Applied Security Visualization

The overall information gained from this book is priceless. Knowing where to look for your security information, and more importantly how to interperate that data. Raffael is quick to explain throughout the book the different places you would look for specific data. He explains the different logging details of different vendors, and why each vendor make the choices they did. He is also quick to point out how to expand reporting from the default, and most times, limited reporting of logs. The information contained in this book is really great, and there is a ton of it, however, getting to the information you care about and need to know takes time and some serious determination. To put it bluntly, this book is extremely boring. It took me about twice the normal time I take to read a book this size. Partially due to the fact that there is so much detailed information and you will spend a lot of time flipping back and forth through to book to remember exactly why Raffael is doing something. If you are really into security, and you wish to know more about you network, security or really any general logged information, this book will guide you to it, and show you exactly what you want to know, or better yet, exactly what you don't know.

applied Security Visualization

Collecting Log Data Is One Thing, Having Relevant Information Is Something Else. The Art To Transform All Kinds Of Log Data Into Meaningful Security Information Is The Core Of This Book. Raffy Illustrates In A Straight Forward Way, And With Hands-on Examples, How Such A Challenge Can Be Mastered. Let's Get Inspired. Andreas Wuchner, Head Of Global It Security, Novartis

use Visualization To Secure Your Network Against The Toughest, Best-hidden Threats

as Networks Become Ever More Complex, Securing Them Becomes More And More Difficult. The Solution Is Visualization. Using Today S State-of-the-art Data Visualization Techniques, You Can Gain A Far Deeper Understanding Of What S Happening On Your Network Right Now. You Can Uncover Hidden Patterns Of Data, Identify Emerging Vulnerabilities And Attacks, And Respond Decisively With Countermeasures That Are Far More Likely To Succeed Than Conventional Methods.

in applied Security Visualization, Leading Network Security Visualization Expert Raffael Marty Introduces All The Concepts, Techniques, And Tools You Need To Use Visualization On Your Network. You Ll Learn How To Identify And Utilize The Right Data Sources, Then Transform Your Data Into Visuals That Reveal What You Really Need To Know. Next, Marty Shows How To Use Visualization To Perform Broad Network Security Analyses, Assess Specific Threats, And Even Improve Business Compliance.

he Concludes With An Introduction To A Broad Set Of Visualization Tools. The Book S Cd Also Includes Davix, A Compilation Of Freely Available Tools For Security Visualization.

you'll Learn How To:

Intimately Understand The Data Sources That Are Essential For Effective Visualization

Choose The Most Appropriate Graphs And Techniques For Your It Data

Transform Complex Data Into Crystal-clear Visual Representations

Iterate Your Graphs To Deliver Even Better Insight For Taking Action

Assess Threats To Your Network Perimeter, As Well As Threats Imposed By Insiders

Use Visualization To Manage Risks And Compliance Mandates More Successfully

Visually Audit Both The Technical And Organizational Aspects Of Information And Network Security

Compare And Master Today S Most Useful Tools For Security Visualization

contains The Live Cd Data Analysis And Visualization Linux (davix). Davix Is A Compilation Of Powerful Tools For Visualizing Networks And Assessing Their Security. Davix Runs Directly From The Cd-rom, Without Installation.

raffael Marty Is Chief Security Strategist And Senior Product Manager For Splunk, The Leading Provider Of Large-scale, High-speed Indexing And Search Technology For It Infrastructures. As Customer Advocate And Guardian, He Focuses On Using His Skills In Data Visualization, Log Management, Intrusion Detection, And Compliance. An Active Participant On Industry Standards Committees Such As Cee (common Event Expression) And Oval (open Vulnerability And Assessment Language), Marty Created The Thor And Afterglow Automation Tools, And Founded The Security Visualization Portal Secviz.org. Before Joining Splunk, He Managed The Solutions Team At Arcsight, Served As It Security Consultant For Pricewaterhousecoopers, And Was A Member Of The Ibm Research Global Security Analysis Lab.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. APPLIED SECURITY VISUALIZATION “Collecting log data is one thing, having relevant information is something else. The art to transform all kinds of log data into meaningful security information is the core of this book. Raffy illustrates in a straight forward way, and with hands-on examples, how such a challenge can be mastered. Let's get inspired.” –Andreas Wuchner, Head of Global IT Security, Novartis Use Visualization to Secure Your Network Against the Toughest, Best-Hidden Threats As networks become ever more complex, securing them becomes more and more difficult. The solution is visualization. Using today's state-of-the-art data visualization techniques, you can gain a far deeper understanding of what's happening on your network right now. You can uncover hidden patterns of data, identify emerging vulnerabilities and attacks, and respond decisively with countermeasures that are far more likely to succeed than conventional methods. In Applied Security Visualization, leading network security visualization expert Raffael Marty introduces all the concepts, techniques, and tools you need to use visualization on your network. You'll learn how to identify and utilize the right data sources, then transform your data into visuals that reveal what you really need to know. Next, Marty shows how to use visualization to perform broad network security analyses, assess specific threats, and even improve business compliance. He concludes with an introduction to a broad set of visualization tools. The book's CD also includes DAVIX, a compilation of freely available tools for security visualization. You'll learn how to: • Intimately understand the data sources that are essential for effective visualization • Choose the most appropriate graphs and techniques for your IT data • Transform complex data into crystal-clear visual representations • Iterate your graphs to deliver even better insight for taking action • Assess threats to your network perimeter, as well as threats imposed by insiders • Use visualization to manage risks and compliance mandates more successfully • Visually audit both the technical and organizational aspects of information and network security • Compare and master today's most useful tools for security visualization Contains the live CD Data Analysis and Visualization Linux (DAVIX). DAVIX is a compilation of powerful tools for visualizing networks and assessing their security. DAVIX runs directly from the CD-ROM, without installation. Raffael Marty is chief security strategist and senior product manager for Splunk, the leading provider of large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT infrastructures. As customer advocate and guardian, he focuses on using his skills in data visualization, log management, intrusion detection, and compliance. An active participant on industry standards committees such as CEE (Common Event Expression) and OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language), Marty created the Thor and AfterGlow automation tools, and founded the security visualization portal sec «As networks become ever more complex, securing them becomes more and more difficult. The solution is visualization. Using today's state-of-the-art data visualization techniques, you can gain a far deeper understanding of what's happening on your network right now. You can uncover hidden patterns of data, identify emerging vulnerabilities and attacks, and respond decisively with countermeasures that are far more likely to succeed than conventional methods. In Applied Security Visualization, leading network security visualization expert Raffael Marty introduces all the concepts, techniques, and tools you need to use visualization on your network. You'll learn how to identify and utilize the right data sources, then transform your data into visuals that reveal what you really need to know. Next, Marty shows how to use visualization to perform broad network security analyses, assess specific threats, and even improve business compliance.»-- Résumé de l'éditeur "As networks become ever more complex, securing them becomes more and more difficult. The solution is visualization. Using today's state-of-the-art data visualization techniques, you can gain a far deeper understanding of what's happening on your network right now. You can uncover hidden patterns of data, identify emerging vulnerabilities and attacks, and respond decisively with countermeasures that are far more likely to succeed than conventional methods." "In Applied Security Visualization, leading network security visualization expert Raffael Marty introduces all the concepts, techniques, and tools you need to use visualization on your network. You'll learn how to identify and utilize the right data sources, then transform your data into visuals that reveal what you really need to know. Next, Marty shows how to use visualization to perform broad network security analyses, assess specific threats, and even improve business compliance."--Jacket