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Title: Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier ISBN: 0-387-02620-7 Publisher: Copernicus Books Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Realistic and practical
Comment: In a world where we are constantly bombarded with information about how to be safer, what things are dangerous, what to do in case of X, it is pleasant and surprising to see a book that tells you how to make decisions like these yourself.
Pleasantly apolitical, Schneier presents a concrete way to evaluate various decisions about security. Should you install an alarm system in your home? Should airline pilots be armed? While different in scope, the process of answering these questions is the same and presented in easy-to-understand language. This is not a book for "security experts" it is a book for all of us.
When you are finished reading the book, you are armed with the tools to make decisions about your own security and to evaluate the ideas presented by policy-makers. More importantly, you have the tools to rationally describe why potential policies would make things less secure rather than more secure.
This book is a valuable, perhaps necessary, resource for everyone. If you've ever worried about a particular threat and wondered what you could do, read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: The one book on security to read!
Comment: This is the one, single book on security you want to read.
Where other books on the subject feed on the paranoia or give you cookie-cutter 'solutions' that have little bearing on reality, Schneier's BEYOND FEAR gives you the tools and the knowledge you need to make critical security decisions on your own. Schneier skewers the myths, the hidden agendas, and the outright poor decisions made in the name of "security," using real life examples to show us how to effectively evaluate a situation. Schneier's credentials as a security guru are impeccable; at the same time, he has the unique (and far too rare) gift of being able to write to a general audience. His writing style is as entertaining as it is informative. This is a book you'll enjoy reading; more importantly, it's a book you SHOULD read -- because it will arm you with the knowledge you need in today's world.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book, but needs editing
Comment: Bruce Schneier is a well known security expert and author of one of my favorite technical books of all time, Applied Cryptography. This latest book, Beyond Fear, is written for a popular audience and mostly discusses security measures taken by the US since 9/11.
While Bruce is thoughtful, clear, and provides excellent examples to back up his points, this book really could have used better editing. To me, it feels like a three chapters were spun out into an entire book by repeating the same points and same examples over and over again.
I still think this book is worth buying. The first 3-4 chapters alone are worthwhile. Spending some time thinking about the security the way Bruce thinks about it -- always from a cost/benefit standpoint -- is worthwhile. But, as I was, you might get a little frustrated by the poor editing.
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Title: Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier ISBN: 0471223573 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 28 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Secrets and Lies : Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier ISBN: 0471253111 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak ISBN: 0471237124 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Myth of Homeland Security by Marcus Ranum ISBN: 0471458791 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0380977427 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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