Cybersecurity For Dummies

Name: Cybersecurity For Dummies
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Author: Joseph Steinberg
ISBN: 9781541437098

Author: Joseph Steinberg

Narrator: BJ Harrison

Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/10/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Computers, Computers & Technology, Computer Security

Synopsis

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!

● The who and why of cybersecurity threats

● Basic cybersecurity concepts

● What to do to be cyber-secure

● Cybersecurity careers

● What to think about to stay cybersecure in the future

Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime—and to defend yourself before it is too late.

About Joseph Steinberg

Joseph Steinberg is a cybersecurity and emerging technologies advisor with two decades of industry experience. He writes an independent column covering cybersecurity and privacy, after previously covering those topics for Forbes and Inc. magazine. He also authors thought leadership articles for many technology companies, including IBM and Microsoft, and has invented various cybersecurity-related technologies, which are cited in more than 400 US patent filings.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katherine on January 26, 2024

As others said, provides a nice overview of cybersecurity. I do wish it had been more technical. I learned the most from chapter 2 about common cyberattacks and chapter 13 about backing up! Read the whole book front to back aside from Part 4 because I don’t have a business. Now onto a computer scien......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 24, 2021

One of my interests is cybersecurity so I was excited to read cybersecurity for dummies. I thought it was OK. One of my favorite chapters was about passwords. It talked about how to make a secure passwords that are easier to remember. I also liked the chapter about the different types of security ca......more

Goodreads review by Moldir on August 21, 2024

decent book for whom cybersecurity seems interesting and attractive. lot of well written information for individuals, small businesses and even enterprises. would even suggest it to people who are not working in tech, to get the basic understanding of how many things work and have the fundamentals o......more

Goodreads review by Ben on August 10, 2022

Hardening Can Be Easy This was a great book on demonstrating how to harden your digital systems. It had some great tips and great details on some of the history and reasoning behind cybersecurity. As someone who is heavy into cybersecurity, this was a great and fun read. 4.6/5......more

Goodreads review by M on September 16, 2023

A decent basic introductory content about cybersecurity. It touch, barely, the surface of cybersecurity. It was a good read......more