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The reviewer's Web site and LinkedIn profile both state "I review and recommend books on digital security, privacy and other relevant issues and write a monthly book review on topics of information security and privacy for Security Management magazine and Slashdot."

The reviewer reviews IT books on Amazon like clockwork, almost always 7 or 8 days between reviews, which are always positive, written like marketing material and always give 4 or 5 stars:
May 20, 2013 Locked Down: Information Security for Lawyers 5 Stars
May 13, 2013 The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success 4 Stars
May 7, 2013 Secure Coding in C and C++ (2nd Edition) (SEI Series in Software Engineering) 5 Stars
May 1, 2013 Cybersecurity: Public Sector Threats and Responses (Public Administration and Public Policy) 4 Stars
April 22, 2013 Applied Information Security: A Hands-on Approach 4 Stars
April 15, 2013 The Death of the Internet 5 Stars
April 8, 2013 Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid: Implementing Security Controls into the Modern Power Infrastructure 4 Stars
March 28, 2013 Introduction to Computer Networks and Cybersecurity 4 Stars
March 20, 2013 Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable 4 Stars
(362 Reviews total)

There's a theme in his reviews of either saying that the book is a must-read for _____, or suggesting that the only people who won't get a lot out of the book are people who don't understand how much they need it: "For the reader who may be indifferent to their need for change, the book may not be of full value to then." And "The only negative thing about the book is the over the top title, which I think detracts from the important message that is pervasive in it."