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<p>Introduction xxi</p> <p>Assessment Test xxxv</p> <p><b>Domain I Security Operations 1</b></p> <p>Chapter 1 Today’s Cybersecurity Analyst 3</p> <p>Chapter 2 System and Network Architecture 37</p> <p>Chapter 3 Malicious Activity 77</p> <p>Chapter 4 Threat Intelligence 135</p> <p>Chapter 5 Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering 159</p> <p><b>Domain II Vulnerability Management 201</b></p> <p>Chapter 6 Designing a Vulnerability Management Program 203</p> <p>Chapter 7 Analyzing Vulnerability Scans 245</p> <p>Chapter 8 Responding to Vulnerabilities 293</p> <p><b>Domain III Incident Response and Management 341</b></p> <p>Chapter 9 Building an Incident Response Program 343</p> <p>Chapter 10 Incident Detection and Analysis 377</p> <p>Chapter 11 Containment, Eradication, and Recovery 397</p> <p><b>Domain IV Reporting and Communication 421</b></p> <p>Chapter 12 Reporting and Communication 423</p> <p>Chapter 13 Performing Forensic Analysis and Techniques for Incident Response 447</p> <p>Appendix Answers to Review Questions 489</p> <p>Index 513</p>

<p>ABOUT THE AUTHORS <p><b>MIKE CHAPPLE, PhD, Security+, CySA+, CISSP,</b> is Teaching Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He is a bestselling author of over 25 books and serves as the Academic Director of the University’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program. He holds multiple additional certifications, including the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CySA+ (CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst), CIPP/US(Certified Information Privacy Professional), CompTIA PenTest+, and CompTIA Security+. Mike provides cybersecurity certification resources at his website, CertMike.com. <p><b>DAVID SEIDL, CySA+, CISSP, PenTest+,</b> is Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Miami University. David co-led Notre Dame’s move to the cloud, and has written multiple cybersecurity certification books.

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