IT Security Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Information Security Job

by Chris Butler; Russ Rogers; Mason Ferratt; Greg Miles; Ed Fuller; Chris Hurley; Rob Cameron; Brian Kirouac

• ISBN13: 9780470192474
• ISBN10: 047019247X
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780471779872
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Technology professionals seeking higher-paying security jobs need to know security fundamentals to land the job-and this book will help Divided into two parts: how to get the job and a security crash course to prepare for the job interview Security is one of today's fastest growing IT specialties, and this book will appeal to technology professionals looking to segue to a security-focused position Discusses creating a resume, dealing with headhunters, interviewing, making a data stream flow, classifying security threats, building a lab, building a hacker's toolkit, and documenting work The number of information security jobs is growing at an estimated rate of 14 percent a year, and is expected to reach 2.1 million jobs by 2008

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Finding, Interviewing for, and Getting the Job

Qualifications

Pursuing a Degree

The Perfect Job

Job Search

Interviewing

Money Talks

Accepting or Rejecting the Offer

Summary

Nontechnical Interview Questions

Knowing Networks: Fundamentals

Introduction

Questions

Recommended Reading

Knowing Security: Fundamentals

Adjust Your Thinking

Core Values

Basic Concepts

Managing Risk

Data Classification and Labeling

Ethics in Information Security

Daily Security Responsibilities

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Understanding Regulations, Legislation, and Guidance

Regulations, Legislation, and Guidance Defined

Why Does an Employer Care?

Why Should You Care?

Government- and DoD-Specific Information

Commercial Information Security

Using This Information in the Interview

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Knowing Firewalls: Fundamentals

Firewall Technologies

Major Vendors

Device Types

Management

Deployment Strategies

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Knowing Virtual Private Networks

Goals and Assumptions

The Cryptography of VPNs

IP Security Review

Implementing IPsec

Alternatives to IPsec

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Knowing IDS/IPS/IDP

Introduction

Questions

What Questions Do You Want to Ask Me?

Recommended Reading

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Wireless but Were Afraid They' Ask

The Fundamentals

Wireless Cards and Chipsets

Wireless Drivers for Linux

WLAN Detection (WarDriving)

Wireless Security

Rogue Wireless Devices

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Finding Your Posture

History of Information Security

Modern Information Security

Security Objectives

Determining the Security Posture

Prioritizing the Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Management

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Tools

Enumeration, Port Scanning, and Banner Grabbing

Wireless Enumeration

Vulnerability Scanning

Password Compliance Testing

Network Sniffing

Penetration Testing

Learning

Summary

Interview Q&A

Recommended Reading

Additional Resources

Index

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