Data-Driven Security: Analysis, Visualization and Dashboards

Data-Driven Security: Analysis, Visualization and Dashboards

<p><b>Uncover hidden patterns of data and respond with countermeasures</b></p> <p>Security professionals need all the tools at their disposal to increase their visibility in order to prevent security breaches and attacks. This careful guide explores two of the most powerful ? data analysis and visualization. You'll soon understand how to harness and wield data, from collection and storage to management and analysis as well as visualization and presentation. Using a hands-on approach with real-world examples, this book shows you how to gather feedback, measure the effectiveness of your security methods, and make better decisions.</p> <p>Everything in this book will have practical application for information security professionals.</p> <ul> <li>Helps IT and security professionals understand and use data, so they can thwart attacks and understand and visualize vulnerabilities in their networks</li> <li>Includes more than a dozen real-world examples and hands-on exercises that demonstrate how to analyze security data and intelligence and translate that information into visualizations that make plain how to prevent attacks</li> <li>Covers topics such as how to acquire and prepare security data, use simple statistical methods to detect malware, predict rogue behavior, correlate security events, and more</li> <li>Written by a team of well-known experts in the field of security and data analysis</li> </ul> <p>Lock down your networks, prevent hacks, and thwart malware by improving visibility into the environment, all through the power of data and <i>Security Using Data Analysis, Visualization, and Dashboards.</i></p>