Carry on : sound advice from Schneier on security / by Bruce Schneier.

Author
Schneier, Bruce, 1963- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Description
xviii, 356 pages ; 24 cm

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    An anthology of more than 155 essays by the author on his assessments of security and technology; the psychological, human, business, and economic aspects of security; privacy and surveillance; crime, terrorism, spying, and war; liberty and law, and more. Discover why our computer security is a feudal system; how science fiction writers can affect homeland security; why profiling actually makes us less safe; the myth of the transparent society; Google's and Facebook's privacy illusion; why the FBI and CIA failed to connect the dots on the Boston Marathon bombers; the story behind the Stuxnet virus; who should really be in charge of cybersecurity; how the US enabled the Chinese hacking of Google; and why scanners and sensors are the wrong way to secure the subway system.--From book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The business and economics of security
    • Crime, terrorism, spying, and war
    • Human aspects of security
    • Privacy and surveillance
    • Psychology of security
    • Security and technology
    • Travel and security
    • Security, policy, liberty, and law.
    ISBN
    • 9781118790816 ((hardcover))
    • 1118790812 ((hardcover))
    • 9781118790830
    • 1118790839
    LCCN
    2013954201
    OCLC
    862092005
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