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Information Warfare & Security
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Author: Dorothy E. Denning
List Price: $44.99
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ISBN: 0201433036
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co (10 December, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 20,007
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Great book by a great writer
Dr. Dorothy Denning is both a genius and a pragmatist. She knows what the real risks are and writes about them. This book is 100% fact and 0% hype. Read it!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good overview, lacking depth
The book provides a good overview of information warfare. It is divided into three sections, the introduction, offensive information warfare and finally defensive information warfare. Numerous topics are covered. The author is clearly an expert in security and manages to touch upon all the major information security topics.The main strength of the book is the breadth of topic selection. By the time you have reached the end of the book, you will have at least a passing acquaintance with all important information security topics. The book is very well referenced and is written in an easy to read style. The enormous topic selection means that no topic is treated in any particular depth. This means that you'll get to know something about everything, but unfortunately you won't develop an intimate understanding of any of the topics covered. At times I received the impression that the book was simply a collection of anecdotes. Some parts of the book resembled sensationalistic journalism and, four years after it was written, many parts of the book are out of date. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a broad overview of information security. Its scatter gun approach means that you'll hit all of the topics but won't develop a true understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved.
Rating: 5 out of 5
An informative read that wont put you to sleep!
Dorothy Denning has produced one of the best 'easy read' reference books I have seen in years. The writing is one of the most striking aspects of this book; right from the introduction the reader is taken on a logical and structured route through the key aspects of Information Security, with numerous references to real life cases. You don't need a note pad, as the language is clear and concepts explained in simple English. This a excellent book to read on the train/plane: it is interesting, job related, informative but not dull or too intellectually challenging. That said the strength of argument and excellent references are worth the cost of the book alone! I have personally used excerpts form this book to very good effect when making a point to higher management. Of the 50+ IT, Security and InfoSec books have in my collection this is the one I never, lend out.
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