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Mastering Defensive Security

You're reading from   Mastering Defensive Security Effective techniques to secure your Windows, Linux, IoT, and cloud infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800208162
Length 528 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Section 1: Mastering Defensive Security Concepts
2. Chapter 1: A Refresher on Defensive Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks 4. Chapter 3: Comprehending Policies, Procedures, Compliance, and Audits 5. Chapter 4: Patching Layer 8 6. Chapter 5: Cybersecurity Technologies and Tools 7. Section 2: Applying Defensive Security
8. Chapter 6: Securing Windows Infrastructures 9. Chapter 7: Hardening a Unix Server 10. Chapter 8: Enhancing Your Network Defensive Skills 11. Chapter 9: Deep Diving into Physical Security 12. Chapter 10: Applying IoT Security 13. Chapter 11: Secure Development and Deployment on the Cloud 14. Chapter 12: Mastering Web App Security 15. Section 3: Deep Dive into Defensive Security
16. Chapter 13: Vulnerability Assessment Tools 17. Chapter 14: Malware Analysis 18. Chapter 15: Leveraging Pentesting for Defensive Security 19. Chapter 16: Practicing Forensics 20. Chapter 17: Achieving Automation of Security Tools 21. Chapter 18: The Master's Compilation of Useful Resources 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Improving the protection of wireless networks

To better explain this, let's split this section in two.

In the first part, we will do a technical deep dive on the most dangerous wireless network vulnerabilities that you need to know.

The second part will focus on the user, so it will basically be a user guide to help them to stay secure when using a wireless connection at home. Remember that these kinds of guides are your best bet to reduce the biggest risk to your infrastructure and data, the inadvertent user.

Wireless network vulnerabilities

As mentioned, here we are going to look at the protocols, features, and practices that represent the top vulnerabilities to wireless networks. Due to the recent increase in the number of users working from home, this guide will include vulnerabilities that affect both enterprise and home systems.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) – the problem

This is the perfect example of a tradeoff between security and usability (or...

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