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Build interactive dashboards and storytelling reports at scale with
the cloud-native BI tool that integrates embedded analytics and
ML-powered insights effortlessly Key Features Explore Amazon
QuickSight, manage data sources, and build and share dashboards
Learn best practices from an AWS certified big data solutions
architect Manage and monitor dashboards using the QuickSight API
and other AWS services such as Amazon CloudTrail Book
DescriptionAmazon Quicksight is an exciting new visualization that
rivals PowerBI and Tableau, bringing several exciting features to
the table - but sadly, there aren't many resources out there that
can help you learn the ropes. This book seeks to remedy that with
the help of an AWS-certified expert who will help you leverage its
full capabilities. After learning QuickSight's fundamental concepts
and how to configure data sources, you'll be introduced to the main
analysis-building functionality of QuickSight to develop visuals
and dashboards, and explore how to develop and share interactive
dashboards with parameters and on-screen controls. You'll dive into
advanced filtering options with URL actions before learning how to
set up alerts and scheduled reports. Next, you'll familiarize
yourself with the types of insights before getting to grips with
adding ML insights such as forecasting capabilities, analyzing time
series data, adding narratives, and outlier detection to your
dashboards. You'll also explore patterns to automate operations and
look closer into the API actions that allow us to control settings.
Finally, you'll learn advanced topics such as embedded dashboards
and multitenancy. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed
with QuickSight's BI and analytics functionalities that will help
you create BI apps with ML capabilities. What you will learn
Understand the wider AWS analytics ecosystem and how QuickSight
fits within it Set up and configure data sources with Amazon
QuickSight Include custom controls and add interactivity to your BI
application using parameters Add ML insights such as forecasting,
anomaly detection, and narratives Explore patterns to automate
operations using QuickSight APIs Create interactive dashboards and
storytelling with Amazon QuickSight Design an embedded multi-tenant
analytics architecture Focus on data permissions and how to manage
Amazon QuickSight operations Who this book is forThis book is for
business intelligence (BI) developers and data analysts who are
looking to create interactive dashboards using data from Lake House
on AWS with Amazon QuickSight. It will also be useful for anyone
who wants to learn Amazon QuickSight in depth using practical,
up-to-date examples. You will need to be familiar with general data
visualization concepts before you get started with this book,
however, no prior experience with Amazon QuickSight is required.
Discover best practices to create simple, robust, and scalable
software solutions quickly and securely, and focus on what's
important - the business and the end customer Key Features Discover
strategies and tips for low-code and no-code development with the
help of useful examples in this full-color guide Build
enterprise-scale reactive web and mobile applications Explore the
benefits of low-code development Book DescriptionOutSystems is a
software development platform that speeds up the build phase by
abstracting code and making almost everything visual. This means
replacing textual language with visual artifacts that avoid lexical
errors and speed up code composition using accelerators and
predefined templates. The book begins by walking you through the
fundamentals of the technology, along with a general overview of
end-to-end web and mobile software development. You'll learn how to
configure your personal area in the cloud and use the OutSystems
IDE to connect with it. The book then shows you how to build a web
application based on the best architectural and developmental
practices in the market, and takes the same approach for the mobile
paradigm. As you advance, you'll find out how to develop the same
application, and the great potential of reusing code from one
paradigm in another and the symbiosis between them is showcased.The
only application that'll differ from the application in the
exercise is the one used in business process technology (BPT), with
a focus on a common market use case. By the end of this OutSystems
book, you'll be able to develop enterprise-level applications on
the web and mobile, integrating them with third parties and other
systems on the market. You'll also understand the concepts of
performance, security, and software construction and be able to
apply them effectively. What you will learn Get to grips with the
OutSystems infrastructure Develop reactive web and mobile
applications in OutSystems using best practices in Service Studio
Define and design Architecture Canvas (3-Layer Canvas) for your
applications Integrate with external systems in OutSystems Enhance
applications with BPT Manage and monitor your applications in the
OutSystems infrastructure Who this book is forThis book is for
back-end developers, tech leaders, UX/UI developers, frontend
developers, (in general, full-stack developers), tech companies,
and enterprises looking to learn how to develop web and mobile
software quickly and disruptively by leveraging OutSystems, one of
the most low-code platforms in the market. An IT background is not
mandatory; however, experience in SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and
C# is required to get started with this book.
This third edition of the popular Mastering QuickBooks (R) is
updated for 2022 and now goes above and beyond the topics covered
on the QuickBooks Certified User (QBCU) exam. Purchase of the print
or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key
Features Learn QuickBooks Online (QBO) from scratch and get
confident with best practices Fully revised to include the latest
updates to QuickBooks Online Brush up on everything you need to
prepare for the QBCU exam Book DescriptionWhether you have
bookkeeping experience or not, handling the financial side of your
growing business requires expertise. With Mastering QuickBooks (R)
2022, Third Edition, you'll learn how to use QuickBooks (R) to
build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage
inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and
financial reports, and perform all accounting-related tasks with
ease. Throughout the book, you'll be guided by an experienced
Certified Public Accountant and Advanced Certified QuickBooks
ProAdvisor - from setup to core features and beyond. This new
edition has every chapter revised to cover a range of new features
and updates available, including smart invoicing and cash flow
projections. You'll learn how to create multilingual invoices,
track mileage, work with a cash flow dashboard that helps you with
cash forecasting and planning reports, and upload batches of bills
and checks. This book will also teach you how to manage sales tax,
including how to set up, collect, track, pay, and report sales tax
payments. In addition to this, you'll explore how to export reports
to Google Sheets, use the custom chart builder, import budgets, and
perform smart reporting. By the end of this book, you'll be
well-versed with QuickBooks and have the confidence to manage all
your bookkeeping tasks with ease. What you will learn Tackle
bookkeeping concepts and the typical bookkeeping and financial
accounting cycle Discover QBO's new features and what the whole
line-up offers Track everything from billable and non-billable time
to expenses and profit Generate key financial reports for accounts,
customers, jobs, and invoice items Understand the complete
QuickBooks payroll process Who this book is forSmall business
owners, bookkeepers, and accounting students who want to start
using QuickBooks more effectively will all get plenty of practical
know-how from this book. While this guide is appropriate for
beginners, it can also serve as an exhaustive resource for those
with some bookkeeping experience and those studying to become a
QuickBooks Certified User.
Build highly secure and scalable machine learning platforms to
support the fast-paced adoption of machine learning solutions Key
Features Explore different ML tools and frameworks to solve
large-scale machine learning challenges in the cloud Build an
efficient data science environment for data exploration, model
building, and model training Learn how to implement bias detection,
privacy, and explainability in ML model development Book
DescriptionWhen equipped with a highly scalable machine learning
(ML) platform, organizations can quickly scale the delivery of ML
products for faster business value realization. There is a huge
demand for skilled ML solutions architects in different industries,
and this handbook will help you master the design patterns,
architectural considerations, and the latest technology insights
you'll need to become one. You'll start by understanding ML
fundamentals and how ML can be applied to solve real-world business
problems. Once you've explored a few leading problem-solving ML
algorithms, this book will help you tackle data management and get
the most out of ML libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorch. Using
open source technology such as Kubernetes/Kubeflow to build a data
science environment and ML pipelines will be covered next, before
moving on to building an enterprise ML architecture using Amazon
Web Services (AWS). You'll also learn about security and governance
considerations, advanced ML engineering techniques, and how to
apply bias detection, explainability, and privacy in ML model
development. And finally, you'll get acquainted with AWS AI
services and their applications in real-world use cases. By the end
of this book, you'll be able to design and build an ML platform to
support common use cases and architecture patterns like a true
professional. What you will learn Apply ML methodologies to solve
business problems Design a practical enterprise ML platform
architecture Implement MLOps for ML workflow automation Build an
end-to-end data management architecture using AWS Train large-scale
ML models and optimize model inference latency Create a business
application using an AI service and a custom ML model Use AWS
services to detect data and model bias and explain models Who this
book is forThis book is for data scientists, data engineers, cloud
architects, and machine learning enthusiasts who want to become
machine learning solutions architects. You'll need basic knowledge
of the Python programming language, AWS, linear algebra,
probability, and networking concepts before you get started with
this handbook.
Successfully execute a strategic roadmap of digital transformation
and modernize your enterprise with a proven API-led agile
implementation approach by unlocking the full range of features in
IBM API Connect Version 10 Key Features Explore techniques to
design and deliver valuable customer-centric APIs using API Connect
Manage your APIs with improved security and optimal performance
across many channels Uncover hidden capabilities that help improve
business agility and management within your API ecosystem Book
DescriptionIBM API Connect enables organizations to drive digital
innovation using its scalable and robust API management
capabilities across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. With API
Connect's security, flexibility, and high performance, you'll be
able to meet the needs of your enterprise and clients by extending
your API footprint. This book provides a complete roadmap to
create, manage, govern, and publish your APIs. You'll start by
learning about API Connect components, such as API managers,
developer portals, gateways, and analytics subsystems, as well as
the management capabilities provided by CLI commands. You'll then
develop APIs using OpenAPI and discover how you can enhance them
with logic policies. The book shows you how to modernize SOAP and
FHIR REST services as secure APIs with authentication,
OAuth2/OpenID, and JWT, and demonstrates how API Connect provides
safeguards for GraphQL APIs as well as published APIs that are easy
to discover and well documented. As you advance, the book guides
you in generating unit tests that supplement DevOps pipelines using
Git and Jenkins for improved agility, and concludes with best
practices for implementing API governance and customizing API
Connect components. By the end of this book, you'll have learned
how to transform your business by speeding up the time-to-market of
your products and increase the ROI for your enterprise. What you
will learn Use API Connect to create, manage, and publish
customer-centric, API-led solutions Run CLI commands to manage API
configuration and deployments Create REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs
securely using OpenAPI Support OAuth and JWT security methods using
policies Create custom policies to supplement security Apply
built-in policies to transform payloads Use CLIs and unit testing
hooks within DevOps pipelines Find out how to customize Analytics
dashboards and Portal User Interface Who this book is forThis book
is for developers and architects who want to achieve digital
transformation using IBM API Connect and successfully execute the
strategic roadmap of enterprise modernization while effectively
managing their API ecosystem. A solid understanding of what RESTful
services and APIs can do and where to implement API security is
necessary to get started. Experience in application development and
basic knowledge of microservices, container orchestration, and
cloud environments will help you to get the most out of this book.
Get to grips with the tools, services, and functions needed for
application migration to help you move from legacy applications to
cloud-native on Google Cloud Key Features Discover how a sample
legacy application can be transformed into a cloud-native
application on Google Cloud Learn where to start and how to apply
application modernization techniques and tooling Work with
real-world use cases and instructions to modernize an application
on Google Cloud Book DescriptionLegacy applications, which comprise
75-80% of all enterprise applications, often end up being stuck in
data centers. Modernizing these applications to make them
cloud-native enables them to scale in a cloud environment without
taking months or years to start seeing the benefits. This book will
help software developers and solutions architects to modernize
their applications on Google Cloud and transform them into
cloud-native applications. This book helps you to build on your
existing knowledge of enterprise application development and takes
you on a journey through the six Rs: rehosting, replatforming,
rearchitecting, repurchasing, retiring, and retaining. You'll learn
how to modernize a legacy enterprise application on Google Cloud
and build on existing assets and skills effectively. Taking an
iterative and incremental approach to modernization, the book
introduces the main services in Google Cloud in an
easy-to-understand way that can be applied immediately to an
application. By the end of this Google Cloud book, you'll have
learned how to modernize a legacy enterprise application by
exploring various interim architectures and tooling to develop a
cloud-native microservices-based application. What you will learn
Discover the principles and best practices for building
cloud-native applications Study the six Rs of migration strategy
and learn when to choose which strategy Rehost a legacy enterprise
application on Google Compute Engine Replatform an application to
use Google Load Balancer and Google Cloud SQL Refactor into a
single-page application (SPA) supported by REST services Replatform
an application to use Google Identity Platform and Firebase
Authentication Refactor to microservices using the strangler
pattern Automate the deployment process using a CI/CD pipeline with
Google Cloud Build Who this book is forThis book is for software
developers and solutions architects looking to gain experience in
modernizing their enterprise applications to run on Google Cloud
and transform them into cloud-native applications. Basic knowledge
of Java and Spring Boot is necessary. Prior knowledge of Google
Cloud is useful but not mandatory.
Get hands-on with NetSuite implementation, customization, and
integration services for automating operations and accelerating
business growth Key Features Understand how to consult a new client
from the kick-off meeting to their go-live and beyond in the
fastest possible time Explore the new features in NetSuite 2021 and
learn best practices for ERP and CRM consultants Avoid the common
pitfalls that consultants can run into when implementing NetSuite
Book DescriptionNetSuite For Consultants takes a hands-on approach
to help ERP and CRM consultants implement NetSuite quickly and
efficiently, as well deepen their understanding of its
implementation methodology. During the course of this book, you'll
get a clear picture of what NetSuite is, how it works, and how
accounts, support, and updates work within its ecosystem.
Understanding what a business needs is a critical first step toward
completing any software product implementation, so you'll learn how
to write business requirements by learning about the various
departments, roles, and processes in the client's organization.
Once you've developed a solid understanding of NetSuite and your
client, you'll be able to apply your knowledge to configure
accounts and test everything with the users. You'll also learn how
to manage both functional and technical issues that arise
post-implementation and handle them like a professional. By the end
of this book, you'll have gained the necessary skills and knowledge
to implement NetSuite for businesses and get things up and running
in the shortest possible time. What you will learn Understand the
NetSuite ecosystem, including its main modules, the platform, and
related features Explore the fundamentals of NetSuite and get ready
to implement it in any organization Discover how to manage gaps,
data migration, and integrations with NetSuite Find out how to
minimize disruptions in finance as you migrate to NetSuite
Understand the steps to configure your organization's account and
how development and testing fit into the implementation schedule
Refine your skills with NetSuite tips and tricks and make each
implementation process a success Who this book is forThis book is
aimed at consultants, NetSuite users, and partners who are tasked
with guiding the organizations to get their business up and running
with NetSuite. Basic NetSuite training and a general understanding
of its features is required to get the most out of this book.
Leverage CRM Analytics to generate valuable business insights and
solve business problems efficiently Key Features Extract, combine,
transform, and visualize your data to derive business insights
using CRM Analytics Gain hands-on experience as you walk through
practical dashboard use cases in CRM Analytics Learn how to build
best-in-class dashboards from a CRM Analytics thought leader Book
DescriptionCRM Analytics, formerly known as Tableau CRM and
Einstein Analytics, is a powerful and versatile data analytics
platform that enables organizations to extract, combine, transform,
and visualize their data to create valuable business insights.
Creating Actionable Insights Using CRM Analytics provides a
hands-on approach to CRM Analytics implementation and associated
methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in
no time. The book provides you with detailed explanations of
essential concepts to help you to gain confidence and become
competent in using the CRM Analytics platform for data extraction,
combination, transformation, visualization, and action. As you make
progress, you'll understand what CRM Analytics is and where it
provides business value. You'll also learn how to bring your data
together in CRM Analytics, build datasets and lenses for data
analysis, create effective analytics dashboards for visualization
and consumption by end users, and build dashboard actions that take
the user from data to insight to action with ease. By the end of
this book, you'll be able to solve business problems using CRM
Analytics and design, build, test, and deploy analytics dashboards
efficiently. What you will learn Implement and configure CRM
Analytics from scratch Build your first CRM Analytics app and embed
your CRM Analytics dashboards in Salesforce to enhance user
adoption Connect Salesforce and external data with CRM Analytics
and create datasets Create a data recipe and get familiar with the
recipe UI Build a custom dashboard in CRM Analytics using the
dashboard editor Use lenses to create a CRM Analytics dashboard
Configure and implement data security and governance Build
configured record actions to automate data directly in Salesforce
Who this book is forThis book is for data analysts, business
analysts, BI professionals, and Salesforce users who want to
explore CRM Analytics' capabilities and features. Basic knowledge
of Salesforce and data analytics is assumed to get the most out of
this book.
Learn how to create sophisticated and reliable Logic Apps with
improved UX Key Features Become an Azure Master and create data
flows within a matter of minutes Perform transfers using Logic Apps
with prompt results Create powerful Logic Apps by enhancing your
systems to improve user experience Book DescriptionLogic Apps are a
visual flowchart-like representation of common programming actions,
and are a flexible way to create logic without writing a single
line of code. Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps is a
comprehensive introduction for anyone new to Logic Apps which will
boost your learning skills and allow you to create rich, complex,
structured, and reusable logic with instant results. You'll begin
by discovering how to navigate the Azure portal and understand how
your objects can be zoned to a specific environment by using
resource groups. Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and
self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you
the benefits and foundations of Logic App logic design. As you
advance, you'll find out how to manage your Azure environment in
relation to Logic Apps and how to create elegant and reliable Logic
Apps. With useful and practical explanations of how to get the most
out of Logic App actions and triggers, you'll be able to ensure
that your Logic Apps work efficiently and provide seamless
integration for real-world scenarios without having to write code.
By the end of this Logic Apps book, you'll be able to create
complex and powerful Logic Apps within minutes, integrating large
amounts of data on demand, enhancing your systems, and linking
applications to improve user experience. What you will learn
Understand how to use blades, overview pages, and subscription
pages Discover how to create a Microsoft account to manage your
tenant Use a Visual Studio subscription with Azure to manage your
Logic Apps Find out how to manage the cloud by analyzing runs,
executions, and costs Create resource groups to zone your
enterprise environments Support a development life cycle from
sandbox through to production Who this book is forIf you are an
aspiring infrastructure technician who already uses Azure in place
of on-premises solutions and is now looking to link systems
together, then this book is for you. This book is also for
developers interested in systems integration where legacy systems
may not have a direct data link and the cloud is the intermediary
step. Power users with existing IT skills and experience with Power
BI and Power Automate will also find this book useful.
Leverage DataRobot's enterprise AI platform and automated decision
intelligence to extract business value from data Key Features Get
well-versed with DataRobot features using real-world examples Use
this all-in-one platform to build, monitor, and deploy ML models
for handling the entire production life cycle Make use of advanced
DataRobot capabilities to programmatically build and deploy a large
number of ML models Book DescriptionDataRobot enables data science
teams to become more efficient and productive. This book helps you
to address machine learning (ML) challenges with DataRobot's
enterprise platform, enabling you to extract business value from
data and rapidly create commercial impact for your organization.
You'll begin by learning how to use DataRobot's features to perform
data prep and cleansing tasks automatically. The book then covers
best practices for building and deploying ML models, along with
challenges faced while scaling them to handle complex business
problems. Moving on, you'll perform exploratory data analysis (EDA)
tasks to prepare your data to build ML models and ways to interpret
results. You'll also discover how to analyze the model's
predictions and turn them into actionable insights for business
users. Next, you'll create model documentation for internal as well
as compliance purposes and learn how the model gets deployed as an
API. In addition, you'll find out how to operationalize and monitor
the model's performance. Finally, you'll work with examples on time
series forecasting, NLP, image processing, MLOps, and more using
advanced DataRobot capabilities. By the end of this book, you'll
have learned to use DataRobot's AutoML and MLOps features to scale
ML model building by avoiding repetitive tasks and common errors.
What you will learn Understand and solve business problems using
DataRobot Use DataRobot to prepare your data and perform various
data analysis tasks to start building models Develop robust ML
models and assess their results correctly before deployment Explore
various DataRobot functions and outputs to help you understand the
models and select the one that best solves the business problem
Analyze a model's predictions and turn them into actionable
insights for business users Understand how DataRobot helps in
governing, deploying, and maintaining ML models Who this book is
forThis book is for data scientists, data analysts, and data
enthusiasts looking for a practical guide to building and deploying
robust machine learning models using DataRobot. Experienced data
scientists will also find this book helpful for rapidly exploring,
building, and deploying a broader range of models. The book assumes
a basic understanding of machine learning.
This book is designed as a student handout for a two-day training
course and may also be used as a self-teach book. This course
objectives are to teach participants: * The user interface, * How
to create a projects, * Scheduling projects without resources, *
Filters, Views, Sorts and Printing, * Creating and assigning a
baseline and * Updating an un-resourced project. Most chapters are
reinforced by student workshops.
This study examines the legal environment on electronic
transactions along with opportunities and challenges in developing
electronic commerce among members of the Central Asia Regional
Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program. Digital trade promotion has
been a long-standing priority for CAREC member countries, as part
of their integration into global value chains and economic
diversification. The study makes a case for modernization and
harmonization of legislations of CAREC countries leveraging on
international instruments and best practices for electronic
commerce transactions. Adequate legislation to protect personal
privacy and consumers and combat cybercrime is also crucial.
Finally, institutions must be built with trust, within and among
countries and through regional cooperation.
Save hours of guesswork and Internet browsing by enhancing your
QuickBooks Online skills and leveraging Ash Beetson's extensive
QuickBooks knowledge Key Features Broaden your knowledge of
QuickBooks Online and accounting concepts Understand how QuickBooks
can be adapted to suit different business types using professional
techniques Learn best practices for preparing annual accounts
before closing the books for the year Book DescriptionAccountants
and bookkeepers can sometimes face challenges while coming up with
solutions to help their clients. QuickBooks Online, a popular cloud
accounting software, comes with a wide range of tools that can take
time to learn. This book will show you how to properly combine the
tools available in QuickBooks to get the most out of this software.
Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and
practical examples, the book will begin by helping you understand
how to create opening balances for a new company. You'll then
discover essential bookkeeping and accountancy tips and tricks, and
find guidance to help make QuickBooks as easy to use as possible.
As you advance, you'll explore different scenarios in which
QuickBooks Online can be used for various business types. This will
help you understand that not every business is the same, but using
the wide range of functionalities QuickBooks Online offers, you can
customize solutions to really make it work for you. By the end of
this QuickBooks book, you'll have gained deep insights into how you
can use QuickBooks Online to work for different business types, and
you'll have a complete checklist of the different things you should
be doing when you start reviewing accounts ahead of tax season.
What you will learn Discover how to correctly set up QuickBooks
Online with opening balances Adapt QuickBooks Online to meet
specific industry needs, from manufacturing and retail using
inventory to helping lawyers and property agents handle client
funds Get the most out of features such as Projects and
Multicurrency Review reports within QuickBooks Online, understand
why errors occur, and learn how to resolve them Get to grips with
key accounting principles and concepts tailored for bookkeeping and
accounting beginners Find out how the audit trail works and explore
all of the information it holds Who this book is forBusiness
owners, company directors, accountants, bookkeepers, certified
public accountants (CPAs), and anyone studying accounting and
bookkeeping will find this book useful. The book contains general
bookkeeping and accountancy tips and is designed to help you get
the most out of the tools available in QuickBooks Online. Prior
QuickBooks knowledge is necessary.
Learn how to write automated tests for Dynamics 365 Business
Central and discover how you can implement them in your daily work
Key Features Leverage automated testing to advance over traditional
manual testing methods Write, design, and implement automated tests
Explore various testing frameworks and tools compatible with
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Book DescriptionDynamics
365 Business Central is a cloud-based SaaS ERP proposition from
Microsoft. With development practices becoming more formal,
implementing changes or new features is not as simple as it used to
be back when Dynamics 365 Business Central was called Navigator,
Navision Financials, or Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision, and
the call for test automation is increasing. This book will show you
how to leverage the testing tools available in Dynamics 365
Business Central to perform automated testing. Starting with a
quick introduction to automated testing and test-driven development
(TDD), you'll get an overview of test automation in Dynamics 365
Business Central. You'll then learn how to design and build
automated tests and explore methods to progress from requirements
to application and testing code. Next, you'll find out how you can
incorporate your own as well as Microsoft tests into your
development practice. With the addition of three new chapters, this
second edition covers in detail how to construct complex scenarios,
write testable code, and test processes with incoming and outgoing
calls. By the end of this book, you'll be able to write your own
automated tests for Microsoft Business Central. What you will learn
Understand the why and when of automated testing Discover how
test-driven development can help to improve automated testing
Explore the six pillars of the Testability Framework of Business
Central Design and write automated tests for Business Central Make
use of standard automated tests and their helper libraries
Understand the challenges in testing features that interact with
the external world Integrate automated tests into your development
practice Who this book is forThis book is for consultants, testers,
developers, and development managers working with Microsoft
Dynamics 365 Business Central. Functional as well as technical
development teams will find this book on automated testing
techniques useful.
Learn how to defend your ICS in practice, from lab setup and intel
gathering to working with SCADA Key Features Become well-versed
with offensive ways of defending your industrial control systems
Learn about industrial network protocols, threat hunting, Active
Directory compromises, SQL injection, and much more Build offensive
and defensive skills to combat industrial cyber threats Book
DescriptionThe industrial cybersecurity domain has grown
significantly in recent years. To completely secure critical
infrastructure, red teams must be employed to continuously test and
exploit the security integrity of a company's people, processes,
and products. This is a unique pentesting book, which takes a
different approach by helping you gain hands-on experience with
equipment that you'll come across in the field. This will enable
you to understand how industrial equipment interacts and operates
within an operational environment. You'll start by getting to grips
with the basics of industrial processes, and then see how to create
and break the process, along with gathering open-source intel to
create a threat landscape for your potential customer. As you
advance, you'll find out how to install and utilize offensive
techniques used by professional hackers. Throughout the book,
you'll explore industrial equipment, port and service discovery,
pivoting, and much more, before finally launching attacks against
systems in an industrial network. By the end of this penetration
testing book, you'll not only understand how to analyze and
navigate the intricacies of an industrial control system (ICS), but
you'll also have developed essential offensive and defensive skills
to proactively protect industrial networks from modern
cyberattacks. What you will learn Set up a starter-kit ICS lab with
both physical and virtual equipment Perform open source
intel-gathering pre-engagement to help map your attack landscape
Get to grips with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for
penetration testing on industrial equipment Understand the
principles of traffic spanning and the importance of listening to
customer networks Gain fundamental knowledge of ICS communication
Connect physical operational technology to engineering workstations
and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software Get
hands-on with directory scanning tools to map web-based SCADA
solutions Who this book is forIf you are an ethical hacker,
penetration tester, automation engineer, or IT security
professional looking to maintain and secure industrial networks
from adversaries, this book is for you. A basic understanding of
cybersecurity and recent cyber events will help you get the most
out of this book.
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