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Enhance Windows security and protect your systems and servers from various cyber attacks Key Features Book DescriptionAre you looking for effective ways to protect Windows-based systems from being compromised by unauthorized users? Mastering Windows Security and Hardening is a detailed guide that helps you gain expertise when implementing efficient security measures and creating robust defense solutions. We will begin with an introduction to Windows security fundamentals, baselining, and the importance of building a baseline for an organization. As you advance, you will learn how to effectively secure and harden your Windows-based system, protect identities, and even manage access. In the concluding chapters, the book will take you through testing, monitoring, and security operations. In addition to this, you’ll be equipped with the tools you need to ensure compliance and continuous monitoring through security operations. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed a full understanding of the processes and tools involved in securing and hardening your Windows environment.What you will learn Understand baselining and learn the best practices for building a baseline Get to grips with identity management and access management on Windows-based systems Delve into the device administration and remote management of Windows-based systems Explore security tips to harden your Windows server and keep clients secure Audit, assess, and test to ensure controls are successfully applied and enforced Monitor and report activities to stay on top of vulnerabilities Who this book is for This book is for system administrators, cybersecurity and technology professionals, solutions architects, or anyone interested in learning how to secure their Windows-based systems. A basic understanding of Windows security concepts, Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows PowerShell, and Microsoft Azure will help you get the best out of this book.

This innovative new resource provides both professionals and aspiring professionals with clear guidance on how to identify and exploit common web application vulnerabilities. The book focuses on offensive security and how to attack web applications. It describes each of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top ten vulnerabilities, including broken authentication, cross-site scripting and insecure deserialization, and details how to identify and exploit each weakness. Readers learn to bridge the gap between high-risk vulnerabilities and exploiting flaws to get shell access. The book demonstrates how to work in a professional services space to produce quality and thorough testing results by detailing the requirements of providing a best-of-class penetration testing service. It offers insight into the problem of not knowing how to approach a web app pen test and the challenge of integrating a mature pen testing program into an organization. Based on the author’s many years of first-hand experience, this book provides examples of how to break into user accounts, how to breach systems, and how to configure and wield penetration testing tools.

Whether your company is considering serverless computing or has already made the decision to adopt this model, this practical book is for you. Author Jason Katzer shows early and mid-career developers what's required to build and ship maintainable and scalable services using this model. With this book, you'll learn how to build a modern production system in the cloud, viewed through the lens of serverless computing. You'll discover how serverless can free you from the tedious task of setting up and maintaining systems in production. You'll also explore new ways to level up your careerand design, develop, and deploy with confidence. In three parts, this book includes: The Path to Production: Examine the ins and outs of distributed systems, microservices, interfaces, and serverless architecture and patterns The Tools: Dive into monitoring, observability and alerting, logging, pipelines, automation, and deployment Concepts: Learn how to design security and privacy, how to manage quality through testing and staging, and how to plan for failure

Web Applications are the core of any business today, and the need for specialized Application Security experts is increasing these days. Using this book, you will be able to learn Application Security testing and understand how to analyze a web application, conduct a web intrusion test, and a network infrastructure test.

"Practical Guide to Penetration Testing: Breaking and Securing Systems" offers an authoritative exploration into the world of ethical hacking, providing readers with a structured approach to safeguarding digital assets. This comprehensive text addresses the entire spectrum of penetration testing, from foundational concepts to advanced exploitation techniques, making it an invaluable resource for both novices and seasoned professionals in cybersecurity. Through meticulous coverage of methodologies, tools, and ethical considerations, the book equips practitioners with the technical acumen required to systematically identify and mitigate vulnerabilities across diverse digital environments. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to elucidate critical topics such as network scanning, web application testing, and wireless network vulnerabilities, ensuring a thorough understanding of each domain. The book emphasizes a hands-on approach, offering practical insights into the setup of testing environments and the execution of real-world scenarios. Readers will gain proficiency in using industry-standard tools and will learn to navigate the complexities of reporting and remediation strategies effectively. By integrating technical expertise with an ethical mindset, this guide not only empowers readers to protect systems but also reinforces their role in promoting a secure digital landscape.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association on ICT Education, SACLA 2019, held in Northern Drakensberg, South Africa, in July 2019. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in following topical sections: computer programming education; system security education; software engineering education; education of post-graduate research-students; our students, our profession.