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Andy's Book+ Recommendations

There are a number of books that help understand security that are great for anyone to get a good grasp of security, and for any security person to grow their understanding. These are generally about the mindset rather than specific technologies. These are the ones I've found and enjoyed, and I'm sure there are plenty more.

  • The Cuckoo's Egg  by Clifford Stoll, or How IT and Security suck in from other disciplines
  • The Soul of a New Machine.
  • by or about: Kevin Mitnick. I haven't read all, but have enjoyed those I have
  • Sneakers the movie

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    Relevant in the reading queue, that promise to

  • This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, by Nicole Perlroth.
  • attack surface by Cory Doctorow
  • the other Kevin Mitnick books I haven't read yet.

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    Last updated 2022-03-12