A practical handbook to cybersecurity for both tech and non-tech professionals
As reports of major data breaches fill the headlines, it has become impossible for any business, large or small, to ignore the importance of cybersecurity. Most books on the subject, however, are either too specialized for the non-technical professional or too general for positions in the IT trenches. Thanks to author Nadean Tanner’s wide array of experience from teaching at a University to working for the Department of Defense, the Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit strikes the perfect balance of substantive and accessible, making it equally useful to those in IT or management positions across a variety of industries. This handy guide takes a simple and strategic look at best practices and tools available to both cybersecurity management and hands-on professionals, whether they be new to the field or looking to expand their expertise.
Tanner gives comprehensive coverage to such crucial topics as security assessment and configuration, strategies for protection and defense, offensive measures, and remediation while aligning the concept with the right tool using the CIS Controls version 7 as a guide. Readers will learn why and how to use fundamental open source and free tools such as ping, tracert, PuTTY, pathping, sysinternals, NMAP, OpenVAS, Nexpose Community, OSSEC, Hamachi, InSSIDer, Nexpose Community, Wireshark, Solarwinds Kiwi Syslog Server, Metasploit, Burp, Clonezilla and many more.
Up-to-date and practical cybersecurity instruction, applicable to both management and technical positions
Straightforward explanations of the theory behind cybersecurity best practices Designed to be an easily navigated tool for daily use Includes training appendix on Linux, how to build a virtual lab and glossary of key terms
The Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit is an excellent resource for anyone working in digital policy as well as IT security professionals, technical analysts, program managers, and Chief Information and Technology Officers. This is one handbook that won’t gather dust on the shelf, but remain a valuable reference at any career level, from student to executive.
By:
Nadean H. Tanner
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 185mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781119552932
ISBN 10: 1119552931
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 12 April 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword xxi Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Fundamental Networking and Security Tools 1 Ping 1 IPConfig 4 NSLookup 7 Tracert 9 NetStat 10 PuTTY 14 Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows 17 RELI 18 PSR 19 PathPing 21 MTR 23 Sysinternals 24 The Legendary God Mode 28 Chapter 3 Nmap—The Network Mapper 31 Network Mapping 32 Port Scanning 34 Services Running 36 Operating Systems 38 Zenmap 39 Chapter 4 Vulnerability Management 43 Managing Vulnerabilities 43 OpenVAS 46 Nexpose Community 50 Chapter 5 Monitoring with OSSEC 57 Log-Based Intrusion Detection Systems 57 Agents 61 Adding an Agent 63 Extracting the Key for an Agent 64 Removing an Agent 64 Log Analysis 65 Chapter 6 Protecting Wireless Communication 67 802.11 67 inSSIDer 70 Wireless Network Watcher 71 Hamachi 72 Tor 78 Chapter 7 Wireshark 83 Wireshark 83 OSI Model 86 Capture 89 Filters and Colors 92 Inspection 93 Chapter 8 Access Management 97 AAA 98 Least Privilege 99 Single Sign-On 101 JumpCloud 103 Chapter 9 Managing Logs 109 Windows Event Viewer 110 Windows PowerShell 112 BareTail 116 Syslog 117 SolarWinds Kiwi 120 Chapter 10 Metasploit 125 Reconnaissance 127 Installation 128 Gaining Access 135 Metasploitable2 139 Vulnerable Web Services 144 Meterpreter 146 Chapter 11 Web Application Security 147 Web Development 148 Information Gathering 151 DNS 153 Defense in Depth 155 Burp Suite 156 Chapter 12 Patch and Configuration Management 165 Patch Management 166 Configuration Management 173 Clonezilla Live 179 Chapter 13 Securing OSI Layer 8 187 Human Nature 188 Human Attacks 192 Education 193 The Social Engineer Toolkit 195 Chapter 14 Kali Linux 205 Virtualization 206 Optimizing Kali Linux 219 Using Kali Linux Tools 221 Maltego 222 Recon-ng 223 Sparta 225 MacChanger 225 Nikto 226 Kismet 227 WiFite 228 John the Ripper 229 Hashcat 230 Chapter 15 CISv7 Controls and Best Practices 235 CIS Basic Controls—The Top Six 236 Inventory and Control of Hardware Assets 236 Inventory and Control of Software Assets 238 Continuous Vulnerability Management 239 Controlled Use of Administrative Privileges 240 Secure Configuration for Hardware and Software on Mobile Devices, Laptops, Workstations, and Servers 241 Maintenance, Monitoring, and Analysis of Audit Logs 246 In Conclusion 248 Index 249
Nadean H. Tanner has been in the technology industry for over 20 years in a variety of positions from marketing to training to web development to hardware. She has worked in academia as an IT director and a postgraduate technology instructor. She has also been a trainer and consultant in advanced cybersecurity for Fortune 500 companies as well as the U.S. Department of Defense.
