Reddit reviews Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder.

Here are a few books I recommend:

Blue Team Handbook


Defensive Security Handbook


The Practice of Network Security Monitoring


Crafting the Infosec Playbook


And don't forget the NIST Cyber Security Framework

Have you read Blue Team Handbook? It could be a good place to start and I'm guessing your company can swing you $15

This is one of my security starter trifecta:

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual

Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition

This little guy is amazing. And cheap.

Those are paid books, This subreddit is not for piracy(See sidebar) but incase you couldn't find them on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Firewalls-Dont-Dragons-Step-Step-ebook/dp/B00SIA1RH4


http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-Condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

Starter for 10;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rtfm-Red-Team-Field-Manual/dp/1494295504
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485807594&sr=1-1&keywords=blue+team+incident+response

That should start the digging of the rabbit hole.

Edit: I should elaborate a bit, I've been purposefully obtuse. What makes a good Security Engineer? Curiosity, wanting to know how things work, understanding how things tick and really get under the hood of what makes those ones and zeros truly shine. If the above two doesn't get your curious and open your eyes to the MASSIVE amount of learning you need to do, as well as the potential rewards/pitfalls/overwhelming feelings, then move along. ;-)

I highly recommend this for anyone in netsec: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

The Blue Team Field Manual and The Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

>But basically after that I have to decide soon whether or not to focus on a Cisco, or Microsoft track at my college.

Sounds like your "college" is a joke. You should be learning the fundamentals that are responsible for the underpinnings of these technologies, not vendor recommendations that can easily almost be called propaganda. Especially at your beginner level, you wouldn't even touch technologies as part of your responsibility at the level taught by an MCSE or CCNA unless you work for an absolute moron.

The world is larger than Cisco and Microsoft. I suggest you look for actual academic books on Networking and Server Architecture to learn more useful things.

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0132856204/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_4Ev3wbE0EVGDH

Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services, 2nd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0672323168/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_KFv3wbW3QNAGF

For future tracks:

Databases:

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321992474/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_SGv3wbGCZ24FA

Fundamentals of Database Systems (7th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133970779/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_qHv3wb1YC95NS

Security:

Computer Security: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133773922/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_ZHv3wb7J1YJKC

Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1500734756/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_uIv3wbK1361D2

Hardware:

Upgrading and Repairing PCs (22nd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789756102/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_gJv3wbCKGA502

Problem Solving:

The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812928083/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_XKv3wbKQFJK6Q

Best of luck. I recommend learning Shell languages and the basics of shell navigation and data manipulation techniques for various operating systems as well.

Que mas quieres hacer? No saques mas nada Cisco si no estas pendiente de hacer networking y aun asi, Cisco no se esta usando tanto como otros (Palo Alto por ejemplo).

Si quieres hacer Incident Response y Pentest, lanzate estos libros

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479171676&sr=8-1&keywords=blue+team+handbook

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1494295504/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=P8TB8XKCFAKNQBRS1EG5

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1512214566/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=P8TB8XKCFAKNQBRS1EG5

Tienes que definir un poco mas que quieres hacer. Que te atrae mas de cybser security?

> blue team handbook

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

Is this the book you are referring to?

I agree with /u/Mxyzptlk_ about starting off with books and online material, as these will help you to get a feel for the topics you'll likely need to cover.

As a brief overview SANS provide a condensed handbook for IR - https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/incident/incident-handlers-handbook-33901 (PDF)

Although it's not everyone's cup of tea, and is certainly expensive, the SANS GIAC Certified Incident Handler certification is well worth pursuing in my opinion. I recently passed the exam after taking the training in July, and I've found lots of useful information during the process which has helped me out in my role.

Although this book may be for a bit further down the line, I would highly recommend the Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition manual.

Hope this helps!

Blahhh i meant Don Murdoch's book, Blue Team Handbook vol 2

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1500734756/

The blue team handbook is good too

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

Also want to add "Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition".

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Handbook-condensed-Responder/dp/1500734756

Edit:

Don't forgot to grab all the Humble Bundle for 15$ {you can pay 0.01$ and get most of them}.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/no-starch-hacking-books