(Part 2) Best products from r/cybersecurity

Not really.

Maybe for the weeder general ed classes. But, largely no. Business calculus is about as advanced as it will get unless you go the engineer route and need differential equations.

Cryptography is largely about implementation in cybersecurity. The people that do the math proofs on cryptographic equations are largely mathematics Ph.Ds. Like, Emeritus professors at Ivy league schools.

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In defense of math, I didn't realize how useful and, dare I say, fun, largely because it is valuable at making money. Mathematics 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters in Mathematics in 1001 Bite-Sized Explanations - I wish I had this book in 3rd grade. Would have made life much easier and more productive.

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If you don't like math, try putting a dollar sign in front of things.

https://objective-see.com

This is a good start in general. But for a 101 on Mac security & forensics, I very much suggest taking the SANS 518 course (Mac and iOS Forensic Analysis and Incident Response). It’s updated routinely and over all a great course.

The teacher of the course, Sarah Edwards has a site on the subject too. https://www.mac4n6.com

A good book, and one that’s also used in the class: “OS X Incident Response: Scripting and Analysis
1st Edition” https://www.amazon.com/OS-Incident-Response-Scripting-Analysis-ebook/dp/B01FHOHHVS

Seems like it supports port mirroring, though I have zero experience with this line of Netgear switches. As for the firewall, that's something found on routers rather than switches, as they generally serve a different purpose.

If you've got the money to spare, you might want to pick up the books for Cisco's CCNA Cyber Ops, and consider writing the exam in future. It'll help cement a base of knowledge and look great on a resume.

I'm not sure how it works to specialize your practice, but you might want to pickup the Tallin Manuals: https://smile.amazon.com/Tallinn-Manual-International-Applicable-Warfare/dp/1107613779/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8

You probably don't need industry certifications to successfully practice law with a focus in cyber, but then again idk how practicing law actually works. Might have more success asking in one of the lawerly subreddits.

The got my doctorate in cyber security in 2015. I was focused on system hardening and found this book and loved it. "The Craft of System Security" https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321434838/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_BpfKzbD3VNX2X

Although "security through obscurity" by itself is not useful. The book Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense by Strand, John; Asadoorian, Paul; Donnelly, Benjamin; Galbraith, Bryce; and Robish, Ethan argues effectively that security through obfuscation can be useful when combined with monitoring and detection.

I think you will gain a lot of helpful info and concepts from the networking parts of the semester. I help you prepare, I'd suggest looking into studying for the Security+ exam. Below is a great book you can use to study and it has many extras like audio files, flash cards, etc that you need to pay for but very affordable.

https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Security-Get-Certified-Ahead-ebook/dp/B07652KDXM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1539612596&sr=8-3&keywords=security%2B

I'd recommend getting a Faraday bag and keeping the phone in it the whole time you are there.

You can find them pretty cheap on Amazon: link

The CISSP is the gold standard for cyber security certifications. To qualify for the full cert, you need 5 years of experience in at least two distinct areas of the field. Otherwise, passing the test grants you "associate" certification.

The guys that I work with (who have 10 years in the field) took a two week bootcamp and then studied nonstop for a month before they took the test- they took a week off of work at the end to do nothing but study. They said it's the most challenging certification they have had to take. in the field.

It is NOT something that you can take a 5 day bootcamp and breeze through with no experience at all. The study guide is more than 1000 pages long.

There are a wealth of places you can get started. But if you're starting out with the goal of passing the CISSP right away with no prior experience, you're going to be drinking out of a firehose of information. Be ready for that.

These are technical committees that have been working in various topic areas for decades. For any of these areas you will find they have a related annual conference (often a journal too) and if you want to know more you can simply read some past papers, or attend the conference.

You will find all the top academics in the world in most of these topic areas are involved with IFIP TC11. For example, at TC11 this year the following people attended (amongst many many others)

Prof Ravi Sandhu (The guy who came up with role-based access control)

Prof Matt Bishop ( https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Security-2nd-Matt-Bishop/dp/0321712331/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L0S40U3N0435&keywords=matt+bishop+computer+security&qid=1569307692&sprefix=matt+bis%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1 )

Prof Steven Furnell, Prof Gurpreet Dhillon, Prof Johan van Niekerk
These are the people who wrote the ACM / IEEE 's CSEC2017 curriculum. All of them are great to chat to and network with.

I’m currently reading this book, and would highly recommend. It tackles the questions you’re talking about and champions a more empirical approach.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Measure-Anything-Cybersecurity-Risk/dp/1536669741

Since no one gave you a decent answer..

Sounds like you want to download illegal data which can infect your computer. To prevent this, download VMWare and run a virtual OS (Linux, Windows..) which is practically air-gapped from the host machine and can be easily restored using snapshots. So research virtualization. Use secure passwords (Long, non-repeating) on your BIOS, user account, phone, individual website accounts etc. Check out [this] (https://www.deseat.me/), [this] (https://haveibeenpwned.com/) and maybe even a [book] (https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Beginners-Raef-Meeuwisse/dp/1483431231). Finally, research phishing so you do not do things like click on links without hovering over them or send personal info to the wrong people. Turn on Windows Defender (if willing to spend money, buy AV software like Malware Bytes). That is pretty much the basics of self defense...

Referring to Security+ books. I like the Security+ ExamCram (https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Security-SYO-401-Exam-Cram/dp/0789753340/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1520956323&sr=8-7&keywords=security%2B+401) a lot better than All in One Comptia Security+ (https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Security-Guide-Fourth-SY0-401/dp/0071841245/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1520956323&sr=8-4&keywords=security%2B+401)

Cool! That's a good one. Also really thought this was good.

Here is a decently nice set with a clear learning lock (see through).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YH23191/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_k9i0DbQD1SV7W

Here is a 9 piece test lock setup.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XV2T3BY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6aj0DbY87XS39

This is a tubular picking set.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S8VXR89/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_cdj0DbD4Y4X27

There are plenty of books and videos online for him to learn from.

I'd be very surprised if you haven't heard or got these given your certs! Either way highly recommend the Blue Team Field Manual and Red Team Field Manual

The best: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-Condensed-Operations/dp/1091493898