Название: Linux for hackers: linux system administration guide for basic configuration, network and system diagnostic guide to text manipulation and everything on linux operating system
Автор: Michael Smith
Издательство: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Год: 2019
Страниц: 172
Язык: английский
Формат: epub, pdf (conv)
Размер: 10.1 MB

The truth is: If cybersecurity is one of the careers you are looking forward to you should learn Linux to be the best in your profession. Linux is extremely important to security.

Due to its flexibility, most of the cybersecurity tools are written to run on Linux. Cybersecurity is the protection of every system which is connected through the internet, from any kind of cyber attack. This can include software, hardware and data. In computing terms, security is not only cybersecurity but also physical security. Both these mechanisms are used to safeguard against any kind of unauthorised access to computerized systems and data centres. Any kind of information security which is designed to look after the integrity, confidentiality and availability of the data comes under cybersecurity.

Linux plays a very important role in the job profile of a cybersecurity professional. There are special Linux distributions like Kali Linux which are used by the cybersecurity professionals to carry out in-depth penetration testing. It can also be used for assessing vulnerability as well as providing forensic analysis after a security breach has taken place.

Linux is the OS which is used on most of the network devices as well as the security appliances like the routers, next-generation firewall devices, firewalls, virtual private network, unified threat management gateways, intrusion protection systems, intrusion detection systems, security information and event management appliances, wireless access point and a lot more. Also to collect any kind of security-related data from all these devices or perform any kind of security hardening, Linux has to be understood.

The goal of the eBook is simple: The eBook is a very good guide to know about the basics of Linux as well as its application in cybersecurity.

You will also learn:

The basic of Linux
A Guide on how networking command line work
What is the uses of logging for hackers
How to scan the server and the network
The process of hacking and how attackers cover their traces
The basic of cybersecurity
Protect yourself from cyber attacks and secure your computer and other devices