Breaking into information security : crafting a custom career path to get the job you really want

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Author Biographies......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 20
 How to Read This Book......Page 22
  Why Community? — Josh More......Page 23
  Secure Thinking? — Anthony J. Stieber......Page 24
  Is Security Right For Me? — Chris Liu......Page 25
 Models......Page 26
 Information Security Models......Page 27
  CIA Triad......Page 28
  Parkerian Hexad......Page 29
 Job Requirements......Page 30
  Degrees......Page 33
  Certifications......Page 34
 Striking a Balance......Page 38
  Barrier Energy......Page 40
 Old Boys’ Club, Racism, AND Sexism......Page 42
  Education......Page 44
  Academia and Health Care......Page 45
 Age......Page 46
 Why Learning Matters......Page 48
  Why Learning Matters to You......Page 49
 How to Learn......Page 50
   Finding a Mentor......Page 51
  Classes......Page 52
  Self-Study......Page 55
 Breaking Down to Break In......Page 56
 Introduction......Page 58
 How to Break In......Page 59
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 60
 How to Get Out......Page 61
 Critical Warnings......Page 62
 How to Break In......Page 63
 How to Get Out......Page 64
 Critical Warnings......Page 65
 Introduction......Page 66
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 67
 How to Get Out......Page 68
 Jim Chan......Page 69
 How to Break In—Preliminaries......Page 70
 How to Break In—Beyond the Basics......Page 71
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 72
 How to Get Out......Page 73
 Critical Warnings......Page 74
  Reactive System Administration......Page 75
 How to Break In......Page 76
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 77
 Critical Warnings......Page 78
Chapter 1.5.1 - Tier 1— System Administrator Story......Page 80
 How to Break In......Page 81
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 82
 Critical Warnings......Page 83
 David Henning......Page 84
 How to Break In......Page 85
 How to Get Out......Page 86
 Introduction......Page 87
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 88
 How to Get Out......Page 89
 Stephen Northcutt......Page 90
 How to Break In......Page 91
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 92
 How to Get Out......Page 93
 Mak Kolybabi......Page 94
 How to Break In......Page 95
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 96
 How to Get Out......Page 97
 Test-Driven Development/Sprinting......Page 98
 Information Security and Silos......Page 99
  Skills......Page 100
  The Risk of a Multidisciplinary Approach......Page 101
 Other Career Paths......Page 102
  Doing at Work......Page 103
  Doing on Your Own Time......Page 104
 Working with Others......Page 105
  Why Mistakes Matter......Page 106
  The Violence Inherent in the System......Page 107
 How to Break In......Page 108
 How to Get Out......Page 109
 How to Break In......Page 111
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 112
 How to Get Out......Page 113
 Introduction......Page 115
 How to Get Out......Page 116
 How to Break In......Page 118
 How to Get Out......Page 119
 Introduction......Page 121
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 122
 How to Get Out......Page 123
 Introduction......Page 124
 How to Get Out......Page 125
 John Meyers......Page 127
 How to Break In......Page 129
 How to Get Out......Page 130
 Travis Abrams......Page 131
 How to Break In......Page 132
 Critical Warnings......Page 133
 How to Break In......Page 135
 How to Get Out......Page 136
 Jimmy Vo......Page 138
 How to Break In......Page 140
 How to Get Out......Page 141
 How to Break In......Page 143
 How to Get Out......Page 144
 Introduction......Page 145
 How to Get Out......Page 146
 How to Break In......Page 148
 How to Get Out......Page 149
 Michael Huber......Page 150
 What Skills This Gives You......Page 151
  Terminology......Page 152
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 153
  Terminology......Page 154
 How to Frame Your Skills......Page 155
  Terminology......Page 156
 Joshua Marpet......Page 157
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 159
  Terminology......Page 160
 What Skills This Gives You......Page 161
  Terminology......Page 162
 How to Frame Your Skills......Page 163
  Terminology......Page 164
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 165
  Terminology......Page 166
 What Skills This Gives You......Page 167
  Terminology......Page 168
 What Skills This Gives You......Page 169
  Terminology......Page 170
 Why Teaching Matters......Page 172
  Online Teaching......Page 173
  Offline Teaching......Page 174
 Long-Term Teaching......Page 175
 Mentoring......Page 176
  Common Paths......Page 178
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 179
 Role at a Glance—Penetration Testing Lead......Page 180
 Introduction......Page 181
 How to Improve Your Skills......Page 182
 Critical Warnings......Page 183
 How to Break In......Page 184
 How to Get Out......Page 185
 How to Break In......Page 186
 How to Get Out......Page 187
 How to Break In......Page 188
  Dependency......Page 191
 When Others Are Stuck......Page 189
 How to Break In......Page 192
 Recognizing When You’re Stuck......Page 193
 Rules of Thumb......Page 194
 How to Break In......Page 195
 Rules of Thumb......Page 196
 Dealing with Differences......Page 198
 How to Break Out......Page 199
 Dealing with Differences......Page 200
 Introduction......Page 201
 How to Break In......Page 202
 Critical Warnings......Page 203
  Terminology......Page 204
 How to Break In......Page 205
 Greg Sullivan......Page 207
 Introduction—How This Applies......Page 208
 How to Frame Your Skills......Page 209
  Terminology......Page 210
 Introduction......Page 212
 Explorations......Page 214
 Disadvantages of Boosting......Page 215
 Why You Might Want to Devote Time to This......Page 216
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 217
 Why You Might Want to Devote Time to This......Page 218
 When You Might Want to Stop......Page 219
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 220
 Why You Might Want to Devote Time to This......Page 221
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 222
 How This Might Cost You......Page 223
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 224
 How This Might Cost You......Page 225
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 226
 How This Might Cost You......Page 227
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 228
 How to Get Started......Page 229
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 230
 How to Get Started......Page 231
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 232
 Why You Might Want to Devote Time to This......Page 233
 When You Might Want To Stop......Page 234
 What Skills You Might Still Need......Page 235
Conclusion......Page 236
  General Books and References......Page 238
  Scientific Method......Page 239
  Conferences and Communities......Page 241
   Programming and Software Tools......Page 243
  GNU/Linux Distributions......Page 244
   Progressive Games......Page 245
   Web Targets......Page 246
  Appendix: Certifications......Page 248
  Appendix: News......Page 249
  Appendix: People......Page 250
Subject Index......Page 252
Congratulation......Page 264
Back Cover......Page 265