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Cyber security plays an important role in IT
(Information Technology). In the early days of computer
systems, World War II era, encryption and decryption methods were used to try and
hide messages, and uncover messages, some believe that the
war itself may have revolved around the successes and
failures at this level. And, to this day, digital encryption
remains the best form of securing information.
With Information Technology being one of, if not the most
pervasive form of communication in business today, and also
the natural place to store, and report on large volumes of
data, IT systems can find themselves under attack. The Cyber Security Books reviewed here
look at the ways of hardening a system, monitoring for intrusion, cryptography and penetration; the gamut of cyber security.
Poised Solutions offers Cyber Security services, both for incident response,
and ongiong security process. System Hardening, System Monitoring, Encryption and Penetration Testing, Cyber Security services are all offered. Good Security
is an ongoing process, and requires a high degree of
vigilance, attention to detail, and sound security
policy.
Cyber Security Sections
- Hardening
Hardening refers to improving the security of a system.
Hardening makes a system harder to penetrate. Firewalls and
anti intrusion techniques are the most obvious hardening
tools in the box. Though, defense of a system starts from
the ground up and affects nearly all components of a system.
Books on secure coding, core of system hardening, are
reviewed, along with books on how to harden critical
elements of operating systems and import daemon
services.- Monitoring
Monitoring is an important part of cyber security, knowing
how systems should be functioning and being able to respond
correctly to a breach in security are the mainstay of
security monitoring. The books in the monitoring section
can also give a lot of clues as to the current state of
security to a system. Books that review tools for monitoring
network can also be found here.- Encryption
Encryption is the use of mathematically hard to reverse
functions with a secret key to make information move from a
plain state to a cipher state, and then to revert back only
if the correct key is supplied. The books reviewed here are
a collection of a very few publically available books on
encryption and decryption. Cryptography books deal with how
to make secure crypto systems, and decryption books on how
to break encryption. Books on the history of cryptography
are also reviewed.- Penetration
Penetration is the breaking into or cracking of computer
systems. The penetration books reviewed here either deal
with direct known exploits, or the methodology of creating
general exploits for exploiting systems. Books on social
engineering are also reviewed, and matters such as heap and
stack overflows also get a mention. |
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