Listening in : cybersecurity in an insecure age / Susan Landau.

By:

Landau, Susan Eva

Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]Description: xiv, 221 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780300227444
0300227442

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

364.16/8 23

LOC classification:

K3264.C65 L36 2017

Contents:

Racing into the digital revolution -- We're all connected now -- Dangers lurking within -- How do we protect ourselves? -- Investigations in the age of encryption -- There's no turning back.

Summary: "New technologies have provided both incredible convenience and new threats. The same kinds of digital networks that allow you to hail a ride using your smartphone let power grid operators control a country's electricity--and these personal, corporate, and government systems are all vulnerable. In Ukraine, unknown hackers shut off electricity to nearly 230,000 people for six hours. North Korean hackers destroyed networks at Sony Pictures in retaliation for a film that mocked Kim Jong-un. And Russian cyberattackers leaked Democratic National Committee emails in an attempt to sway a U.S. presidential election. And yet despite such documented risks, government agencies, whose investigations and surveillance are stymied by encryption, push for a weakening of protections. In this accessible and riveting read, Susan Landau makes a compelling case for the need to secure our data, explaining how we must maintain cybersecurity in an insecure age."--Inside dust jacket.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	K3264 .C65 L36 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001430742

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-207) and index.

Racing into the digital revolution -- We're all connected now -- Dangers lurking within -- How do we protect ourselves? -- Investigations in the age of encryption -- There's no turning back.

"New technologies have provided both incredible convenience and new threats. The same kinds of digital networks that allow you to hail a ride using your smartphone let power grid operators control a country's electricity--and these personal, corporate, and government systems are all vulnerable. In Ukraine, unknown hackers shut off electricity to nearly 230,000 people for six hours. North Korean hackers destroyed networks at Sony Pictures in retaliation for a film that mocked Kim Jong-un. And Russian cyberattackers leaked Democratic National Committee emails in an attempt to sway a U.S. presidential election. And yet despite such documented risks, government agencies, whose investigations and surveillance are stymied by encryption, push for a weakening of protections. In this accessible and riveting read, Susan Landau makes a compelling case for the need to secure our data, explaining how we must maintain cybersecurity in an insecure age."--Inside dust jacket.