Thinking Security

Thinking Security: Stopping Next Year's Hackers, 1st Edition, by Steven M. Bellovin, provides security and network professionals with approaches that go beyond conventional checklists and best practices. The book maintains that while absolute security is unattainable, organizations can build and operate defensive systems far more effectively.

Bellovin addresses computer security as a broad systems problem that directly incorporates the human element. The text explains how to design architectures that work to prevent attacks while also managing the consequences of system failures.

The volume shows practitioners how to match countermeasures to actual threats. It also provides a clear framework to help organizations determine when to invest in new security products.