Ozkaya - Cybersecurity: The Beginners Guide

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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a leading cybersecurity professional with business development, management, and academic skills, who focuses on securing cyberspace and sharing his real-life skills as a security adviser, speaker, lecturer, and author.

He is passionate about reaching communities, creating cyber-awareness campaigns, leveraging new and innovative approaches, technologies that holistically address the information security, and privacy needs for people and organizations worldwide. He has authored many cybersecurity books, security certification courseware, and exams for different vendors.

He is an award-winning technical expert and speaker. His recent awards are as follows: Microsoft Circle of Excellence Platinum Club (2017), NATO Centers of Excellence (2016), Security Professional of the Year by MEA Channel Magazine (2015), Professional of the Year, Sydney (2014), and many Speaker of the Year awards awarded at conferences.

He holds Global Instructor of the Year awards from the EC-Council and Microsoft. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Charles Sturt University in Australia.

The following are Erdal's social media accounts for anyone who would like to stay in touch:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Erdal_Ozkaya

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erdalozkaya/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CyberSec.Advisor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learncybersecurity/

Steve Hailey is President/CEO of the CyberSecurity Academy and an IT veteran of 36 years. He has 33 years of data recovery experience, and has been providing cybersecurity and digital forensics services professionally for 22 years. He is the founder and former President of the Washington State High Technology Crime Investigation Association, and has also held the office of Vice President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board. Steve is a trusted consultant to Fortune 500 companies, law firms, the Department of Defense (DoD), and law enforcement agencies worldwide. He is a cyberterrorism subject matter expert and has trained DoD and federal law enforcement personnel to protect some of the most aggressively targeted information systems in the world.

John Webb is an IT manager who holds both the CISSP and CEH certifications. He has over 15 years of IT experience and has been a student of cybersecurity for the entire time. He is a Linux expert and has been supporting enterprise RHEL systems for the past six years.

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There are two types of organizations: those who know they have been hacked and those who don't. Nearly every day there is news about a hacked company, regardless of their size.

On the other hand, independent research firms, such as Gartner; Fortune companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco; respected magazines, such as Forbes; global non-profit organizations, such as ISACA; governments; and recruiters are talking about the cybersecurity skill shortage today, and they estimate that the talent gap is in the millions. There are many organizations and individuals that are passionate about closing this gap. There are also possibly endless resources, although very fragmented, on the internet. You will find many books and videos that have the essentials to get you started in cybersecurity, but none of them provide guidance from A to Z on what beginners need to know, what core technology they need to focus on, why they need to have a mentor, how they can network, which certifications they can take, how they can find the resources they need, and finally, how they can find a job.