Research Guides: Cybersecurity: Books

COMPUTER SECURITY RESOURCES

This research guide will introduce you to the resources about cybersecurity available through HCC Library. Find and use books and ebooks, articles in print and online, streaming videos, websites, and newsfeeds.

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Web Security

The Browser Hacker's Handbook by Wade Alcorn, Christian Frichot, and Michele Orru
Call Number: TK5105.59 .A3935 2014
Web Application Security: A Beginner's Guide by Bryan Sullivan and Vincent Liu
Call Number: TK5105.59 .S88 2012

IT Careers

Ace the IT Interview: the Best Interviewing Strategies for IT Professionals, 2nd ed. by Paula Moreira
Call Number: HF5549.5.I6 M674 2008
Computer Jobs & Certifications: Choose and Improve Your IT Career by Mansoor Al-Aali and Samia Yousif
Call Number: QA76.25 .A24 2012
Top Jobs: Computer and Information Technology by William Perry
Call Number: QA76.25 .P47 2013

Featured Books

Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
Call Number: TK5105.8855 .S36 2018

After exploring the full implications of a world populated by hyperconnected devices, Schneier reveals the hidden web of technical, political, and market forces that underpin the pervasive insecurities of today.
The Browser Hacker's Handbook by Wade Alcorn, Christian Frichot, and Michele Orru
Call Number: TK5105.59 .A3935 2014
Tor and the Dark Net: Learn to Avoid NSA Spying and Become Anonymous Online by Jared Norton
Call Number: TK5105.875.I57 .N67 2016

What is the dark net / dark web?
The Art of Invisibility: the World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick, with Robert Vamosi
Call Number: TK5105.875.I57 M58 2017

Be online without leaving a trace. Author Kevin Mitnick uses true-life stories to teach you "the art of invisibility"--online and real-world tactics to protect you and your family.
The Darkening Web by Alexander Klimburg
Call Number: JZ1254 .K56 2017

The Darkening Web reveals the menacing possibilities of a twenty-first century dominated by information warfare, and explains how the original promise of the Internet as a means for advancing freedoms can be regained.

Cyber Evil?

Privacy by Roman Espejo
Call Number: JC596.2.U5 P755 2011

How do we balance needs for security, privacy, and civil rights?
Privacy: Opposing Viewpoints by Noël Merino, editor
Call Number: KF1262 .P739 2015

Do the Internet and other technological advancements threaten our privacy?
Mobile Apps by Sylvia Engdahl, editor
Call Number: QA76.59 .M625 2014

How does mobile computing affect the economy, privacy, and individual rights and safety?
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett
Call Number: TK5105.875.I57 B378 2016

Beyond Google, Facebook, and Twitter is a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures -- the Dark Net.

Books

Hacking the Future: Privacy, Identity, and Anonymity on the Web by Cole Stryker
Call Number: TK5105.875.I57 S77 2012
CompTIA A+: 220-701 and 220-702 by David L. Prowse
Call Number: TK7887 .P76 2011
CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead SYO-301 Study Guide by Darril Gibson
Call Number: QA76.3 .G524 2011
The Complete A+ Guide to PC Repair, 5th ed. by Cheryl Schmidt
Call Number: TK7887 .S34 2012
Fundamentals of Information Systems Security by David Kim and Michael G. Solomon
Call Number: QA76.9.A25 K536 2014
Hacking Exposed 7: Network Security Secrets and Solutions by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz
Call Number: TK5105.59 .M48 2012

Protection from Infection

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