Well Aware, George Finney
Well Aware, George Finney
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Well Aware
Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future

Author: George Finney

Narrator: Brett Barry

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

Key Strategies to Safeguard Your Future
Well Aware offers a timely take on the leadership issues that businesses face when it comes to the threat of hacking. Finney argues that cybersecurity is not a technology problem; it’s a people problem. Cybersecurity should be understood as a series of nine habits that should be mastered—literacy, skepticism, vigilance, secrecy, culture, diligence, community, mirroring, and deception—drawn from knowledge the author has acquired during two decades of experience in cybersecurity. By implementing these habits and changing our behaviors, we can combat most security problems.

This book examines our security challenges using lessons learned from psychology, neuroscience, history, and economics. Business leaders will learn to harness effective cybersecurity techniques in their businesses as well as their everyday lives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on December 30, 2020

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. A cyber-security expert gives us tips and advice for improving cyber-security. There was some valuable information, but more than once I found myself growing impatient when he was telling us what he was going to tell us. Still, well worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by R.Z. on January 04, 2021

Interesting book, to say the least. This is a niche book written for cybersecurity instructors, but I found it fascinating as a method to think about cybersecurity without getting bogged down in the fine details of computer network bits and bytes. At age 84 (almost 85), I have probably made every mi......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 18, 2021

Disclaimer: I received this book from Good Reads as part of the First Reads program. Well Aware is a book everyone should read. Topics covered are Literacy, Skepticism, Vigilance, Secrecy, Culture, Diligence, Community, Mirroring and Deception. The author describes how to use all of these tools to se......more

Goodreads review by David on October 12, 2020

Cybersecurity expertise comes in a dizzying array of shapes and sizes, from those who simply seek to create public awareness ("look, over there - a fire!") to those who are prepared to consume every available budget dollar to render one's fortress unassailable (for now). Finney strikes the right cho......more

Goodreads review by Christine on February 13, 2021

I won a copy of this book through Goodreads Giveaways and am voluntarily leaving a review. This was a pretty easy to follow guide to upping your cyber security by changing your habits. As the author is a cybersecurity officer at a large university and has worked for other corporations in the capacity......more