-Titulo Original : Building Analytics Teams Harnessing Analytics And Artificial Intelligence For Business Improvement-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Master the skills necessary to hire and manage a team of highly skilled individuals to design, build, and implement applications and systems based on advanced analytics and AI Key Features Learn to create an operationally effective advanced analytics team in a corporate environment Select and undertake projects that have a high probability of success and deliver the improved top and bottom-line results Understand how to create relationships with executives, senior managers, peers, and subject matter experts that lead to team collaboration, increased funding, and long-term success for you and your team Book Description In Building Analytics Teams, John K. Thompson, with his 30 years of experience and expertise, illustrates the fundamental concepts of building and managing a high-performance analytics team, including what to do, who to hire, projects to undertake, and what to avoid in the journey of building an analytically sound team. The core processes in creating an effective analytics team and the importance of the business decision-making life cycle are explored to help achieve initial and sustainable success. The book demonstrates the various traits of a successful and high-performing analytics team and then delineates the path to achieve this with insights on the mindset, advanced analytics models, and predictions based on data analytics. It also emphasizes the significance of the macro and micro processes required to evolve in response to rapidly changing business needs. The book dives into the methods and practices of managing, developing, and leading an analytics team. Once youve brought the team up to speed, the book explains how to govern executive expectations and select winning projects. By the end of this book, you will have acquired the knowledge to create an effective business analytics team and develop a production environment that delivers ongoing operational improvements for your organization. What you will learn Avoid organizational and technological pitfalls of moving from a defined project to a production environment Enable team members to focus on higher-value work and tasks Build Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AA&AI) functions in an organization Outsource certain projects to competent and capable third parties Support the operational areas that intend to invest in business intelligence, descriptive statistics, and small-scale predictive analytics Analyze the operational area, the processes, the data, and the organizational resistance Who this book is for This book is for senior executives, senior and junior managers, and those who are working as part of a team that is accountable for designing, building, delivering and ensuring business success through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence systems and applications. At least 5 to 10 years of experience in driving your organization to a higher level of efficiency will be helpful. Table of Contents An Overview of Successful and High-Performing Analytics Teams Building an Analytics Team Managing and Growing an Analytics Team Leadership for Analytics Teams Managing Executive Expectations Ensuring Engagement with Business Professionals Selecting Winning Projects Operationalizing Analytics - How to Move from Projects to Production Managing the New Analytical Ecosystem The Future of Analytics - What Will We See Next? Review Successful analytics require a multifaceted set of tasks in a well-managed process, and Thompson knows how to make it work. His deep experience comes through on every page. -- Thomas H. Davenport, Distinguished Professor, Babson College and Research Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, Author of Competing on Analytics and The AI Advantage Johns book is the most detailed, real-world roadmap Ive read for organizations that want to become analytics-driven. -- Bill Schmarzo, Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Ventara With this book, executive ...

-Titulo Original : Industrial Cybersecurity Efficiently Monitor The Cybersecurity Posture Of Your Ics Environment, 2nd Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Get up and running with industrial cybersecurity monitoring with this hands-on book, and explore ICS cybersecurity monitoring tasks, activities, tools, and best practices Key Features Architect, design, and build ICS networks with security in mind Perform a variety of security assessments, checks, and verifications Ensure that your security processes are effective, complete, and relevant Book Description With Industrial Control Systems (ICS) expanding into traditional IT space and even into the cloud, the attack surface of ICS environments has increased significantly, making it crucial to recognize your ICS vulnerabilities and implement advanced techniques for monitoring and defending against rapidly evolving cyber threats to critical infrastructure. This second edition covers the updated Industrial Demilitarized Zone (IDMZ) architecture and shows you how to implement, verify, and monitor a holistic security program for your ICS environment. Youll begin by learning how to design security-oriented architecture that allows you to implement the tools, techniques, and activities covered in this book effectively and easily. Youll get to grips with the monitoring, tracking, and trending (visualizing) and procedures of ICS cybersecurity risks as well as understand the overall security program and posture/hygiene of the ICS environment. The book then introduces you to threat hunting principles, tools, and techniques to help you identify malicious activity successfully. Finally, youll work with incident response and incident recovery tools and techniques in an ICS environment. By the end of this book, youll have gained a solid understanding of industrial cybersecurity monitoring, assessments, incident response activities, as well as threat hunting. What you will learn Monitor the ICS security posture actively as well as passively Respond to incidents in a controlled and standard way Understand what incident response activities are required in your ICS environment Perform threat-hunting exercises using the Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) stack Assess the overall effectiveness of your ICS cybersecurity program Discover tools, techniques, methodologies, and activities to perform risk assessments for your ICS environment Who this book is for If you are an ICS security professional or anyone curious about ICS cybersecurity for extending, improving, monitoring, and validating your ICS cybersecurity posture, then this book is for you. IT/OT professionals interested in entering the ICS cybersecurity monitoring domain or searching for additional learning material for different industry-leading cybersecurity certifications will also find this book useful. Table of Contents Introduction and Recap of First Edition A Modern Look at the Industrial Control System Architecture The Industrial Demilitarized Zone Designing the ICS Architecture with Security in Mind Introduction to Security Monitoring Passive Security Monitoring Active Security Monitoring Industrial Threat Intelligence Visualizing, Correlating, and Alerting Threat Hunting Threat Hunt Scenario 1 - Malware Beaconing Threat Hunt Scenario 2 - Finding Malware and Unwanted Applications Threat Hunt Scenario 3 - Suspicious External Connections Different Types of Cybersecurity Assessments Industrial Control System Risk Assessments Red Team/Blue Team Exercises Penetration Testing ICS Environments Incident Response for the ICS Environment Lab Setup Review An extremely interesting book when we talk about cybersecurity, a book that combines the fundamentals of ICS and a modern view of how ICS applications work. One of the positive points of the book is the view on how important monitoring of this environment is for cybersecurity applications, and in my opinion, one of the most interesting is the final part of the book where the author approaches the points of Threat Hunting, Offensive Security, and Malware Analysis, with a practical take on h...

-Titulo Original : Learning Tableau 2020 Create Effective Data Visualizations, Build Interactive Visual Analytics, And Transform Your Organization, 4th Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Gain a solid foundation to learn Tableau, and develop the skills and abilities required for an advanced mastery of the tool. Whether youre new to Tableau or have been using it years, you will benefit from this book. Key Features Explore the latest Tableau 2020 features and redefine business analytics for your firm Understand visualizing data and creating interactive dashboards to gain meaningful insights Learn implementing effective data storytelling to redefine how your business leverages data and makes decisions Book Description Learning Tableau strengthens your command on Tableau fundamentals and builds on advanced topics. The book starts by taking you through foundational principles of Tableau. We then demonstrate various types of connections and how to work with metadata. We teach you to use a wide variety of visualizations to analyze and communicate the data, and introduce you to calculations and parameters. We then take an in-depth look at level of detail (LOD) expressions and use them to solve complex data challenges. Up next, we show table calculations, how to extend and alter default visualizations, build an interactive dashboard, and master the art of telling stories with data. This Tableau book will introduce you to visual statistical analytics capabilities, create different types of visualizations and dynamic dashboards for rich user experiences. We then move on to maps and geospatial visualization, and the new Data Model capabilities introduced in Tableau 2020.2. You will further use Tableau Preps ability to clean and structure data and share the stories contained in your data. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in implementing the powerful features of Tableau 2020 for decision-making. What you will learn Develop stunning visualizations to explain complex data with clarity Explore exciting new Data Model capabilities Connect to various data sources to bring all your data together Leverage Tableau Prep Builders amazing capabilities for data cleaning and structuring Create and use calculations to solve problems and enrich the analytics Master advanced topics such as sets, LOD calculations, and much more Enable smart decisions with data clustering, distribution, and forecasting Share your data stories to build a culture of trust and action Who this book is for This Tableau book is for anyone who wants to understand data. If youre new to Tableau, dont worry. This book will simplify Tableau for beginners to build on the foundations to help you understand how Tableau really works and then builds on that knowledge with practical examples before moving on to advanced techniques. Having a bit of background with data will help, but you dont need to know scripting, SQL or database structures. Table of Contents Taking Off with Tableau Connecting to Data in Tableau Moving Beyond Basic Visualizations Starting an Adventure with Calculations and Parameters Leveraging Level of Detail Calculations Diving Deep with Table Calculations Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well Telling a Data Story with Dashboards Visual Analytics - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting Advanced Visualizations Dynamic Dashboards Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features Understanding the Tableau Data Model, Joins, and Blends Structuring Messy Data to Work Well in Tableau Taming Data with Tableau Prep Sharing Your Data Story Review Ive used Tableau for the past 6 years and recommend this book for anyone looking to learn how to visualize data in this software. Love the section on telling a data story with a dashboard. -- Kate Strachnyi, Founder at Story by Data and DATAcated Academy, Author of The Disruptors: Data Science Leaders, and LinkedIn Top Voice About the Author Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisio...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Palo Alto Networks Deploy And Manage Industry-leading Pan-os 10.x Solutions To Secure Your Users And Infrastructure-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Set up next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks and get to grips with configuring and troubleshooting using the PAN-OS platform Key Features Understand how to optimally use PAN-OS features Build firewall solutions to safeguard local, cloud, and mobile networks Protect your infrastructure and users by implementing robust threat prevention solutions Book Description To safeguard against security threats, it is crucial to ensure that your organization is effectively secured across networks, mobile devices, and the cloud. Palo Alto Networks integrated platform makes it easy to manage network and cloud security along with endpoint protection and a wide range of security services. With this book, youll understand Palo Alto Networks and learn how to implement essential techniques, right from deploying firewalls through to advanced troubleshooting. The book starts by showing you how to set up and configure the Palo Alto Networks firewall, helping you to understand the technology and appreciate the simple, yet powerful, PAN-OS platform. Once youve explored the web interface and command-line structure, youll be able to predict expected behavior and troubleshoot anomalies with confidence. Youll learn why and how to create strong security policies and discover how the firewall protects against encrypted threats. In addition to this, youll get to grips with identifying users and controlling access to your network with user IDs and even prioritize traffic using quality of service (QoS). The book will show you how to enable special modes on the firewall for shared environments and extend security capabilities to smaller locations. By the end of this network security book, youll be well-versed with advanced troubleshooting techniques and best practices recommended by an experienced security engineer and Palo Alto Networks expert. What you will learn Perform administrative tasks using the web interface and command-line interface (CLI) Explore the core technologies that will help you boost your network security Discover best practices and considerations for configuring security policies Run and interpret troubleshooting and debugging commands Manage firewalls through Panorama to reduce administrative workloads Protect your network from malicious traffic via threat prevention Who this book is for This book is for network engineers, network security analysts, and security professionals who want to understand and deploy Palo Alto Networks in their infrastructure. Anyone looking for in-depth knowledge of Palo Alto Network technologies, including those who currently use Palo Alto Network products, will find this book useful. Intermediate-level network administration knowledge is necessary to get started with this cybersecurity book. Table of Contents Understanding the Core Technologies Setting Up a New Device Building Strong Policies Taking Control of Sessions Services and Operational Modes Identifying Users and Controlling Access Managing Firewalls through Panorama Upgrading Firewalls and Panorama Logging and Reporting VPN and Advanced Protection Troubleshooting Common Session Issues A Deep Dive into Troubleshooting Supporting Tools About the Author Tom Piens, PCNSE, CISSP, and founder of PANgurus, has nearly 10 years of experience working with Palo Alto Networks customers. Tom has been at the forefront of engaging with customers, responding to questions, and analyzing unique needs to apply the best possible solutions or workarounds. He has authored a great many articles on the Palo Alto Networks knowledge base and discussion forum solutions, including the popular Getting Started series. Also known as reaper on the PANgurus and LIVEcommunity forums, and PANWreaper on Twitter, Tom has been recognized by Palo Alto Networks user groups and community members, and by countless thankful customers...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Linux Administration A Comprehensive Guide To Installing, Configuring, And Maintaining Linux Systems In The Modern Data Center-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Develop advanced skills for working with Linux systems on-premises and in the cloud Key Features Become proficient in everyday Linux administration tasks by mastering the Linux command line and using automation Work with the Linux filesystem, packages, users, processes, and daemons Deploy Linux to the cloud with AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes Book Description Linux plays a significant role in modern data center management and provides great versatility in deploying and managing your workloads on-premises and in the cloud. This book covers the important topics you need to know about for your everyday Linux administration tasks. The book starts by helping you understand the Linux command line and how to work with files, packages, and filesystems. Youll then begin administering network services and hardening security, and learn about cloud computing, containers, and orchestration. Once youve learned how to work with the command line, youll explore the essential Linux commands for managing users, processes, and daemons and discover how to secure your Linux environment using application security frameworks and firewall managers. As you advance through the chapters, youll work with containers, hypervisors, virtual machines, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Youll also learn how to deploy Linux to the cloud using AWS and Azure. By the end of this Linux book, youll be well-versed with Linux and have mastered everyday administrative tasks using workflows spanning from on-premises to the cloud. If you also find yourself adopting DevOps practices in the process, well consider our mission accomplished. What you will learn Understand how Linux works and learn basic to advanced Linux administration skills Explore the most widely used commands for managing the Linux filesystem, network, security, and more Get to grips with different networking and messaging protocols Find out how Linux security works and how to configure SELinux, AppArmor, and Linux iptables Work with virtual machines and containers and understand container orchestration with Kubernetes Work with containerized workflows using Docker and Kubernetes Automate your configuration management workloads with Ansible Who this book is for If you are a Linux administrator who wants to understand the fundamentals and as well as modern concepts of Linux system administration, this book is for you. Windows System Administrators looking to extend their knowledge to the Linux OS will also benefit from this book. Table of Contents Installing Linux and Setting up the Environment Linux Structure, Basic Commands, Files and Text Editors Linux Software Management Managing User Accounts and Permissions Working with Processes, Signals, Services and Disks Linux Server Setup and Remote Administration Basic Networking with Linux: TCP/IP and Network Configuration Configuring Servers: Print, Web, FTP, Samba, NFS, E-Mail, DNS, DHCP Securing Linux: AppArmor, SELinux, PAM, Cryptography, iptables, firewalls Disaster recovery, diagnostics and troubleshooting Short Introduction to Cloud Computing Working with Containers and Virtual Machines Orchestration with Kubernetes Deploying to the Cloud: OpenStack, AWS, Azure Infrastructure and Automation with Ansible Review Being squarely on the development side of Linux, I find Mastering Linux Administration a wonderful and modern guide to learning Linux system administration. This modern take covers pretty much all key areas of the topic. Section 1 has you quickly cover the basics (even how to install WSL on Win10!). Section 2 of the book moves onto typical sysad tasks on production servers (disk, network management, disaster recovery and a chapter on - very important - securing Linux systems). The finale with section 3 covers cloud administration - what VMs/containers are (including Docker), working with xaaS solutions (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and so on), introduces DevOps, modern cloud tooling and finishes with automation via...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Discover Extension Development Best Practices, Build Advanced Erp Integrations, And Use Devops Tools-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Develop customized business management solutions with the latest features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Key Features Learn Dynamics 365 Business Central, the next generation of Dynamics NAV Explore advanced topics for handling complex integrations such as using APIs, OData, and Azure Functions Discover best practices for developing SaaS extensions and moving existing solutions to the cloud Book Description Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one business management solution, which is easy to adopt and helps you make smarter business decisions. This book is a comprehensive guide to developing solutions with Microsoft ERP (in the cloud and also on-premises). It covers all aspects of developing extensions, right from preparing a sandbox environment to deploying a complete solution. The book starts by introducing you to the Dynamics 365 Business Central platform and the new Modern Development Environment. Youll then explore the sandbox concept, and see how to create sandboxes for development. As you advance, youll be able to build a complete advanced solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central with AL language and Visual Studio Code. Youll then learn how to debug and deploy the extension and write automatic testing. The book will also take you through advanced topics like integration (with Azure Functions, web services, and APIs), DevOps and CI/CD techniques, and machine learning. Youll discover how Dynamics 365 Business Central can be used with Office 365 apps. Finally, youll analyze different ways to move existing solutions to the new development model based on extensions. By the end of this book, youll be able to develop highly customized solutions that meet the requirements of modern businesses using Dynamics 365 Business Central. What you will learn Create a sandbox environment with Dynamics 365 Business Central Handle source control management when developing solutions Explore extension testing, debugging, and deployment Create real-world business processes using Business Central and different Azure services Integrate Business Central with external applications Apply DevOps and CI/CD to development projects Move existing solutions to the new extension-based architecture Who this book is for If youre a new developer looking to get started with Dynamics 365 Business Central, this book is for you. This book will also help experienced professionals enhance their knowledge and understanding of Dynamics 365 Business Central. Table of Contents Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Overview Mastering Modern Development Environment Online and Container-based Sandboxes Extension Development fundamentals Developing a customized solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central Advanced AL Development Report Development with AL Language Installing and Upgrading extensions Debugging Automated Tests development with AL Source Control Management and DevOps with Dynamics 365 Business Central Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs model Serverless business processes with Dynamics 365 Business Central and Azure Monitoring, scaling and CI/CD with Azure Functions Dynamics 365 Business Central and integration with the Dynamics 365 Power Platform Integrating Machine Learning into Dynamics 365 Business Central Moving existing ISV solutions to the new extension model Useful and proficient tools for AL developers About the Author Stefano Demiliani is a Microsoft MVP on business applications, a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), Azure Certified Architect, and an expert in other Microsoftrelated technologies. His main activity is architecting and developing enterprise solutions based on the entire stack of Microsoft technologies (mainly focused on ERP and the cloud). He has worked with Packt Publishing on many IT books related to Azure cloud applications and Dynamics 365 Business Central, and is a speaker at conferences around Europe. You can reach him on Twitter (@d...