This book is focused on Firepower essentials. In it, you will find practical, best practice recommendations for configuring and using Firepower. Each best practice is listed in the table of contents so you can quickly find it along with an explanation of why it is important. Essential Firepower will help you learn how to effectively configure and use this system, what is important, and what is not. The best way to use this book is to read each of the recommendations with their associated explanation and decide if they are right for you. Not every recommendation will be applicable to your Firepower deployment. However, you will find that most will provide valuable real-world information and insight into the type of tuning that will bring out the true value and potential of your Firepower system. The goal of this book is not to be just another tome on the switches, knobs and dials available to configure and tune the Firepower NGFW. The primary focus is to provide pragmatic, real-life information and advice to network and security administrators who use this system day-to-day. You will get the benefit of the author's 14 years of experience as a user, instructor and consultant with the Sourcefire 3D and FireSIGHT/Firepower system. If you are ready to learn the practical application of Firepower technology, and to gain understanding you won't get from the official documentation, then this book is for you.

How military technology has transformed the world The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era. Across this period, improvements in firepower shaped the evolving art of war. For centuries, weaponry had remained simple enough that any state could equip a respectable army. That all changed around 1870, when the cost of investing in increasingly complicated technology soon meant that only a handful of great powers could afford to manufacture advanced weaponry, while other countries fell behind. Going beyond the battlefield, Firepower ultimately reveals how changes in weapons technology reshaped human history.

The authoritative visual guide to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) This is the definitive guide to best practices and advanced troubleshooting techniques for the Cisco flagship Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) system running on Cisco ASA platforms, Cisco Firepower security appliances, Firepower eXtensible Operating System (FXOS), and VMware virtual appliances. Senior Cisco engineer Nazmul Rajib draws on unsurpassed experience supporting and training Cisco Firepower engineers worldwide, and presenting detailed knowledge of Cisco Firepower deployment, tuning, and troubleshooting. Writing for cybersecurity consultants, service providers, channel partners, and enterprise or government security professionals, he shows how to deploy the Cisco Firepower next-generation security technologies to protect your network from potential cyber threats, and how to use Firepower’s robust command-line tools to investigate a wide variety of technical issues. Each consistently organized chapter contains definitions of keywords, operational flowcharts, architectural diagrams, best practices, configuration steps (with detailed screenshots), verification tools, troubleshooting techniques, and FAQs drawn directly from issues raised by Cisco customers at the Global Technical Assistance Center (TAC). Covering key Firepower materials on the CCNA Security, CCNP Security, and CCIE Security exams, this guide also includes end-of-chapter quizzes to help candidates prepare. · Understand the operational architecture of the Cisco Firepower NGFW, NGIPS, and AMP technologies · Deploy FTD on ASA platform and Firepower appliance running FXOS · Configure and troubleshoot Firepower Management Center (FMC) · Plan and deploy FMC and FTD on VMware virtual appliance · Design and implement the Firepower management network on FMC and FTD · Understand and apply Firepower licenses, and register FTD with FMC · Deploy FTD in Routed, Transparent, Inline, Inline Tap, and Passive Modes · Manage traffic flow with detect-only, block, trust, and bypass operations · Implement rate limiting and analyze quality of service (QoS) · Blacklist suspicious IP addresses via Security Intelligence · Block DNS queries to the malicious domains · Filter URLs based on category, risk, and reputation · Discover a network and implement application visibility and control (AVC) · Control file transfers and block malicious files using advanced malware protection (AMP) · Halt cyber attacks using Snort-based intrusion rule · Masquerade an internal host’s original IP address using Network Address Translation (NAT) · Capture traffic and obtain troubleshooting files for advanced analysis · Use command-line tools to identify status, trace packet flows, analyze logs, and debug messages

Offering a step by step guide through interesting gun facts and statistics, Gordon Rottman presents The Book of Gun Trivia. Covering a range of subjects, such as weapons designations, where rifles get their names from, the longest serving rifles and everything in between, this book brings together everything you ever needed to know about guns and ammunition and much more besides. Alongside the key facts and figures, Rottman also breaks apart popular myths and misconceptions about both weapons and ammunition, putting his years of military service to good use.

This book is written like a learning course, explained in detail with a lab topology using FTDv and FMCv. Hence this is a 100% practical guide on configuring and managing Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Next Generation Firewall using Cisco Firepower Management Center. I have also covered the standalone firewall introduction and how to use Firepower Device Manager to manage your FTD firewall locally without using FMC.Covers,*How to upgrade ASA firewall to Cisco FTD (Migration and Upgrade)*Configure Cisco Firepower Thread Defence (FTD) Next Generation firewall*Configure Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC)*Manage and administer the FTD devices using FMC ( Configure interfaces, zones, routing, ACLs, Prefilter policies, NAT, High Availability etc)* FTD local management using Firepower Device Manager (FDM)*Introduction to the FTD Migration toolTable of Contents*Introduction*How to use this book?*What is Cisco FTD?*Lab Topology*Setting up Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Firewall*Changing Management IP*Configure Manager in Cisco FTD*Setting up Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC)*License Activation*Explore the Cisco FMC options*Register Cisco FTD with Cisco FMC*Configure the Firewall Zone and Interface*Additional Notes on Sub-Interface and Redundant Interfaces*Create a Platform Policy*Configure Routing on Cisco FTD*Configuring FTD as a DHCP server*Network Address Translation (NAT)*Create an Access Control Policy*Pre-Filter Policy*Configuring High Availability on Cisco FTD*Upgrading Cisco ASA firewall to FTD*Installing Cisco FTD image on an existing ASA Firewall*Install Firepower Threat Defense System Software*Manage Cisco FTD firewall using Firepower Device Manager (FDM)*Bonus: Introduction to Cisco FTD migration toolNote: This book doesn't cover the topics on VPN, SGT, and Cisco ISE integration.

The National Rifle Association is the most powerful and feared lobby in America. It has tens of millions of dollars, millions of well-armed members and influence at the highest levels of government. Sugarmann, a leading expert on firearms violence, gun control and the NRA, is nationally recognized as an innovative and insightful voice in America's gun control debate. This is the first in-depth account of how the NRA uses fear, intimidation and cash to promote firearms sales and derail gun controls. The byzantine world of the gun lobby is explored: NRA internal power struggles and scandals; competing pro-gun organizations; the warm and longstanding ties between the NRA and the firearms industry; and the power and influence of the Second Amendment fundamentalists, alert to any infringement on their "right" to own any weapon they choose. To boost firearms sales and increase its membership, the NRA has teamed up with the industry to stakeout new markets: women, children and black Americans. Preying on Americans' fears, the NRA promises that true security can only come from the barrel of a gun. On Capitol Hill and in state legislatures, the NRA cherishes its reputation for brass-knuckle political power. The result is that intimidation--including death threats--from NRA members is not uncommon. Faced recently with a litany of unpopular issues to defend--cop-killer bullets, plastic "terrorist special" handguns and assault weapons--today's NRA is increasingly out of step with the American public, the majority of gun owners and police. As a result, the NRA is at a crossroads. Will it retreat to its traditional activities of target shooting, hunting and safety training? Or will it regroup and rearm, ready to wage war on the increasing number who dare question its unyielding pro-gun stance? NRA: Money, Firepower & Fear chronicles the past, present and uncertain future of this uniquely American institution and its role in the gun control wars. Tossing aside accepted stereotypes, it reveals an NRA that will shock gun owners and non-gun owners alike. The NRA's original vision of a coonskin-capped "citizen-soldier" has turned into a national nightmare of violence and death. NRA: Money, Firepower & Fear tells why.--From publisher description.