Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons

A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Security and Privacy for Non-Techies
Sixth Auflage
ISBN: 979-8-8688-3553-7
Verlag: APRESS L.P.

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Protecting your digital life is easier than you think.

You don’t need to be a computer expert to improve your cybersecurity and protect your privacy. was written for regular, everyday people—though even technically savvy readers will find plenty of useful tips. It explains what you need to know in plain English, without judgment, scare tactics, or unnecessary jargon.

Protecting your digital domain is much like defending a medieval castle. Wide moats, towering walls, and trained guards provide defense in depth against the most common threats. But attempting to dragon-proof your castle would be counterproductive and costly. The goal is to protect your devices, accounts, and personal information from the most likely and impactful hazards—not a targeted attack by the NSA. Like wearing seat belts and sunscreen in the real world, there are dozens of simple, effective precautions we can take in the digital world.

Author Carey Parker has structured this book to give you the greatest benefit for the least effort. Each chapter ends with a practical checklist—more than 230 tips in all—while the book explains why these things matter using entertaining analogies and straightforward explanations. A free online companion workbook provides up-to-date product recommendations and step-by-step instructions, personalizes the guidance for your devices, and lets you track your progress. As technology changes, the workbook can change with it.

This fully revised sixth edition adds an entirely new chapter on artificial intelligence and substantially updates the rest of the book to address today’s security threats, privacy concerns, technologies, and tools.

What You Will Learn

• Secure your computers, smartphones, accounts, and home network
• Protect your privacy and minimize your digital footprint
• Master passwords, passkeys, and multifactor authentication
• Browse and search the web safely and privately
• Shop and bank online with greater security and confidence
• Protect yourself from scams, identity theft, and malware
• Help your children navigate the digital world safely
• Block invasive tracking, data mining, and malicious advertising
• Understand the security and privacy implications of artificial intelligence
• Protect your communications with end-to-end encryption
• Keep smart devices from spying on you
• Automatically back up your important data
• Recover from hacked accounts, data breaches, and malware
• Understand how computers, the internet, VPNs, and encryption really work
• And much more!

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Carey

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Here Be Dragons.- Chapter 2: Privacy Matters.- Chapter 3: Castle Guard Certification.- Chapter 4: Get Your Castle in Order.- Chapter 5: Who Goes There?.- Chapter 6: Raise the Drawbridge!.- Chapter 7: Guard the Castle Gate.- Chapter 8: Spies in Your Midst.- Chapter 9: Coded Messages and Wax Seals.- Chapter 10: Protect the Market and Town Square.- Chapter 11: Golems Gone Wild.- Chapter 12: Raising Wise Lads and Lasses.- Chapter 13: Armored Carriage: Your Mobile Castle.- Chapter 14: Odds and Ends.- Chapter 15: Parting Thoughts.

Über Autor(innen)

Carey Parker, CIPM was born and raised in Indiana, an only child who loved to tear apart his electronic toys and reassemble them in interesting ways. He began programming computers in middle school when personal computers were just starting to become popular. For years, these twin interests percolated until he attended Purdue University and learned that you could get paid to do this stuff—it was called electrical engineering! After obtaining both bachelor and master degrees in electrical engineering, Carey launched his career in telecommunications software development at Bell Northern Research (aka the "Big Nerd Ranch"). Over the next 20 years, he wrote software for multiple companies, large and small, and lived in various cities across the southern United States. In recent years, particularly after the Edward Snowden revelations in 2013, Carey became deeply concerned about computer security and privacy. In 2014, he began combining his passion for computers, cybersecurity,and fantasy novels with his long-time desire to write a book, and the result is Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. This eventually launched a blog, newsletter, and weekly podcast of the same name.