Data-Driven Security: Analysis, Visualization and Dashboards
A practical guide to securing your data and IT infrastructureFrom safeguarding corporate data to keeping e-commerce transactions secure, today’s IT professionals are tasked with enormous and complex data security responsibilities. InData-Driven Security, Jay Jacobs and Bob Rudis draw together three of the most important topics in IT—security, data analysis, and visualization—to present a real-world security strategy to defend your networks. Turning their backs on insufficient security based on hunches and best practices, the authors help you access the world of security data analysis and visualization, where real data drives security decisions, and they teach you to apply the principles of that security with real-world cases.Develop an understanding of how to acquire, prepare, and visualize security dataLearn how to use the analytical and visualization tools in R and PythonDissect IP addresses to find malicious activityMap security data and learn statistical techniques to look for significant connectionsUnderstand how visual communication works and how it can help you see and present your data clearlyDevelop effective, informative security dashboardsDesign analytical models to help you detect malicious behaviorGain practical “how-to” knowledge from specific, real-world use cases detailing an array of data and network security scenariosVisit the companion website at www.wiley.com/go/datadrivensecurity for additional information and resources