Cyber Security Canon
Book Review: Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon (2014) by Kim Zetter
Executive SummaryOperation Olympic Games is the US military code name that refers to the first ever act of real cyber warfare. Many journalists have told bits and pieces of the story since ...
Book Review: Winning as a CISO (2005) by Rich Baich
Executive SummaryThe latest candidate for the cyber security canon is Rich Baich’s Winning as a CISO. The roles of the chief information officer (CIO), the chief security officer (CSO), and the chief ...
Book Review: Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime – from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door (2014) by Brian Krebs
Executive SummaryIn Spam Nation, Brian Krebs covers a key portion of our cyber security and cyber crime history: 2007–2013, that period when we started to learn about the Russian Business Network, bulletproof-hosting ...
Book Review: The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response (2013) by Richard Bejtlich
Executive SummaryRichard Bejtlich is one of the most respected security practitioners in the community. If he publishes something, we should all take notice. In The Practice of Network Security Monitoring, Bejtlich provides ...
Book Review: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (2014) by Glenn Greenwald
Executive SummaryNo Place to Hide is a strange concoction: part exposé, part autobiography, and part screed “against the man.” It is not what I would call an example of rigorous journalistic reporting ...
Book Review: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (2000) by Bruce Schneier
Executive SummarySecrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World is the perfect book to hand to new bosses or new employees coming in the door who have not been exposed to ...
Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) by Stieg Larsson
Executive SummaryYou have heard of this book from watching one or both of the movies that have sprung from it, but do yourself a favor: take the time to read through this ...
Book Review: Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet by Joseph Menn (2010)
Executive SummaryIf you are interested in the evolution of cyber crime, Fatal System Error is a good first reference. The author, Joseph Menn, is able to capture the early years as the ...
Book Review: Daemon (2006) and Freedom™ (2010) by Daniel Suarez
Executive SummaryIf you appreciate hacking stories like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or gaming stories like Ready Player One or stories that combine both like Reamde, you will love Daniel Suarez’s ...

