The Art of War for Computer Security

• Main Author: Madsen, Tom (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Data protection.; Computer crimes.; System safety.; Security.; Cybercrime.; Security Science and Technology.

In this book the author draws inspiration from Sun Tzu's Art of War, a work that explains conflict between nations, and he applies this to the computer security setting, examining how we should consider protecting information systems from accidents or malicious attacks. The author first briefly...

Table of Contents:

• Who Was Sun Tzu?
• Estimates
• Waging War
• Offensive Strategy
• Dispositions
• Energy
• Weaknesses and Strengths
• The Nine Variables
• The Nine Varieties of Ground
• Attack by Fire
• Employment of Secret Agents
• The Final Word
• App. A, Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls.