The Practice of Network Security Monitoring

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"A comprehensive guide. Certain to make the reader a better information security practitioner, and their network more secure."
-Ben Rothke, Slashdot

"If you are in cyber security, this is a must read. The book is the best resource for tools I have seen anywhere."
-Stephen Northcutt, SANS Institute

"A very well written technical book. I would recommend this for anyone getting into the field of incident response who doesn't have a great understanding of NSM."
-Greg Hetrick, PaulDotCom

"Deploying NSM not only means you can quickly identify, contain, and remediate intrusions, it gives you insight into the network as a whole."
-Michael W. Lucas, author of Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition

"The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: the best surveillance book you'll read anytime soon."
-Peter N. M. Hansteen, author of The Book of PF

"This gem from No Starch Press covers the life-cycle of Network Security Monitoring (NSM) in great detail and leans on Security Onion as its backbone. I recommend an immediate download of the latest version of Security Onion and a swift purchase of Richard's book."
-Russ McRee, senior security analyst, Microsoft

"The principles Bejtlich outlines for running your security monitoring are the kind of best practice you should apply to any important server."
-Mary Branscombe, ZDNet

"If you want to know what to do when intruders arrive on your network and how to best prepare for that eventuality, you must read this book."
-Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITWorld

"Bejtlich is a master of his craft and also possesses the rare gift of being able to share his knowledge in a comprehensible way."
-Richard Austin, IEEE Cipher

"As tech books go, it's a pretty fun ride."
-Michael Larsen, Testhead