Security 2020: Reduce Security Risks This Decade

by Doug Howard, Kevin Prince, Bruce Schneier (Foreword)

Identify real security risks and skip the hype After years of focusing on IT security, we find that hackers are as active and effective as ever. This book gives application developers, networking and security professionals, those that create standards, and CIOs a straightforward look at the reality of today’s IT security and a sobering forecast of what to expect in the next decade. It debunks the media hype and unnecessary concerns while focusing on the knowledge you need to combat and prioritize the actual risks of today and beyond. With a foreword by security expert Bruce Schneier, Security 2020: Reduce Security Risks This Decade supplies a roadmap to real IT security for the coming decade and beyond.

336 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mike Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Security 2020, written in 2010, is the authors' assessment of technology related security for this decade. The emphasis, as expected, is computer security. The writers also examine the interplay of computerization, telecommunications, and society.

The ten chapters look at the past, present, and future. Howard and Prince talk about the origins and evolution of computer threats and responses. I have no arguments with their assessment of the current threat profile, business and political climate, and cultural factors. With that context, they explore what the future may hold.

If you are looking for a how-to book for protecting yourself or your business from cyber-threats, this isn't it. For someone with no direct computer security experience, it is a good book.

[Jari Pirhonen]

This wasn't very useful to me. Too much history and basic technology. Predictions were quite obvious and book concentrated more on risks than mitigation. Had some good cyber threat scenarios and possible information security tipping points, though.