My name is Rick Howard and I am a cyber security geek[1]. I have been thinking about computer security issues for well over two decades now. Like most of my colleagues, one of the things I love about the subject is that it is constantly changing. If you want to keep up, you have to work at it. Many of us do that by reading (among other things). The number of security blogs in my current weekly reading rotation is north of 55. Most of those fall into two broad content categories: News Analysis and Technical Explanation. In the Technical Explanation category, some bloggers review the latest and greatest technical books that hit the market. All of that content is invaluable to the Cyber Security Geek. What I have discovered in the current manifestation of the blogosphere is a lack of content in three specific areas: 1: Cyber Security Book Reviews regarding Canon (Books that you should have read by now if you are a cyber security professional) Historical Context (Books that explain ...
Piercing the fog of the opaque world for my own edification