Technology Development for Security Practitioners


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This volume is authored by a mix of global contributors from across the landscape of academia, research institutions, police organizations, and experts in security policy and private industry to address some of the most contemporary challenges within the global security domain. The latter includes protection of critical infrastructures (CI), counter-terrorism, application of dark web, and analysis of a large volume of artificial intelligence data, cybercrime, serious and organised crime, border surveillance, and management of disasters and crises. This title explores various application scenarios of advanced ICT in the context of cybercrime, border security and crisis management, serious and organised crime, and protection of critical infrastructures. Readers will benefit from lessons learned from more than 30 large R&D projects within a security context. The book addresses not only theoretical narratives pertinent to the subject but also identifies current challenges and emerging security threats, provides analysis of operational capability gaps, and includes real-world applied solutions. Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO License via link.springer.com and Chapter 16 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com







Cyber Warfare


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Cyber Warfare Techniques, Tactics and Tools for Security Practitioners provides a comprehensive look at how and why digital warfare is waged. This book explores the participants, battlefields, and the tools and techniques used during today's digital conflicts. The concepts discussed will give students of information security a better idea of how cyber conflicts are carried out now, how they will change in the future, and how to detect and defend against espionage, hacktivism, insider threats and non-state actors such as organized criminals and terrorists. Every one of our systems is under attack from multiple vectors - our defenses must be ready all the time and our alert systems must detect the threats every time. This book provides concrete examples and real-world guidance on how to identify and defend a network against malicious attacks. It considers relevant technical and factual information from an insider's point of view, as well as the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber war and how computer criminal law may change as a result. Starting with a definition of cyber warfare, the book's 15 chapters discuss the following topics: the cyberspace battlefield; cyber doctrine; cyber warriors; logical, physical, and psychological weapons; computer network exploitation; computer network attack and defense; non-state actors in computer network operations; legal system impacts; ethics in cyber warfare; cyberspace challenges; and the future of cyber war. This book is a valuable resource to those involved in cyber warfare activities, including policymakers, penetration testers, security professionals, network and systems administrators, and college instructors. The information provided on cyber tactics and attacks can also be used to assist in developing improved and more efficient procedures and technical defenses. Managers will find the text useful in improving the overall risk management strategies for their organizations. - Provides concrete examples and real-world guidance on how to identify and defend your network against malicious attacks - Dives deeply into relevant technical and factual information from an insider's point of view - Details the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber war and how computer criminal law may change as a result




CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Cert Guide


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Trust the best selling Authorized Cert Guide series from Pearson IT Certification to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. These guides are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam. Master CompTIA® Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 exam topics Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks This is the eBook edition of the CompTIA® Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Authorized Cert Guide. This eBook does not include the companion CD-ROM with practice exam that comes with the print edition. CompTIA® Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Authorized Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. CompTIA® Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Authorized Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for CompTIA’s CASP CAS-002 exam. Expert security certification training experts Robin Abernathy and Troy McMillan share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this authorized study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. The authorized study guide helps you master all the topics on the CompTIA CASP exam, including: Enterprise security: cryptography; storage; network/security components, concepts, and architectures; host controls; application vulnerabilities/controls Risk management and incident response: business influences/risks; risk mitigation; privacy policies / procedures; incident response/recovery Research, analysis, and assessment: industry trends; securing the enterprise; assessment tools / methods Integration of computing, communications, and business disciplines: business unit collaboration; secure communication / collaboration; security across the technology life cycle Technical integration of enterprise components: host/storage/network/application integration; secure enterprise architecture; authentication and authorization CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) CAS-002 Authorized Cert Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Pearson IT Certification that includes simulation, hands-on training, and self-study products. To find out more, please visit http://www.pearsonitcertification.com.




CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Study Guide


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Comprehensive coverage of the new CASP+ exam, with hands-on practice and interactive study tools The CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Study Guide: Exam CAS-003, Third Edition, offers invaluable preparation for exam CAS-003. Covering 100 percent of the exam objectives, this book provides expert walk-through of essential security concepts and processes to help you tackle this challenging exam with full confidence. Practical examples and real-world insights illustrate critical topics and show what essential practices look like on the ground, while detailed explanations of technical and business concepts give you the background you need to apply identify and implement appropriate security solutions. End-of-chapter reviews help solidify your understanding of each objective, and cutting-edge exam prep software features electronic flashcards, hands-on lab exercises, and hundreds of practice questions to help you test your knowledge in advance of the exam. The next few years will bring a 45-fold increase in digital data, and at least one third of that data will pass through the cloud. The level of risk to data everywhere is growing in parallel, and organizations are in need of qualified data security professionals; the CASP+ certification validates this in-demand skill set, and this book is your ideal resource for passing the exam. Master cryptography, controls, vulnerability analysis, and network security Identify risks and execute mitigation planning, strategies, and controls Analyze security trends and their impact on your organization Integrate business and technical components to achieve a secure enterprise architecture CASP+ meets the ISO 17024 standard, and is approved by U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill Directive 8570.01-M requirements. It is also compliant with government regulations under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). As such, this career-building credential makes you in demand in the marketplace and shows that you are qualified to address enterprise-level security concerns. The CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Study Guide: Exam CAS-003, Third Edition, is the preparation resource you need to take the next big step for your career and pass with flying colors.




Countering Cyber Sabotage


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Countering Cyber Sabotage: Introducing Consequence-Driven, Cyber-Informed Engineering (CCE) introduces a new methodology to help critical infrastructure owners, operators and their security practitioners make demonstrable improvements in securing their most important functions and processes. Current best practice approaches to cyber defense struggle to stop targeted attackers from creating potentially catastrophic results. From a national security perspective, it is not just the damage to the military, the economy, or essential critical infrastructure companies that is a concern. It is the cumulative, downstream effects from potential regional blackouts, military mission kills, transportation stoppages, water delivery or treatment issues, and so on. CCE is a validation that engineering first principles can be applied to the most important cybersecurity challenges and in so doing, protect organizations in ways current approaches do not. The most pressing threat is cyber-enabled sabotage, and CCE begins with the assumption that well-resourced, adaptive adversaries are already in and have been for some time, undetected and perhaps undetectable. Chapter 1 recaps the current and near-future states of digital technologies in critical infrastructure and the implications of our near-total dependence on them. Chapters 2 and 3 describe the origins of the methodology and set the stage for the more in-depth examination that follows. Chapter 4 describes how to prepare for an engagement, and chapters 5-8 address each of the four phases. The CCE phase chapters take the reader on a more granular walkthrough of the methodology with examples from the field, phase objectives, and the steps to take in each phase. Concluding chapter 9 covers training options and looks towards a future where these concepts are scaled more broadly.




Security Technologies and Social Implications


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B>SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS Explains how the latest technologies can advance policing and security, identify threats, and defend citizens from crime and terrorism Security Technologies and Social Implications focuses on the development and application of new technologies that police and homeland security officers can leverage as a tool for both predictive and intelligence-led investigations. The book recommends the best practices for incorporation of these technologies into day-to-day activities by law enforcement agencies and counter-terrorism units. Practically, it addresses legal, technological, and organizational challenges (e.g. resource limitation and privacy concerns) combined with challenges related to the adoption of innovative technologies. In contrast to classic tools, modern policing and security requires the development and implementation of new technologies using AI, machine learning, social media tracking, drones, robots, GIS, computer vision, and more. As crime (and cybercrime in particular) becomes more and more sophisticated, security requires a complex mix of social measures, including prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution. Key topics related to these developments and their implementations covered in Security Technologies and Social Implications include: New security technologies and how these technologies can be implemented in practice, plus associated social, ethical or policy issues Expertise and commentary from individuals developing and testing new technologies and individuals using the technologies within their everyday roles The latest advancements in commercial and professional law enforcement technologies and platforms Commentary on how technologies can advance humanity by making policing and security more efficient and keeping citizens safe Security Technologies and Social Implications serves as a comprehensive resource for defense personnel and law enforcement staff, practical security engineers, and trainee staff in security and police colleges to understand the latest security technologies, with a critical look at their uses and limitations regarding potential ethical, regulatory, or legal issues.




CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 Cert Guide


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This is the eBook edition of the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 Cert Guide. This eBook does not include access to the Pearson Test Prep practice exams that comes with the print edition. Learn, prepare, and practice for CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam success with this CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT Certification learning. CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam. Leading expert Troy McMillan shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. This complete study package includes * A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exams * Chapter-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly * An online interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter * A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies * Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success. This study guide helps you master all the topics on the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) CAS-004 exam, including * Ensuring a secure network architecture * Determining the proper infrastructure security design * Implementing secure cloud and virtualization solutions * Performing threat and vulnerability management activities * Implementing appropriate incident response * Applying secure configurations to enterprise mobility * Configuring and implementing endpoint security controls * Troubleshooting issues with cryptographic implementations * Applying appropriate risk strategies







CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Practice Tests


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Prepare for success on the challenging CASP+ CAS-004 exam In the newly updated Second Edition of CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Practice Tests Exam CAS-004, accomplished cybersecurity expert Nadean Tanner delivers an extensive collection of CASP+ preparation materials, including hundreds of domain-by-domain test questions and two additional practice exams. Prepare for the new CAS-004 exam, as well as a new career in advanced cybersecurity, with Sybex’s proven approach to certification success. You’ll get ready for the exam, to impress your next interviewer, and excel at your first cybersecurity job. This book includes: Comprehensive coverage of all exam CAS-004 objective domains, including security architecture, operations, engineering, cryptography, and governance, risk, and compliance In-depth preparation for test success with 1000 practice exam questions Access to the Sybex interactive learning environment and online test bank Perfect for anyone studying for the CASP+ Exam CAS-004, CASP+ CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Practice Tests Exam CAS-004 is also an ideal resource for anyone with IT security experience who seeks to brush up on their skillset or seek a valuable new CASP+ certification.