Advanced Persistent Threat Offensive tactics for IT security

Preventive strategies for deterring today's most malicious and least understood risks to enterprise security Advanced Persistent Threats: Offensive Tactics for IT Security offers a proactive, preventive, and offensive-based approach to deterring and mitigating APTs. Drawing on his years of experience as a penetration tester and ex-hacker, the author reveals the mind-frame and capabilities of hackers, and then explains best practices for preventing network incidents. This practical guide also provides a roadmap for reducing the rapidly rising time and financial costs caused by APTs. Each chapter begins with thought-provoking questions to encourage problem-solving Shows you how to work smarter than hackers and significantly decrease the likelihood that networks will fall prey to attack. Provides a clear perspective on the actions you can immediately implement, based on field-tested experience. Coverage includes: Introduction to APT Offensive Posture; Empirical Data; An APT Offensive - Methodology; Reconnaissance; Social Engineering; Physical Security & Hardware Security; Mobile Threats; External & Internal Threats; Backdoors; Defenses.