Confident Cyber Security: How to Get Started in Cyber Security and Futureproof Your Career

  • 3h 57m
  • Jessica Barker
  • Kogan Page
  • 2020

The world is more digitally connected than ever before, and with this connectivity, comes vulnerability. It is therefore vital that all professionals understand cyber risk and how to minimize it. This means that cyber security skills are in huge demand, and there are vast career opportunities to be taken.

Confident Cyber Security is here to help. This jargon-busting guide will give you a clear overview of the world of cyber security. Exploring everything 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 from Disney, the NHS, Taylor Swift and Frank Abagnale, as well as social media influencers and the entertainment and other industries, this book is packed with clear explanations, sound advice and practical exercises to help you understand and apply the principles of cyber security. Let Confident Cyber Security give you that cutting-edge career boost you seek.

About the Author

Dr Jessica Barker has been named one of the top 20 most influential women in cyber security in the UK and in 2017, was awarded one of the UK's Tech Women 50. Co-Founder and co-CEO of Cygenta, she is a popular keynote speaker internationally, as well as a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media. She appears on the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, Radio 4's Today programme, Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and more, and has been published in the Sunday Times, Grazia and The Guardian, as well as industry press.

In this Book

  • An Introduction to Cyber Security
  • What Cyber Security is
  • Why Cyber Security is Important
  • Technical Vulnerabilities
  • Why People are So Important in Cyber Security
  • Social Engineering
  • Attacks That Utilize Social Engineering
  • Why Physical Space Matters in Cyber Security
  • How Organizations Can Better Protect Themselves
  • How Individuals Can Better Protect Themselves
  • Nation-State Cyber Security—Geopolitics
  • Cyber Security in Different Industries
  • Cyber Security at the Board Level
  • Pursuing a Cyber Security Career
  • The Variety of Cyber Security Careers
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