Cybersecurity Books
Introduction
This is a curated list of essential books for those interested in various aspects of cybersecurity, including Blue Team operations, Red Team activities, and general cybersecurity knowledge.
Table of Contents
Blue Team Operations
Security Operation Centers (SOCs)
- Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
- Authors: Michael Sikorski, Andrew Honig
- Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM)
- Authors: Alan J White, Ben Clark
- Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition
- Authors: Don Murdoch GSE
- Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis
- Authors: Chris Sanders, Jason Smith
- The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response
- Authors: Richard Bejtlich
- Jump-start Your SOC Analyst Career: A Roadmap to Cybersecurity Success
- Authors: Tyler Wall, Jarrett Rodrick
- MITRE, 11 strategies for a world-class SOC (or use local file): part 0 (Fundamentals)
- Security Operations Center: Building, Operating, and Maintaining your SOC
- Authors: Joseph Muniz, Gary McIntyre, Nadhem AlFardan Muniz, Mcintyre, Alfardan
- Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition
- Authors: Jason T. Luttgens
- Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention: Concepts and Techniques
- Authors: Ali Ghorbani
- Cybersecurity Operations Handbook
- Authors: Bill Hancock, John W. Rittinghouse
- Crafting the InfoSec Playbook: Security Monitoring and Incident Response Master Plan
- Authors: Jeff Bollinger, Brandon Enright, Matthew Valites
- Building an Effective Cybersecurity Program
- Authors: Tari Schreider
- Threat Modeling: Designing for Security
- Authors: Adam Shostack
- Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies
- Authors: Erdal Ozkaya, Yuri Diogenes
- Logging and Log Management: The Authoritative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management
- Authors: Anton Chuvakin Ph.D., Kevin Schmidt
- The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection
- Authors: Richard Bejtlich
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