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Confident Cyber Security
The Essential Insights and How to Protect from Threats
This book
• Includes practical exercises to help you hone your skills, as well as dedicated advice on how cyber security can enhance your career, wherever you are in your work life
• Features real-world case studies to help you apply your knowledge, from companies and people such as Disney, the NHS, Taylor Swift and Frank Abagnale, plus examples from a range of industries including entertainment, social media influencers and property
• New to this edition: explores the impact of recent developments and innovations on cyber security, including the Metaverse, blockchain, deepfakes and AI
• Is part of the bestselling Confident series, which introduces and explains the key digital skills you need to enhance your career
Keynote
Uncover the basic principles of cyber security and futureproof your career with this easy-to-understand, jargon-busting beginner’s guide to the practical skills you need.
Description
The world is more digitally connected than ever before and, with this connectivity, comes vulnerability. This book will equip you with all the skills and insights you need to understand cyber security and kickstart a prosperous career.
Confident Cyber Security is here to help. From the human side to the technical and physical implications, this book takes you through the fundamentals: how to keep secrets safe, how to stop people being manipulated and how to protect people, businesses and countries from those who wish to do harm.
Featuring real-world case studies including Disney, the NHS, Taylor Swift and Frank Abagnale, this book is packed with clear explanations, sound advice and practical exercises to help you understand and apply the principles of cyber security. This new edition covers increasingly important topics such as deepfakes, AI and blockchain technology.
About the Confident series...
From coding and data science to cloud and cyber security, the Confident books are perfect for building your technical knowledge and enhancing your professional career.
Author Information
Dr Jessica Barker is an award-winning global leader in cyber security and a popular keynote speaker. She is co-founder and co-CEO of Cygenta, where she influences cyber security awareness, behaviour and culture in organizations around the world. Jessica Barker has been named one of the top 20 most influential women in cyber security in the UK and is the Chair of ClubCISO. She is based in London, UK.
Edition: 2
Date: 03/09/2023
Paperback: 9781398611924 £14.99
Ebook: 9781398611931 £14.99
Hardback: 9781398611948 £50.00
Pages: 256
Format (mm): 216x138
Band: General
Subject: Career Development
Table of Contents
Introduction
SECTION ONE: Why Cyber Security?
1 What cyber security is
2 Why it is important
SECTION TWO: The technical side of cyber security
3 Technical vulnerabilities
SECTION THREE: The human side of cyber security
4 Why people are so important in cyber security
5 Social engineering
6 Attacks that utilize social engineering
SECTION FOUR: The physical side of cyber security
7 Why physical space matters in cyber security
8 Attacks on the individual
9 Attacks on organizations
10 Nation state cyber security – Geopolitics
SECTION FIVE: The future of cyber security and what it means for your career
11 Cyber security in different industries
12 Cyber security at the board level
13 The variety of cyber security careers
14 Pursuing a cyber security career
