No Outward Sign (Paperback)

by Bill Neugent (Author)
Key Phrases: silent star, cyber assault, computer attack, Hugh Anders, Paige Langford, Spider Woman (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A computer attack on the nation finds the targeted industries in denial and authorities hamstrung by turf and legal impediments. The country's survival depends on Brent Singleton, cyber vigilante, who heads a rebel force willing to go against the law. Brent becomes the target of both the government and the terrorists, and finds an unexpected ally in a beautiful FBI computer-crime investigator. "Exciting and very thought provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed the book." John Gilligan, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Air Force. "Read it in two sittings...an attention grabber." Charlie Sherupski, formerly the top cybersecurity officer at CIA. "Riveting, entertaining, authoritative" Bruce Brody, top cybersecurity official, Department of Veterans Affairs.

About the Author
Bill Neugent is one of the country's leading cybersecurity strategists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse; Presumed First Edition edition (November 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595257496
• ISBN-13: 978-0595257492
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,587,730 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars unfortunately real, February 1, 2005

By	Carl M. Ellison "cme1559" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: No Outward Sign (Hardcover)

When I studied creative writing, I got furious with my teacher who praised my verisimilitude. What I had written was true, damn it! He explained that that didn't matter. All that mattered was whether the reader believed it.

From the reviews I read here, some readers didn't believe Bill's plot. To me, as a computer security architect, the only thing unbelievable was the array of defenses Bill hauled out. I hope our military has such defenses. We in the commercial world don't.

On the other hand, the attack scenarios were all believable, to me as someone in this field, and many of these attacks have been demonstrated already.

So, I recommend this book to friends in the computer security business as an attack scenario that we need to design against. Designing against attackers less capable than these is folly, IMHO.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read, and a clever wakeup call, March 25, 2003

By	Frank R. Petroski (Northern Virgina, USA) - See all my reviews

A fast moving plot, interesting character development, woven around a contemporary high tech topic. Grabs your attention and holds it till the end. And perhaps more importantly, should leave those of us in the IT industry thinking about whether we're doing enough about securing our IT systems against attack, and the costs of not doing so.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, March 14, 2005

By	Nicole (Carlsbad, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This is very, very impressive for a self-pubbed book. Reminds me of James Patterson or Tom Clancy. If it were a "regularly" published book I'd probably only give it 4 stars. But grading on the iUniverse scale I give it a perfect 5. So much better than what you might expect and will FREAK YOU OUT!