New To Security??

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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