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The Practice of Network Security Monitoring
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The Practice of Network Security Monitoring

by Richard Bejtlich
July 2013
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
9h 44m
English
No Starch Press
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Preface

Network security monitoring (NSM) is the collection, analysis, and escalation of indications and warnings (I&W) to detect and respond to intrusions.

—Richard Bejtlich and Bamm Visscher[3]

Welcome to The Practice of Network Security Monitoring. The goal of this book is to help you start detecting and responding to digital intrusions using network-centric operations, tools, and techniques. I have attempted to keep the background and theory to a minimum and to write with results in mind. I hope this book will change the way you, or those you seek to influence, approach computer security. My focus is not on the planning and defense phases of the security cycle but on the actions to take when handling systems that are already compromised or that ...

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