Security Science

Welcome to Unlearning Ableism, the book rips the lid off outdated myths, exposes the hard-hitting stats, and prepares you to be the Disability inclusive ally we know you are! You'll learn about language, identity, advocacy, intersectionality and how to stop disabling people at work and at home.

If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity for Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You'll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached!

Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking reveals the craftier side of the hacker's repertoire - why hack into something when you could just ask for access? Undetectable by firewalls and antivirus software, social engineering relies on human fault to gain access to sensitive spaces; in this book, renowned expert Christopher Hadnagy explains the most commonly used techniques that fool even the most robust security personnel and reveals how these techniques have been used in the past.

Surveillance Zone gives you an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into the mysterious world of private-sector espionage, surveillance detection, and covert protective operations that take place right here at home, under most people's noses. You'll discover how corporate sector surveillance and surveillance detection work, what real-world special operations are like, how covert operators blend into different environments, and much more.

When three local bullies pick on Iron Hills dwarf Eiravel (Val) Stonehold, she naturally defends herself. Why is she the only one who gets thrown out of the tavern after the brawl? On her way home, two bumbling dragons in human form, Axl and Livius, accost her and hand her a letter. What can the new Eternal Queen Julie possibly want with her? As it turns out, the queen wants her body.

Chris Hedges has taught courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history since 2013 in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University at East Jersey State Prison and other New Jersey prisons. At East Jersey State Prison, his class set out to write a play of their own. In writing the play, Caged, students gave words to the grief and suffering they and their families have endured, as well as to their hopes and dreams. The class’ artistic and personal discovery, as well as transformation, is chronicled in heartbreaking detail in Our Class.

Dieses Hörbuch ist keine gemütliche Erzählung, sondern ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Illusion, in Freiheit zu leben. Es entlarvt die hässliche Fratze moderner Demokratien, die sich den Anschein von Rechtsstaat und Menschenrechten geben, während sie im Kern auf Angst, Ausgrenzung und Unterdrückung gebaut sind. Politische Verfolgung ist kein Relikt vergangener Jahrhunderte, sie ist das Fundament heutiger Machtstrukturen. Wer widerspricht, wird gebrochen. Wer die Wahrheit ausspricht, wird entrechtet.

Tim Weiner, ganador del Premio Pulitzer y del National Book Award, retoma su apasionante historia de la CIA para contarnos qué ocurrió durante el primer cuarto del siglo XXI en las entretelas de la lucha interna por reconstruir su identidad después de varios desastres consecutivos. Este combate ha tenido y tiene consecuencias directas en el destino de Estados Unidos y del mundo entero, y pasa por recobrar el sentido de la misión original sobre la cual se cimentó la CIA: conocer y radiografiar al enemigo.

After fifty years, this shocking report—released in a single, accessible volume for the first time—is still the most accurate account of US government spying on its own citizens.

In AI and the Art of War, the Chief Intelligence Officer of Microsoft's National Security Group, Paul Rodrigues, explains the contemporary realities of artificial intelligence in the context of national security, defense, and warfare in stunning detail. Dr. Rodrigues draws on his extensive experience supporting the AI efforts of US federal customers and the defense industrial base to explain what modern AI is, how it works, the problems it solves, and the risks it creates.

In Harnessing Disruption, Sarah E. Kreps—a national security expert and military veteran—offers a fresh, clear-eyed framework for understanding the social and political dynamics that shape technological change. From nuclear weapons to AI, cryptocurrency, and social media, breakthrough innovations rarely arrive without backlash. Disruption is not collapse. History shows it is part of a recurring pattern.

Threat management expert Spencer Coursen offers proactive strategies to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of hostile encounters and emergency situations in The Safety Trap: A Security Expert’s Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World.

If you want to avoid getting hacked, having your information spread, and risking financial loss, then pay attention.... Do you create tons of accounts you will never again visit? Does your password contain a sequence of numbers, such as “123456”? Do you automatically click all links and download all email attachments coming from your friends? This audiobook will show you just how incredibly lucky you are that nobody's hacked you before.

Andando oltre i consueti mantra distorsivi - da «dittatura del politicamente corretto» a «cancel culture» - Davide Piacenza risponde con esempi e testimonianze alle domande che monopolizzano le nostre polemiche quotidiane. Un atlante polifonico per orientarsi nelle complesse trasformazioni sociali, linguistiche e comunicative di quest'epoca senza soccombere all'incomunicabilità.

The book, Introduction to Corporate IT Security, aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the complex and ever-evolving field of information security. The book is divided into eight chapters that cover various aspects of IT security and provide practical guidance on how to secure your organization's data and systems.

For more than a century, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has stood as America’s premier law enforcement and intelligence agency. From its earliest days investigating land fraud and antitrust violations to its current battles against terrorism, cybercrime, and international espionage, the FBI has been at the centre of some of the most defining moments in U.S. history.

In the 1960s, Roland Sheppard regularly attended Malcolm X’s meetings in Harlem. He is one of the few remaining people who personally witnessed the assassination of Malcolm X in the Audubon Ballroom.

This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners' insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security Council, the State and Defense Departments, the intelligence community, and the other critical government entities.

A former Social Security Administration (SSA) attorney goes behind the scenes to show you why it’s so difficult to win a Social Security Disability case. Working as an attorney advisor for over 10 years, the author drafted and reviewed thousands of disability decisions. During this time, he learned why the system is stacked against the claimant throughout the process. After he left SSA, he wanted to make this knowledge available to everyone.

Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a diehard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101, 2nd Edition, cuts out the tedious explanations and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you learn all you need to know about the federal program that’s been around since the Great Depression.