Cybersecurity / by Joseph Steinberg.
Protecting your business and family against cyber attacks! If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You will learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover once there has been a breach! This book helps you identify vulnerabilities that may make you a target of cyber-crime and helps you stay on top of your security game. Inside: - The who and what of cybersecurity threats - Basic cybersecurity concepts - What to do to be cyber-secure - What to do when an attack occurs - Emerging technologies and their impact on cybersecurity - Cybersecurity careers.
Record details
- ISBN: 1119560322
- ISBN: 9781119560326
- Physical Description: xvii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Getting started with cybersecurity. What exactly is cybersecurity? ; Getting to know common cyberattacks ; Bad guys and accidental bad guys: the folks you must defend against -- Part 2: Improving your own personal security. Evaluating your current cybersecurity posture ; Enhancing physical security -- Part 3: Protecting yourself from yourself. Securing your accounts ; Passwords ; Preventing social engineering -- Part 4: Cybersecurity for businesses. Securing your small business ; Cybersecurity and big businesses -- Part 5: Handling a security incident (this is a when, not an if). Identifying a security breach ; Recovering from a security breach -- Part 6: Backing up and recovery. Backing up ; Resetting your device ; Restoring from backups -- Part 7: Looking toward the future. Pursuing a cybersecurity career ; Emerging technologies bring new threats -- Part 8: The part of tens. Ten ways you can improve your cybersecurity without spending a fortune ; Ten lessons from major cybersecurity breaches ; Ten ways to safely use public wi-fi. |
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Subject: | Computer security. Computer networks > Security measures. Computer networks > Security measures. Computer security. |
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Summary
Cybersecurity for Dummies
Protect your business and family against cyber attacks Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both protected itself against attacks by cyber criminals and other online scoundrels, and ensured that it has the ability to recover if it is attacked. If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You'll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached! The who and why of cybersecurity threats Basic cybersecurity concepts What to do to be cyber-secure Cybersecurity careers What to think about to stay cybersecure in the future Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime -- and to defend yourself before it is too late.