Network Security Through Data Analysis: From Data to Action Contributor(s): Collins, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1491962844 ISBN-13: 9781491962848 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Computers | Security - Networking |
LCCN: 2018304668 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.1" (1.55 lbs) 425 pages |
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Publisher Description: Traditional intrusion detection and logfile analysis are no longer enough to protect today's complex networks. In the updated second edition of this practical guide, security researcher Michael Collins shows InfoSec personnel the latest techniques and tools for collecting and analyzing network traffic datasets. You'll understand how your network is used, and what actions are necessary to harden and defend the systems within it. In three sections, this book examines the process of collecting and organizing data, various tools for analysis, and several different analytic scenarios and techniques. New chapters focus on active monitoring and traffic manipulation, insider threat detection, data mining, regression and machine learning, and other topics. You'll learn how to:
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Contributor Bio(s): Collins, Michael: - Michael Collins is the chief scientist for RedJack, LLC., a NetworkSecurity and Data Analysis company located in the WashingtonD.C. area. Prior to his work at RedJack, Dr. Collins was a member ofthe technical staff at the CERT/Network Situational Awareness group at Carnegie Mellon University. His primary focus is on networkinstrumentation and traffic analysis, in particular on the analysis oflarge traffic datasets.Dr. Collins graduated with a PhD in Electrical Engineering fromCarnegie Mellon University in 2008, he holds Master's and Bachelor'sDegrees from the same institution. |