Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World 1st Edition

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Internationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier offers a practical, straightforward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. Schneier uses his extensive field experience with his own clients to dispel the myths that often mislead IT managers as they try to build secure systems. This practical guide provides readers with a better understanding of why protecting information is harder in the digital world, what they need to know to protect digital information, how to assess business and corporate security needs, and much more.
* Walks the reader through the real choices they have now for digital security and how to pick and choose the right one to meet their business needs
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Whom can you trust? Try Bruce Schneier, whose rare gift for common sense makes his book Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World both enlightening and practical. He's worked in cryptography and electronic security for years, and has reached the depressing conclusion that even the loveliest code and toughest hardware still will yield to attackers who exploit human weaknesses in the users. The book is neatly divided into three parts, covering the turn-of-the-century landscape of systems and threats, the technologies used to protect and intercept data, and strategies for proper implementation of security systems. Moving away from blind faith in prevention, Schneier advocates swift detection and response to an attack, while maintaining firewalls and other gateways to keep out the amateurs.

Newcomers to the world of Schneier will be surprised at how funny he can be, especially given a subject commonly perceived as quiet and dull. Whether he's analyzing the security issues of the rebels and the Death Star in Star Wars or poking fun at the giant software and e-commerce companies that consistently sacrifice security for sexier features, he's one of the few tech writers who can provoke laughter consistently. While moderately pessimistic on the future of systems vulnerability, he goes on to relieve the reader's tension by comparing our electronic world to the equally insecure paper world we've endured for centuries--a little smart-card fraud doesn't seem so bad after all. Despite his unfortunate (but brief) shill for his consulting company in the book's afterword, you can trust Schneier to dish the dirt in Secrets and Lies. --Rob Lightner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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“…The security technologies available are described in a user-friendly way without going into depth...” (Computer Bulletin, January 2005)

“…peppered with lively anecdotes and aphorisms, making it a really accessible read...” (The ISSG Magazine, Autumn, 2004)

“…fascinating read…peppered with lively anecdotes…” (The ISSG Magazine, October 2004)

"...make yourself better informed. Read this book." (CVu, The Journal of the ACCU, Vol 16(3), June 2004)

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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471453803
ISBN-13: 978-0471453802
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (157 customer reviews)
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Schneier's great, but much of the information is dated.

ByJustin B.on November 6, 2011

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I noticed most of the "helpful" reviews here are from 2000 and 2001. I picked up this book from Amazon because of the reviews, because I love reading Bruce Schneier, and because I have a personal and professional interest in Security (physical, computer, network, policy, etc.). Schneier's a fantastic author, and this book was surely a great read when it was released, but I read it this year (2011), and while many of the core principles are still 100% valid, there's a lot of material in it that is simply not remarkably relevant. True, email is still email, and many of the threats from 2005 are still valid today, but there's no discussion of the Cloud, virtual machines, or many modern/growing computer/network implementations.

To be clear, I enjoyed the book. If you're interested in InfoSec, and you're an avid reader, it's definitely worth your time, but if you're looking for a great primer in the vein of most of other works by Schneier, then you should probably look elsewhere, because it simply isn't "relevant enough" to be a modern reference.

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Great modern history

ByJ. Reuteron May 29, 2016

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This was a ten-star book when it came out. It is still 4.5-star relevant as a piece of modern history. I wish the author had been invited to add margin notes or revise material to bring up to 2015. Bruce foresees much of the future and had the editors decided to include an updated errata for this work it would be an essential read.

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You Should Have Read This By Now

ByRick Howardon May 5, 2014

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"Secrets 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 cyber security in their past lives. It is also the perfect book for seasoned security practitioners who want an overview of the key issues facing our community today. Schneier wrote it more than a decade ago, but its ideas still resonate. He talks about the idea that “security is a process, not a product.” With that one line, Schneier captures the essence of what our cyber security community should be about. He explains that even though we have advanced technology designed to specifically find cyber break-ins, people are the still the weakest link. He describes how cyber risk is not a special category. It is just another risk to the business. He highlights the ludicrous idea that software vendors have no liability or selling buggy code, and he was one of the first thought leaders to characterize the adversary as something more than just a hacker. He makes the case for things that the cyber security community still needs in order to make the Internet more secure, things like strengthening confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA); improving Internet privacy and Internet anonymity; and challenging the idea that security practitioners must make the Sophie’s Choice between better security or more privacy in terms of government surveillance. Finally, he anticipates the need for a Bitcoin-like capability long before Bitcoin became popular. The content within Secrets and Lies is a good introduction to the cyber security community, and Schneier tells the story well. Because of that, Secrets and Lies is candidate for the cyber security canon, and you should have read it by now.