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• Prepare for the CCNA 200-301 exam with this guide preview

  Here's a sneak peek at what to expect from Cisco's redesigned CCNA exam directly from 'CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1' by author Wendell Odom.  Continue Reading

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  • Michaela Goss, Senior Site Editor
  • Pearson Education

• Cisco author says new CCNA exam undergoes largest change ever

  Cisco said goodbye to most CCNA tracks, and hello to a consolidated exam. Here's what you need to know about the new CCNA, from the author of every official CCNA guidebook.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Michaela Goss, Senior Site Editor

• Security in Network Functions Virtualization

  In this excerpt of chapter 4 of Security in Network Functions Virtualization, authors Zonghua Zhang and Ahmed Meddahi discuss Identity and Access Management in NFV.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Port Cybersecurity

  In this excerpt from chapter 3 of Port Cybersecurity, author Nineta Polemi discusses Security of Ports' Critical Information Infrastructures.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Seeking the Truth from Mobile Evidence

  In this excerpt from chapter 19 of Seeking the Truth from Mobile Evidence, author John Bair discusses Android user enabled security in terms of passwords and gestures.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Thor's OS Xodus

  In this excerpt from chapter one of Thor's OS Xodus, author Timothy "Thor" Mullen discusses OS X, privacy, and online safety.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress & SearchSecurity

• Security Controls Evaluation, Testing, and Assessment Handbook

  In this excerpt from chapter 11 of Security Controls Evaluation, Testing, and Assessment Handbook, author Leighton Johnson discusses access control.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress & SearchSecurity

• The Basics of Cyber Safety

  In this excerpt from chapter four of The Basics of Cyber Safety, authors John Sammons and Michael Cross discuss basic email security.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Protecting Patient Information

  In this excerpt from chapter two of Protecting Patient Information, author Paul Cerrato discusses the consequences of data breaches in healthcare.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Mobile Security and Privacy

  In this excerpt from chapter 11 of Mobile Security and Privacy, authors Raymond Choo and Man Ho Au discuss privacy and anonymity in terms of mathematics.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Federal Cloud Computing

  In this excerpt from chapter three of Federal Cloud Computing, author Matthew Metheny discusses open source software and its use in the U.S. federal government.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Advanced Persistent Security

  In this excerpt from chapter seven of Advanced Persistent Security, authors Araceli Treu Gomes and Ira Winkler discuss the different threats facing organizations.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Handbook of System Safety and Security

  In this excerpt from chapter 10 of Handbook of System Safety and Security, editor Edward Griffor discusses cloud and mobile cloud architecture and security.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Industrial Network Security

  In this excerpt from chapter 3 of Industrial Network Security, authors Eric D. Knapp and Joel Langill discuss the history and trends of industrial cybersecurity.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Hacking Web Intelligence

  In this excerpt from chapter 8 of Hacking Web Intelligence, authors Sudhanshu Chauhan and Nutan Panda discuss how to be anonymous on the internet using proxy.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System

  In this excerpt from chapter two of DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System, authors Allan Liska and Geoffrey Stowe discuss why DNS security is important.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Google Earth Forensics: Using Google Earth Geo-Location in Digital Forensic Investigations

  In this excerpt from chapter five of Google Earth Forensics, authors Michael Harrington and Michael Cross discuss the process of digital forensics.  Continue Reading

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  • Syngress and SearchSecurity

• Automated Security Analysis of Android and iOS Applications

  In this excerpt of Automated Security Analysis of Android and iOS Applications with Mobile Security Framework, authors Ajin Abraham and Henry Dalziel discuss mobile application penetration testing.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Integrated Security Systems Design

  In this excerpt of Integrated Security Systems Design, author Thomas L. Norman explains the tools of security system design, the place of electronics in the process, how to establish electronic security program objectives and the types of design efforts.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Information Governance and Security: Protecting and Managing Your Company's Proprietary

  In this excerpt of Information Governance and Security, authors John G. Iannarelli and Michael O'Shaughnessy offer tips for establishing guidelines for all departments or sectors of a business.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Securing VoIP: Keeping Your VoIP Networks Safe

  In this excerpt of Securing VoIP: Keeping your VoIP Network Safe, author Regis (Bud) Bates outlines different approaches to VoIP security and offers best practices to ensure infrastructure security is intact.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Detecting and Combating Malicious Email

  In this excerpt of Detecting and Combating Malicious Email, authors Julie JCH Ryan and Cade Kamachi discuss the elements of an email structure and touch on how attackers can use these elements to trick unwitting victims.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Designing and Building Security Operations center

  In this excerpt of Designing and Building Security Operations Center, author David Nathans reviews the infrastructure needed to support a SOC and maintain SOC security.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Information security book excerpts and reviews

  Visit the Information Security Bookshelf for book reviews and free chapter downloads.  Continue Reading

• Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense

  In this excerpt of Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense, author Robert Shimonski describes commonly used mobile technology and how phone tracking works.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Targeted Cyber Attacks

  In this excerpt of Targeted Cyber Attacks, authors Aditya Sood and Richard Enbody outline the cyberattack model and different vectors used to attack targets.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• The Basics of Information Security

  In this excerpt of The Basics of Information Security, author Jason Andress outlines methods for improving operating systems security.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress

• Introduction to Information Security: A Strategic-Based Approach

  In this excerpt of Introduction to Information Security: A Strategic-Based Approach, authors Timothy J. Shimeall and Jonathan M. Spring discuss the importance of intrusion detection and prevention.  Continue Reading

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  • SearchSecurity and Syngress