Books published by Syngress Media,U.S.

Explains the basic economic truths of the underworld of hacking, and why people around the world devote tremendous resources to developing and implementing malware. This book takes practical academic principles and backs them up with use cases and extensive interviews, placing you right into the mindset of the cyber criminal.

There is considerably more skill in the IT and security communities than is reflected in the jobs people are able to attain. This book explains the job hunting process, why the most commonly followed models fail and how to better approach the search. It suggests how to research new possible job opportunities.

Intelligence-Led Security: How to Understand, Justify and Implement a New Approach to Security is a concise review of the concept of Intelligence-Led Security. Protecting a business, including its information and intellectual property, physical infrastructure, employees, and reputation, has become increasingly difficult. Online threats come from all sides: internal leaks and external adversaries; domestic hacktivists and overseas cybercrime syndicates; targeted threats and mass attacks. And these threats run the gamut from targeted to indiscriminate to entirely accidental. . Among thought leaders and advanced organizations, the consensus is now clear. Defensive security measures: antivirus software, firewalls, and other technical controls and post-attack mitigation strategies are no longer sufficient. To adequately protect company assets and ensure business continuity, organizations must be more proactive. Increasingly, this proactive stance is being summarized by the phrase Intelligence-Led Security: the use of data to gain insight into what can happen, who is likely to be involved, how they are likely to attack and, if possible, to predict when attacks are likely to come. In this book, the authors review the current threat-scape and why it requires this new approach, offer a clarifying definition of what Cyber Threat Intelligence is, describe how to communicate its value to business, and lay out concrete steps toward implementing Intelligence-Led Security.

Introduction to US Cybersecurity Careers is a concise introduction to the world of cybersecurity and the career opportunities therein. This book provides a basic rundown of industry sectors, roles, and places to search for job opportunities within the US cybersecurity industry. Within this book is vital information for anyone trying to get into the industry - basic knowledge for those looking to start training for a career, tips on networking and resume-building in a fast-evolving and nontraditional sector, and advice on how to get your foot in the door and become recognized in your field. This book is designed to help those who are just starting out in cybersecurity and those who have training and knowledge and want to get into the industry. Introduction to US Cybersecurity Careers is your first-stop reference for everything you need to know to start your journey.

Case studies are an effective method of learning the methods and processes that were both successful and unsuccessful in real cases. This title teaches you how to place the suspect behind the keyboard using case studies.

Implementing cryptography requires integers of significant magnitude to resist cryptanalytic attacks. Modern programming languages only provide support for integers which are relatively small. Introducing the reader to the concept of bignum algorithms, this book shows how efficient multiple precision algorithms can be implemented.

Case presentation requires the skills of a good forensic examiner and great public speaker in order to convey enough information to an audience for the audience to place the suspect behind the keyboard. This title deals with this topic.

Talks about software piracy - what it is and how it's done. This book describes how software piracy is actually being carried out. It describes how software is actually stolen and traded over the internet. It discusses security implications resulting from over 1/2 of the internet's computers running illegal, unpatched, pirated software.

Provides readers with the perfect balance of the theories and concepts behind internet security, and the practical applications of Check Point NG FP 4. This work shows readers how to use these products to create a secure network with virtual private networking features. It also covers various objectives on Check Point's CCSA exam.

Takes readers through the different issues involved in spying on someone online. This book begins with an explanation of reasons and ethics, covers the psychology of spying, and describes computer and network basics. It takes readers step-by-step through many common online activities, and also shows what can be done to compromise them.

Windows 2003 Server is unquestionably the dominant enterprise level operating system in the industry, with 95 per cent of all companies running it. This book teaches readers to create the conceptual design of their Active Directory infrastructure by gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements.

Teaches users how to select passwords that always meet complexity requirements. This book examines the password problem from the perspective of the administrator trying to secure their network.

Unveils the techniques phishers employ that enable them to commit fraudulent acts against the global financial industry. This work also highlights the motivation, psychology and legal aspects encircling this deceptive art of exploitation. It provides a view from both sides of the playing field, and is useful for the average internet user.

Helps you deploy a Linux system on the Internet in a variety of security roles. This book shows you how to use your Linux skills to provide the important security services such as encryption, authentication, access control, and logging. It covers hardening the operating system, implementing an intrusion detection system, and defending databases.

Suitable for law enforcement and security professionals.

Provides a systematic approach to creating secure wireless networks, using the Plan, Design, Implement, and Optimize model. Using straightforward language, this book describes deployment best practices, what SonicWALL security appliances do, and how they interoperate within an existing or new network.

Suitable for IT professionals managing enterprise security, this book allows readers to assess vulnerabilities, design protection schemes and plan for disaster recovery should an attack occur. It includes topics such as: Botnets, Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Social Engineering, Physical and Logical Convergence and Payment Card Industry (PCI).

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are designed to be the best performing operating systems to date, but even the best systems can be overwhelmed with load and/or plagued with poorly performing code. Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide gives you a practical field guide approach to performance monitoring and analysis from experts who do this work every day. Think of this book as your own guide to "What would Microsoft support do?" when you have a Windows performance issue. Author Clint Huffman, a Microsoft veteran of over fifteen years, shows you how to identify and alleviate problems with the computer resources of disk, memory, processor, and network. You will learn to use performance counters as the initial indicators, then use various tools to "dig in" to the problem, as well as how to capture and analyze boot performance problems. This field guide gives you the tools and answers you need to improve Microsoft Windows performance, including: Save money on optimizing Windows performance with deep technical troubleshooting that tells you "What would Microsoft do to solve this?" Includes performance counter templates so you can collect the right data the first time.Learn how to solve performance problems using free tools from Microsoft such as the Windows Sysinternals tools and more.In a rush? Chapter 1 Start Here gets you on the quick path to solving the problem.Also covers earlier versions such as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

A practical guide to database administrators to secure their Oracle databases. It helps the DBA to assess their level of risk as well as their security posture. It provides practical, applicable knowledge to appropriately secure the Oracle database. It shows you how to securely integrate your database into your enterprise.

Suitable for the multitasked sys admin, this title presents an introduction to VoIP security, covering exploit tools and how they can be used against VoIP (Voice over IP) systems. It also gives the basics of attack methodologies used against the SIP and H.323 protocols as well as VoIP network infrastructure.

Microsoft's flagship ISA Server 2000 provides system administrators with a revolutionary management infrastructure that addresses the two greatest needs of Enterprise-wide Internet connectivity: Security and Speed. This book provides the system administrators with an understanding of the features of this Internet Server.

Details the default and custom installation of VMware's ESX server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. This book walks the reader through post installation configurations including installation and configuration of VirtualCenter.