Reviews:
“Useful for an
internet user but particularly for those concerned with privacy, civil
liberties, and related issues.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Schneier skilfully
guides readers through serious attacks that have happened already—and moves on
to those he believes are just over the horizon.… Schneier sets out detailed
solutions that should be required reading for politicians across the world.”
—Financial Times
“Schneier, more than
the average policymaker or marketing blowhard, has a pretty good idea of what
the actual benefits of these systems can be. He avoids the twin temptations of
wholesale dismissal and breathless hype, and charts a course that manages the
tricky business of being both nuanced and exciting.”
—Cory Doctorow
, BoingBoing.net
“[Click Here to
Kill Everybody] is sober, lucid and often wise in diagnosing how the
security challenges posed by the expanding Internet came about, and in
proposing what should (but probably won’t) be done about them.”
—Nature
“This
thought-provoking book will mainly have you nodding in agreement and shaking
your head in frustration. The future is not yet written, and so prediction,
like attribution, is hard. Hopefully, enough people will read the book to
change the path of the future. I plan to re-read it, and there can be no
greater praise.”
—Paul Baccas , Virus
Bulletin
Description:
The Internet is powerful, but it is not safe.
As “smart” devices proliferate the risks will get worse,
unless we act now.
From
driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to
drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the Internet now has
direct effects on the physical world. Forget data theft: cutting-edge digital
attackers can now literally crash your car, pacemaker, and home security
system, as well as everyone else’s.
In
Click Here to Kill Everybody, best-selling author Bruce Schneier
explores the risks and security implications of our new, hyper-connected era,
and lays out common-sense policies that will allow us to enjoy the benefits of
this omnipotent age without falling prey to the consequences of its insecurity.
Contents:
Introduction: Everything Is Becoming A Computer
Part I: The Trends
Chapter 1. Computers Are Still Hard To
Secure
Chapter 2. Patching Is Failing As A
Security Paradigm
Chapter 3. Knowing Who’s Who On The
Internet Is Getting Harder
Chapter 4. Everyone Favors Insecurity
Chapter 5. Risks Are Becoming
Catastrophic
Part Ii: The Solutions
Chapter 6. What A Secure Internet+
Looks Like
Chapter 7. How We Can Secure The
Internet+
Chapter 8. Government Is Who Enables
Security
Chapter 9. How Governments Can
Prioritize Defense Over Offense
Chapter 10. Plan B: What’s Likely To
Happen
Chapter 11. Where Policy Can Go Wrong
Chapter 12. Towards A Trusted,
Resilient, And Peaceful Internet+
Conclusion: Bring Technology And Policy Together
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About
The Author
About the Author:
Bruce Schneier is “one of the world’s
foremost security experts” (Wired), a “security guru” (Economist),
and the best-selling author of thirteen books. He is a Fellow and lecturer at
the Harvard Kennedy School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and
Society and a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now,
and the Tor Project.
Target Audience:
People
interested in security measures & government policy of the internet and
cyber crimes.