PRACTICAL VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT. A Strategic Approach to Managing Cyber Risk by Andrew Magnusson, 2020

Practical Vulnerability Management shows you how to weed out system security weaknesses and squash cyber threats in their tracks.

The book starts by introducing the practice of vulnerability management, its tools and components, and detailing the ways it improves an enterprise's overall security posture. Then it's time to get your hands dirty! As the content shifts from conceptual to practical, you're guided through creating a vulnerability-management system from the ground up, using open-source software.

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Hacker Culture A to Z: A Fun Guide to the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Hacking, Crawley Kim, 2024

Hacker culture can be esoteric, but this entertaining reference is here to help. Written by longtime cybersecurity researcher and writer Kim Crawley, this fun reference introduces you to key people and companies, fundamental ideas, and milestone films, games, and magazines in the annals of hacking. From airgapping to phreaking to zombie malware, grasping the terminology is crucial to understanding hacker culture and history.

If you’re just getting started on your hacker journey, you’ll find plenty here to guide your learning and help you understand the references and cultural allusions you come across. More experienced hackers will find historical depth, wry humor, and surprising facts about familiar cultural touchstones.

Understand the relationship between hacker culture and cybersecurity

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Ethical Hacking Workshop: Explore a practical approach to learning and applying ethical hacking techniques for effective cybersecurity, Abutheraa Mohammed, Pillay Rishalin, 2023

The Ethical Hacking Workshop will teach you how to perform ethical hacking and provide you with hands-on experience using relevant tools. exploring the thought process involved in ethical hacking and the various techniques you can use to obtain results, you’ll gain a deep understanding of how to leverage these skills effectively.

Throughout this book, you’ll learn how to conduct a successful ethical hack, how to use the tools correctly, and how to interpret the results to enhance your environment’s security.

By the end of the book, you’ll be well-versed in ethical hacking and equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to safeguard your enterprise against cyber-attacks.

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Hands on Hacking: Become an Expert at Next Gen Penetration Testing and Purple Teaming by Matthew Hickey
with Jennifer Arcuri, 2020

We cover topics of breaching a company from the external network perimeter, hacking internal enterprise systems and web application vulnerabilities. Delving into the basics of exploitation with real-world practical examples, you won't find any hypothetical academic only attacks here. From start to finish this book will take the student through the steps necessary to breach an organization to improve its security.


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