more than 14 years in the security industry.
Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, Second Edition (Cybersecurity — Attack and Defense Strategies)
A book that will help you counter modern threats and use the latest tools and techniques to protect your organization from cybercriminals. This thoroughly revised new edition of the bestseller covers the latest security threats and defense mechanisms, including a detailed overview of cloud security posture management (CSPM) and an assessment of the current threat landscape, with additional emphasis on emerging IoT and cryptomining threats.
This book is for IT professionals working in IT security, IT pentesters, security consultants, or anyone who wants to get into ethical hacking. Prior knowledge of penetration testing is useful.
Authors Yuri Diogenes and Dr. Erdal Ozkaya. Yuri Diogenes is a professor at EC-Council University, holds a master’s degree in cybersecurity, and is a senior program manager for Microsoft Azure Security Center. Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a leading cybersecurity professional with business development, management, and academic skills. He works to secure cyberspace and shares his real-world expertise as a security advisor, speaker, lecturer, and author.
Cyber Minds (Cyber Minds)
This book covers cybersecurity in the cloud, data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT to help you stay cybersecure. Shira Rubinoff’s Cyber Minds brings together leading authorities in cybersecurity to discuss the emerging threats facing industry, society, the military, and governments today. Cyber Minds serves as a strategic briefing on cybersecurity and data security, bringing together expert insights from security-sector leaders. This book will help you get equipped and informed about what you need to know to protect your business or your country.
This book is essential reading for business leaders, senior executives, board members, organizational IT decision-makers, and anyone responsible for cybersecurity.
Author: Shira Rubinoff is a recognized cybersecurity leader, cybersecurity and blockchain consultant, global keynote speaker, and influencer who has created two cybersecurity product companies and led numerous initiatives for women in technology.
Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies (Cyberwarfare — Truth, Tactics, and Strategies)
Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies is as real and relevant as it gets in cyberspace, presenting examples of real-world attacks and defense methods, tools, and strategies to teach you how to think about protecting your own systems and data.
This book introduces you to strategic concepts and truths that will help you and your organization survive cyberwarfare.
The book not only covers cyberwarfare, but also examines the political, cultural, and geographical factors associated with these attack methods, helping you understand the motives and consequences likely in each scenario.
This book is for any engineer, leader, or professional responsible for cybersecurity in their organization or interested in working in this ever-evolving field.
Author: Dr. Chase Cunningham has a Ph.D. and an M.S. in computer science from Colorado Technical University, and a B.S. from American Military University, specializing in counterterrorism operations in cyberspace.
Incident Response in the Age of Cloud (Incident Response in the Age of Cloud)
This book is a comprehensive guide for organizations on how to prepare for cyberattacks and manage cyberthreats and network security breaches in ways that reduce damage, recovery time, and costs, while making it easier to adapt existing strategies to cloud environments.
It is intended for first-time incident responders, cybersecurity enthusiasts who want to get into IR, and anyone responsible for keeping a business secure.
This book will also be of interest to IT directors, CISOs, and members of IR, SOC, and CSIRT teams. However, IR is not just for IT or security teams, and anyone in a legal, HR, media, or other active business role will benefit from this book.
The book assumes that you have some administration experience. Prior DFIR experience is not required. Some information security knowledge is a plus, but not essential.
Author: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a technically savvy executive with a strong academic background and keen business acumen. Over the course of his progressive career, he has developed the ability to facilitate the integration of standard operating procedures that ensure the optimal functionality of all technical functions and systems.
Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies (Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies)
This book will teach you how to neutralize exploits, malware, phishing, and other social engineering attacks. Drawing on numerous cybersecurity strategies, a former Microsoft global chief security advisor offers unique insights into the evolving threat landscape and how businesses can address today’s cybersecurity challenges.
The book will give you an assessment of various cybersecurity strategies that have ultimately failed over the past twenty years, as well as one or two that actually worked. It will help security and compliance leaders and professionals understand how cloud computing is changing the rules of the game for them.
This book is for senior executives in commercial and government organizations, including chief information security officers (CISOs) and other senior managers of cybersecurity teams, chief information officers (CIOs), chief technology officers (CTOs), and senior IT managers who want to explore the full spectrum of cybersecurity, from threat hunting and security risk management to malware analysis.
Author: Tim Rains spent most of two decades at Microsoft, where he held a range of roles, including global chief security advisor, director of security, identity, and enterprise mobility, director of trustworthy computing, and technical lead for Microsoft’s customer-facing security incident response team.
To sum up:
If you’re aiming to become a cybersecurity expert, any good study/reference material is just as important as hands-on training and practical understanding. Choosing the right guide can dramatically accelerate your learning and help you chart your own successful career path.
