Cybersecurity Books
Looking for a relaxing way to learn about security?
A cultivated list of books that will teach you something new, tell you a great story, or keep you engaged in cybersecurity.
If you are a lover of Darknet Diaries, this is a great book for you. It tells the story about a hacker that goes by the alias "alien" and how she got through MIT, entered the security field, and struggled to find her place through the industry. It holds your attention the entire time and makes it hard to put down. You will also learn a bit about penetration testing (physical and logical) as well as how security consulting companies are ran!
Snowden tells the story that made him famous. Starting as a young boy and his fascination with computers, his story leads through his multiple jobs to the decision that he made to reveal the secrets of the government, a crime that has put him on the run for the remainder of his life. If you're feeling like a 1984 Orwell story, then this is for you. Hear how the government spies and tracks its citizens and the story of the man who brought it to the public attention.
Looking for a "how-to" guide to staying anonymous? This will be a good place to start. It covers the basics of how tracking occurs through the internet and big data, and gives the reader the realization that if they really want to be anonymous, they will have to dedicate their life to it. I'm not just talking about their personality, but the whole gambit of burner phones, Tor networks, and avoiding security
Gene Kim and the other authors do a phenomenal job keeping the reader intrigued as you shadow Bill, an IT Manager as he figures out the balances between business and performance. It helps to learn more about business processes as a whole and understand the inner workings of multiple groups on a singular project. While not exclusively based on security, it does help aspiring managers and CISO's understand project management and how security should be viewed in a company, as an enabler instead of red tape.
Great entry-level book for people beginning in the field and are starting from square one. The book doesn't include a lot of jargon and will review the basics for you (white hat, black hat hackers). It would make a great intro book for someone wanting to learn more about penetration testing as a concept, but it does not get technical enough to actually teach you the topics needed to pen test.
Greenberg gives you the history of multiple cyber attacks that have shaped the idea of cyber warfare. A mild knowledge of security is recommended to follow along through the stories, but it is not required. The stories help to shape your reference to better understand how critical IoT attached resources are to our infrastructure. You will also see the connections on how threat groups are identified and attributed to attacks.
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