: Scott Donaldson, Chris Williams, Stanley Siegel
: Understanding Security Issues
: De G Press
: 9781501506369
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: CHF 28.90
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With the threats that affect every computer, phone or other device connected to the internet, security has become a responsibility not just for law enforcement authorities or business leaders, but for every individual. Your family, information, property, and business must be protected from cybercriminals in the office, at home, on travel, and in the cloud.Understanding Security Issues provides a solid understanding of the threats, and focuses on useful tips and practices for protecting yourself, all the time, everywhere and anywhere you go.

This book discusses security awareness issues and how you can take steps to reduce the risk of becoming a victim:

  • The threats that face every individual and business, all the time.

  • Specific indicators of threats so that you understand when you might be attacked and what to do if they occur.

  • The security mindset and good security practices.

    • li> Assets that need to be protected at work and at home.

  • Protecting yourself and your business at work.

  • Protecting yourself and your family at home.

  • Protecting yourself and your assets on travel.

Chapter 1
Security Mindset


In this book we are going to introduce you to the things you need to know to better protect your workplace and your home from technology related security attacks (cybersecurity). The best way to start is to understand our enemies. Later in the book we will examine what they may try to do and how we can protect ourselves.

To understand our enemies, we should put ourselves into their minds and understand their motivations, objectives, and techniques. Once we understand the adversary, we should think a little bit about ourselves. Where and when are we vulnerable? How do we make ourselves more vulnerable? What habits do we have that make the attackers’ jobs easier? How can we change some of those habits, and improve our security?

This chapter describes these topics by (1) considering the motivations of the hackers who attack us; (2) introducing malware (i.e., malicious software) and techniques that attackers use; (3) defining a “security mindset” that we should use in thinking about how to protect ourselves; and (4) introducing how security professionals think about security. By being security aware, we can understand what it is we do that attackers are looking to exploit.

What Do Hackers Want?


At the end of the day hackers are people, too. They are computer-literate people who are using computers to accomplish some goal they may think is “right,” whether that “right” is making money off cybercrime or pursuing an activist cause that is important to them or to do what they know is wrong. Other hackers are security professionals working to support the interests of their country, which may be at odds with the interest o