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Start your Cybersecurity career with expert advice on how to get
certified, find your first job, and progress Key Features Learn how
to follow your desired career path that results in a well-paid,
rewarding job in cybersecurity Explore expert tips relating to
career growth and certification options Access informative content
from a panel of experienced cybersecurity experts Book
DescriptionCybersecurity is an emerging career trend and will
continue to become increasingly important. Despite the lucrative
pay and significant career growth opportunities, many people are
unsure of how to get started. This book is designed by leading
industry experts to help you enter the world of cybersecurity with
confidence, covering everything from gaining the right
certification to tips and tools for finding your first job. The
book starts by helping you gain a foundational understanding of
cybersecurity, covering cyber law, cyber policy, and frameworks.
Next, you'll focus on how to choose the career field best suited to
you from options such as security operations, penetration testing,
and risk analysis. The book also guides you through the different
certification options as well as the pros and cons of a formal
college education versus formal certificate courses. Later, you'll
discover the importance of defining and understanding your brand.
Finally, you'll get up to speed with different career paths and
learning opportunities. By the end of this cyber book, you will
have gained the knowledge you need to clearly define your career
path and develop goals relating to career progression. What you
will learn Gain an understanding of cybersecurity essentials,
including the different frameworks and laws, and specialties Find
out how to land your first job in the cybersecurity industry
Understand the difference between college education and certificate
courses Build goals and timelines to encourage a work/life balance
while delivering value in your job Understand the different types
of cybersecurity jobs available and what it means to be entry-level
Build affordable, practical labs to develop your technical skills
Discover how to set goals and maintain momentum after landing your
first cybersecurity job Who this book is forThis book is for
college graduates, military veterans transitioning from active
service, individuals looking to make a mid-career switch, and
aspiring IT professionals. Anyone who considers cybersecurity as a
potential career field but feels intimidated, overwhelmed, or
unsure of where to get started will also find this book useful. No
experience or cybersecurity knowledge is needed to get started.
Get to grips with security assessment, vulnerability exploitation,
workload security, and encryption with this guide to ethical
hacking and learn to secure your AWS environment Key Features
Perform cybersecurity events such as red or blue team activities
and functional testing Gain an overview and understanding of AWS
penetration testing and security Make the most of your AWS cloud
infrastructure by learning about AWS fundamentals and exploring
pentesting best practices Book DescriptionCloud security has always
been treated as the highest priority by AWS while designing a
robust cloud infrastructure. AWS has now extended its support to
allow users and security experts to perform penetration tests on
its environment. This has not only revealed a number of loopholes
and brought vulnerable points in their existing system to the fore,
but has also opened up opportunities for organizations to build a
secure cloud environment. This book teaches you how to perform
penetration tests in a controlled AWS environment. You'll begin by
performing security assessments of major AWS resources such as
Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS
Lambda. Throughout the course of this book, you'll also learn about
specific tests such as exploiting applications, testing permissions
flaws, and discovering weak policies. Moving on, you'll discover
how to establish private-cloud access through backdoor Lambda
functions. As you advance, you'll explore the no-go areas where
users can't make changes due to vendor restrictions and find out
how you can avoid being flagged to AWS in these cases. Finally,
this book will take you through tips and tricks for securing your
cloud environment in a professional way. By the end of this
penetration testing book, you'll have become well-versed in a
variety of ethical hacking techniques for securing your AWS
environment against modern cyber threats. What you will learn Set
up your AWS account and get well-versed in various pentesting
services Delve into a variety of cloud pentesting tools and
methodologies Discover how to exploit vulnerabilities in both AWS
and applications Understand the legality of pentesting and learn
how to stay in scope Explore cloud pentesting best practices, tips,
and tricks Become competent at using tools such as Kali Linux,
Metasploit, and Nmap Get to grips with post-exploitation procedures
and find out how to write pentesting reports Who this book is forIf
you are a network engineer, system administrator, or system
operator looking to secure your AWS environment against external
cyberattacks, then this book is for you. Ethical hackers,
penetration testers, and security consultants who want to enhance
their cloud security skills will also find this book useful. No
prior experience in penetration testing is required; however, some
understanding of cloud computing or AWS cloud is recommended.
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