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New To Security??

2/16/2012

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Doing a few talks on Security for the company I work for...  Here are the notes I provided for anyone 'new to/or interested in' the Security Field:
READ!!! 
  • Setup an RSS Reader Account: Google Reader
  • My subscription file is available at the end of this blog post, feel free to import it into your Google Reader Account.
  • Start following security folks on Twitter  (my twitter account is mabartle )
  • Take 20 minutes every morning(at least) to read security news/events 
Good Starter Books:
  • Practical Packet Analysis, 2nd Edition – By Chris Sanders
  • The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing - By Patrick Engebretson
  • Hackers Beware – By Eric Cole
  • Security Warrior – By Cyrus Peikari, Anton Chuvakin
Build a LAB:
  • Install VMWare Player
  • Check out the Backtrack Image - http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ , http://youtu.be/eyAWQjrAwrY
  • Install an IDS in the LAB to monitor what attacks 'trigger' what alerts.  (Snort, Bro Network Security Monitor)
  • Install an Unpatched version of Windows (IN VM) to run attacks against
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