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Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions
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Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions

by Kevin Day
February 2003
Beginner
336 pages
8h 40m
English
Pearson
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Prologue

In the Beginning…

It has been nine years since I first took up the sword to ward off a malicious two-headed hacker that was invading my lands. Over the past nine years I have witnessed a great deal of carnage and gore in the information security world. Securing everything from governments, Fortune 500 companies, health-care giants, medical research institutes, and even the good, old mom-and-pop shops has led me though a long maze of questioning and discovering. I have lived a cycle of life starting from the intrigued beginner, to the sworn hands-on technologist, to the enthused architect, to the senior advisor, and finally, the simple philosopher.

Like many philosophers, I cannot claim the ideas and practices in my book to be my own. ...

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