An accessible introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practices Cybersecurity Essentials provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications.
An easy-to-use and comprehensive introduction to cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Essentials provides a comprehensive introduction, with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications. It covers the four distinct challenges of creating an effective cybersecurity defense: securing the infrastructure, securing devices, securing local networks, and securing the perimeter. The authors?noted security experts?summarize the fundamental concepts of each challenge and include real-world scenarios that show how these vulnerabilities look in everyday computing. The text offers a summary of the key concepts, review questions, and hands-on exercises designed to help assess an understanding of key concepts.
Learn these fundamentals of security infrastructure?and more:
- Basic security and surveillance systems
- Intrusion detection and reporting systems
- Local host security
- Securing devices
- Protecting the inner perimeter
- Protecting remote access
- Local network Security
- Network topologies and protocols
This Essentials book features:
- Chapter-opening learning objectives
- Essentials and Beyond?summaries and additional suggested exercises
- Hands-on exercises
"This book does very much what it says it does on the blurb, and thoroughly, effectively, and visually too" - Irish Tech News
