I am often asked to recommend a book that does a good (or great) job at covering the cybersecurity disciplines, problems and solutions from an academic perspective. Many people are looking for a comprehensive look at current technology basics, cutting-edge terminologies, new and old (but still working) approaches and more.

Going further, how does one systematically address cyberthreats, build a cybersecurity program, and maintain ongoing cyberdefenses?

I agreed to review Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies (Second Edition) because the book offered the promise of all of the above. This excellent book did not disappoint, and I highly recommend it for those looking for a comprehensive (610 pages) manual with a great index of terms at the end.  

Here’s what you will learn:

• The importance of having a solid foundation for your security posture
• Use the cybersecurity kill chain to understand the attacks strategy
• Boost your organization’s cyber resilience by improving your security policies, hardening your network, implementing active sensors, and leveraging threat intelligence
• Utilize the latest defense tool, including Azure Sentinel and the Zero Trust Network strategy
• Identify different types of cyberattacks such as SQL injection, and social engineering threats such as phishing emails
• Perform an incident investigation using Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel
• Get an in-depth understanding of the disaster recovery process
• Understand how to consistently monitor security and implement a vulnerability management strategy for on-premises and hybrid cloud
• Learn how to perform log analysis using the cloud to identify suspicious activities including logs from Amazon Web Services and Azure

The Authors

  Yuri Diogenes is a professor at EC-Council University for their master’s degree in cybersecurity and a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft for Azure Security Center. Yuri has a Master of Science degree in cybersecurity from UTICA College, and an MBA from FGV Brazil. (Read more…)