Re:OH, joy. Another anti-IT witch-hunting book. Ya
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Insider Threat
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You might want to actually read the book before presuming that it identifies IT staff as the primary perpetrators of insider crime. The book deals with every potential insider threat from maintenance staff to the highest levels of executive management. A great deal of emphasis is actually placed on how important the IT staff is to mitigating insider threats, particularly if the threat is someone in senior management. So, it's not "management vs. employees". The book also does not say that everyone IS a threat. It says that anyone CAN BE. Big difference.
Many of the requirements you mention (traditional education, management/people skills, professionalism, TCP/IP, etc) are discussed in the book. In fact, all of these things were HUGE factors for us in publishing the book, becuase many people these days trying to build InfoSec careers have not yet developed these skills. So, the whole point of the book is to educate the reader about areas where they have the least amount of experience/expertise. Yes, the title, packaging, etc. of the book scream "l33t" to get the attention of the target audience. Frankly, if it were otherwise, the target reader probably wouldn't pick the book up.
The goal of the book is not to tell people that they can order their careers online. The book teaches readers how to apply their "hacking" skills (like finding vulnerabilities, creative problem solving, etc.) to finding the best job for themselves and turning that job into a rewarding career. Agreed that Applied Cryptograhy is a great book. However, there are many people who really know their stuff technically, but aren't entirely sure of the career options available to them. Full disclosure, I'm the Publisher of the book.
I am the Publisher for Syngress. We are currently in negoatioations to have the book published in India. I will let you know as soon as soon as we have a deal in place and expected publication date.
I'd like to see google buy the rights for recent titles.
That's not exactly how this program works. Google is not buying the rights to this content to then freely re-distribute it to everyone. Publishers give Google the right to display a certain percentage of the content (specified by the Publisher) as a promotional excerpt. Once you start browsing a book, you'll notice that you are only able to view a certain number of pages. And, there are always links to purchase the book online somehwere. So, Google is able to offer it's customers the additional service of searching/previewing books, and publishers get the benefit of Google providing potential customers to preview/buy their books
Re:typical how-to publishers meddling with content
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Apple I Replica Creation
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I am the publisher of this book. FWIW The published book matches the author's pitch/description almost perfectly:
The book I'm interested in writing would show the reader how to build an Apple I replica from scratch and then teach him how to write programs for it. Computers like the Apple I are incredibly simple machines, consisting of merely a processor section and video section. Handling video can be done by a single microcontroller. The processor section is very simple and easy to understand, consisting off merely nine chips. When the reader is finished, he'll have a complete understanding of the Apple I's operation. The availability of Vince Briel's Replica I will be pointed out, for the readers who prefer to purchase a pre-built system, but still wish to fully understand its operations. The next section will cover software that can be written for the Apple I. Computers today have become so complex that they're all but impossible to understand on the lowest level. I think a book like this has immense potential to reignite interest in computers as a hardware hobby, whereas most today focus on software. While this book focuses on the Apple I, the skills the reader learns here could easily be applied to the creation of any simple microcomputer.
I think the book delivers on this promise extremely well.
And, We don't try to "dumb-down" books to appeal to the masses. In fact, if you talk to anyone who has written for Syngress (or proposed a book to us) you'll find we normally try to do the exact opposite, and appeal to very targeted audiences. We are far more likely to NOT publish a book because the audience is too broad (and thus difficult to reach) as opposed to too to targeted.
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--Andrew Williams
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Syngress Publishing
Many of the requirements you mention (traditional education, management/people skills, professionalism, TCP/IP, etc) are discussed in the book. In fact, all of these things were HUGE factors for us in publishing the book, becuase many people these days trying to build InfoSec careers have not yet developed these skills. So, the whole point of the book is to educate the reader about areas where they have the least amount of experience/expertise. Yes, the title, packaging, etc. of the book scream "l33t" to get the attention of the target audience. Frankly, if it were otherwise, the target reader probably wouldn't pick the book up.
Andrew Williams
If you are in Vegas this week, you can meet/get books signed by Johnny Long on July 28 at 12:30PM http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-05/bh-usa-05-s chedule.html Or, at DEFCON on July 30 at 8:00PM http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-schedule .html
I am the Publisher for Syngress. We are currently in negoatioations to have the book published in India. I will let you know as soon as soon as we have a deal in place and expected publication date.
I worked on the book. Anyone interested in checking out a chapter can go to http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=3190
Yes, check out CanSec West: http://www.cansecwest.com/ Great con. Great speakers. Not much hype or BS.
That's not exactly how this program works. Google is not buying the rights to this content to then freely re-distribute it to everyone. Publishers give Google the right to display a certain percentage of the content (specified by the Publisher) as a promotional excerpt. Once you start browsing a book, you'll notice that you are only able to view a certain number of pages. And, there are always links to purchase the book online somehwere. So, Google is able to offer it's customers the additional service of searching/previewing books, and publishers get the benefit of Google providing potential customers to preview/buy their books
The book I'm interested in writing would show the reader how to build an Apple I replica from scratch and then teach him how to write programs for it. Computers like the Apple I are incredibly simple machines, consisting of merely a processor section and video section. Handling video can be done by a single microcontroller. The processor section is very simple and easy to understand, consisting off merely nine chips. When the reader is finished, he'll have a complete understanding of the Apple I's operation. The availability of Vince Briel's Replica I will be pointed out, for the readers who prefer to purchase a pre-built system, but still wish to fully understand its operations. The next section will cover software that can be written for the Apple I. Computers today have become so complex that they're all but impossible to understand on the lowest level. I think a book like this has immense potential to reignite interest in computers as a hardware hobby, whereas most today focus on software. While this book focuses on the Apple I, the skills the reader learns here could easily be applied to the creation of any simple microcomputer.
I think the book delivers on this promise extremely well.
And, We don't try to "dumb-down" books to appeal to the masses. In fact, if you talk to anyone who has written for Syngress (or proposed a book to us) you'll find we normally try to do the exact opposite, and appeal to very targeted audiences. We are far more likely to NOT publish a book because the audience is too broad (and thus difficult to reach) as opposed to too to targeted.