February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
13h 34m
English
book
Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions: Avoiding the Hazards and Pitfalls that Derail Us
by Eugene H. Spafford, Leigh Metcalf, Josiah Dykstra
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Foreword
When Gene (“Spaf”) Spafford asked me to write a foreword to this book, I asked to see some of it first. First, I read the Table of Contents and was much taken and amused by the droll way in which the authors introduced the myths that mythguide us. Then I thought they should revise the title to Cybersecurity Mythconceptions. The introduction is wonderfully clear and plain spoken, with a certain self-deprecating and disarming style that helps readers accept the possibility that they may have been taken in by myths and mythunderstandings (OK, that can get old, I guess, but it is so tempting!).
All kidding aside this is an important book. Cybersecurity is often all about decisions and choices we make as to which software we use, which practices ...
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