Cybersecurity for Beginners 2024

By Timothy Simmons

Cybersecurity for Beginners 2024: From Novice to Expert | Learn how to Defend Yourself, Your Family and Yor Company from Online Attacks in a few minutes each day with the Methods of an Industry Professional

 

A CYBERSECURITY EXPERT WHO HAS THWARTED COUNTLESS ATTACKS PUBLISHES A SIMPLE GUIDE WITH MANY OF THE SECRETS TO FEND OFF EVEN THE MOST POWERFUL HACKER ATTACKS

 

Are you interested in the world of cybersecurity and want to learn how to protect yourself, your family and your business from potential online attacks?   If the answer is yes, then you have come to the right place.

 

In today's digital age, cybersecurity is an extremely critical field, with the demand for skilled talent increasing daily. 

Learning the skills to fend off a hacker attack on your own can be very time-consuming, which is exactly why I have made "Cybersecurity for Beginners 2024", to help you understand more about this important subject to enable you to help protect yourself. Inside this book, you'll discover:

• The basics of cybersecurity and hacking with a  list of terms you absolutely must know;
• Serious mistakes that encourage hackers to enter your PC that you're probably making and could put you at risk;
• An expert's advices to turn your cybersecurity skills into a lucrative career
• The most important techniques used by cybersecurity professionals to protect against online threats;
• How to defend against different types of attacks, including malware, phishing, and social engineering;

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

 

Whether you're a complete beginner or have some knowledge of cybersecurity, this book will provide you with a step-by-step blueprint to become more informed and more capably of protecting yourself from malicious threats, thanks to practical exercises and real-world examples. Don't wait any longer!

• Language: English
• Publisher: RKG Consulting
• Release date: Oct 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215944820

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Cybersecurity for Beginners 2024

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From Novice to Expert | Learn how to Defend Yourself, Your Family and your Company from Online Attacks in a few minutes a day with the Methods of a True Professional

Timothy Simmons

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: What is Cybersecurity

Cyber Attacks and Vulnerabilities

Information Security Culture

Systems That Are Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

Chapter 2: Getting Start with Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

The Importance of Cybersecurity

Types of Cyber Attacks

Low Hanging Fruit of the Internet

Chapter 3: Malware Infections (Types of Malwares)

What is Malware?

Malware Types and Attacks

How to Protect Yourself from Malware

Chapter 4: Tips to Protect Your Passwords and Accounts Access

Other Types of Attacks

How to Prevent Password Attacks

Some Password Protection Advice

Chapter 5: Cybersecurity for Businesses

Network protection

Systems For Detecting Intrusions

Protected Wireless Access

HTTPS: Secure Sockets Layer

Computer Protection

Use A Strong Password

Program Upgrades

Firewalls

Antivirus Program

Chapter 6: Cybersecurity Common Cyberattacks

Espionage

Profit

Health

Public Sector

Financial Sector

Food Sector

Chapter 7: Tools That Can Help Us Find Security Holes?

Protocol Analyzer

Network Scanners

Wireless Scanners/Cracker

Password Cracker

Configuration Compliance Scanner

Data Sanitization Tools

Chapter 8: Back up and Restoring from Backups

Disaster Recovery

Cloud Storage

Using dual hard drives

Chapter 9: Start A Cybersecurity Career

Jobs in the field

Chapter 10: Common Cybersecurity Countermeasures

Security via Biometrics

Using A Risk-Based Strategy

MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) Use

The Least Privilege Principle

Keeping track of privileged users

Keeping an eye on Third Party Access

Chapter 11: Build You Authority as Cybersecurity Professional

Prerequisite for a Cybersecurity Mindset

Conclusion

Introduction

Computer technology has rapidly evolved in unimaginable sophistication and innovation ever since its inception and continues to do so. The majority of the advancements, reach, and the power of the internet has greatly aided the popularity of information technology. Today, almost any industry or individual uses computer systems and networks for a variety of purposes and means. 

The measures that are taken to protect computer systems, networks and devices against cyber-attacks are categorized as cybersecurity. Although computer technology has evolved by leaps and bounds, the same can't be said about cybersecurity, unfortunately. 

Cyber-attacks have become increasingly complex and deceptive, with highly skilled cyber-criminals dedicating enormous amounts of time, resources, and energy into launching harmful cyber-attacks. However, the means for protecting individuals and organizations from such attacks has been slow to catch up, and still lags in many areas. 

Various security measures are discussed at length in this book, including the proper use of passwords and PINs, creating routine back-ups, practicing caution when connecting to public networks, and much more. The discussion also includes how to put those countermeasures into effect without affecting one's lifestyle, productivity, and budget. 

The internet has changed the way companies do business. Computers and networks have changed many processes of day to day businesses from manufacturing, operations, communications to finance, distribution, marketing, and customer service. It is common to find the presence of the use of computer systems and the internet in almost all processes related to businesses in one way or another. 

The rapid advancements in computer technology, cheaper hardware, and the popularity of the internet have paved the way for the next big thing in technology: The Internet of Things. Objects that used to be dumb and needed human intervention have been made smart by giving such objects the ability to collect and transmit data and respond to remote commands. The Internet of Things (IoT) is predicted to continue to grow rapidly while changing the daily lives of humans and the operations of businesses across the globe. 

IoT devices must connect to the internet to perform their duties. As a result, they have been targeted by cyber-attacks with varying malicious motives. The fact that IoT is a relatively new technology still somewhat in its infancy, in relative terms, means that IoT devices are yet to be equipped with cybersecurity measures that computers feature. Furthermore, IoT devices are used to carry out demanding duties, including access control,  aiding in healthcare, banking management and much more. 

Chapter 1:

What is Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is the process of defending a computer system or network from harmful events such as theft or damage to