Predicting Malicious Behavior: Tools and Techniques for Ensuring Global Security
- 11h 29m
- Gary M. Jackson
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2012
A groundbreaking exploration of how to identify and fight security threats at every level
This revolutionary book combines real-world security scenarios with actual tools to predict and prevent incidents of terrorism, network hacking, individual criminal behavior, and more. Written by an expert with intelligence officer experience who invented the technology, it explores the keys to understanding the dark side of human nature, various types of security threats (current and potential), and how to construct a methodology to predict and combat malicious behavior.
- Guides you through the process of predicting malicious behavior, using real world examples and how malicious behavior may be prevented in the future
- Illustrates ways to understand malicious intent, dissect behavior, and apply the available tools and methods for enhancing security
- Covers the methodology for predicting malicious behavior, how to apply a predictive methodology, and tools for predicting the likelihood of domestic and global threats
Predicting Malicious Behavior fuses the behavioral and computer sciences to enlighten anyone concerned with security and to aid professionals in keeping our world safer.
About the Author
Gary M. Jackson is an Assistant Vice President and Technical Lead within Cyber Operations at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He is the inventor of the CheckMate intrusion protection system and automated behavior analysis (AuBA) methods and tools for predicting malicious behavior. As a former CIA intelligence officer, he has a unique behavior analysis perspective. He has also designed applications for the Secret Service and CIA.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Analyzing the Malicious Individual
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Analyzing the Malicious Group
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Analyzing Country-Level Threats
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Threats and Security Nightmares—Our Current Reactive State of Security
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Current Network Security
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Future Threats to Our National Security
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Applying Behavior Principles—Predicting Individual Malicious Behavior
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Applying Behavior Principles—Predicting Group Malicious Behavior
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Applying a Predictive Methodology—From Principles to Practice
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Predicting Domestic Threat
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Computer Networks—Protection from External Threat
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Computer Networks—Protection from Internal Threat
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Predicting Global Threat
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Predictive Capability in Software—Tools for a New Approach
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Predictive Behavioral Modeling—Automated Tools of the Trade
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Developing AuBA Applications
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Mastering AuBA Tools for Real-World Use
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Analyzing Future Malicious Behavior
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AuBA Future Extensions Today
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How to Predict Malicious Behavior—A Walkthrough
