FOREWORD - 1 page
ABOUT THE AUTHORS - 1 page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - 1 page
INTRODUCTION - 2 pages
CHAPTERS
This chapter presents why security awareness is essential for everyone. This chapter presents some fundamental concepts and terms used throughout the book.
This chapter presents the security mind set of identifying assets, threats to those assets, asset vulnerabilities, protections, and risks resulting from protections.
This chapter presents how you apply the security process to common life scenarios , at work, while traveling, and at home.
This chapter presents how the Chapter 2 security process is applied to each scenario. Each scenario will walk through a number of common assets, and apply the security process to identify protections that should be applied.
This chapter presents some of the evolving security threats, trends, and how you can continue to be security aware.
APPENDIX - Thinking Like a Security Officer (~15 pages)
This appendix presents how security people think about common protections in our work, and as a consequence, home life (e.g., locks, gates, passwords, and firewalls) and how they have to balance tradeoffs between protection and usability.
GLOSSARY - 3 pages
BIBLIOGRAPHY - 3 pages
INDEX - 4 pages
With the threats that affect every computer, phone or other device connected to the internet, security has become a responsibility not just for law enforcement authorities or business leaders, but for every individual. Your family, information, property, and business must be protected from cybercriminals in the office, at home, on travel, and in the cloud. Understanding Security Issues provides a solid understanding of the threats, and focuses on useful tips and practices for protecting yourself, all the time, everywhere and anywhere you go.
This book discusses security awareness issues and how you can take steps to reduce the risk of becoming a victim: