Security Systems

(ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Official Study Guide, 9th Edition has been completely updated based on the latest 2021 CISSP Exam Outline. This bestselling Sybex study guide covers 100% of the exam objectives. You'll prepare for the exam smarter and faster with Sybex thanks to expert content, knowledge from our real-world experience, advice on mastering this adaptive exam, access to the Sybex online interactive learning environment, and much more. Reinforce what you've learned with key topic exam essentials and chapter review questions.

You didn’t save time, you just started managing AI. You try to get AI to do something. You write a prompt, expecting it to handle the task. It gives you an answer… but it’s not really what you wanted. So you tweak it. Add a bit more detail. Try again. Now there’s another issue. Something still feels off. So you adjust it again. Rewrite parts of it. Clarify what you meant. And it keeps going like this. Each time, you get a little closer… but never quite there. So you step in again—guiding it, correcting it, fixing it. Before long, you’re constantly tweaking and micromanaging ...

Andrew J. Stewart convincingly shows that emergency software patches and new security products cannot provide the solution to threats such as computer hacking, viruses, software vulnerabilities, and electronic spying. Profound underlying structural problems must first be understood, confronted, and then addressed.

Part one of this audiobook delivers a variety of computer networking-related topics to be easily understood by beginners. In part two, you will take a journey into the world of cybercrimes and cybersecurity. The topics outlined in this audiobook are delivered in a language easy to understand and constantly piquing your interest so that you will want to explore the topics presented even more.

It sounds like the start of a bad joke… or perhaps a confusingly awesome dream. A Physical Therapist, ex-collegiate track athlete, Ivy league grad, Youth Pastor, and some dude with a PhD start having a conversation about cholesterol. And then you realize all those guys are THE SAME GUY, and that guy takes you on a whimsical pilgrimage that results in YOU having a framework for NOT having heart attacks, strokes, and dementia.

Your Complete Guide to Securing Artificial Intelligence with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework In an era where artificial intelligence is revolutionizing every industry — from finance and healthcare to defense and education — AI Security Essentials delivers the clarity and direction professionals need to secure these powerful systems. This hands-on guide offers a comprehensive, real-world introduction to AI security using the official NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0). Whether you’re a technical expert, team leader, policy advisor, or aspiring AI security specialist, ...

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework, intelligently designed to synchronize with top-tier industry practices, is a treasure trove for all cybersecurity enthusiasts, IT professionals, or organizational leaders determined to enhance their information systems security. This book, with its ability to translate complex concepts into accessible lessons, has the power to elevate beginners into adept cybersecurity practitioners.

Climate change is reshaping the water systems that societies depend on, turning warming into failed rains, falling aquifers, and rising floods. This book connects the physical science of a changing water cycle to the management, governance, and finance decisions that determine whether water remains secure. - Understand how a warming atmosphere intensifies and reorganizes the global water cycle - Analyze the detection, attribution, and projection of hydrological change under deep uncertainty - Discover why water scarcity, drought, and groundwater depletion are accelerating worldwide - ...

What if Bitcoin's rise was never about speculation, hype, or luck — but physics? Since 2009, Bitcoin has grown by a factor of ten million. It has survived exchange collapses, regulatory crackdowns, four halvings, and hundreds of declarations of its death. Yet a single mathematical relationship — a power law — has described its growth across fifteen years and four orders of magnitude. The crashes appear as noise. The trajectory holds. The Physics of Bitcoin shows this is no coincidence. Bitcoin's growth follows the same mathematical laws that govern earthquakes, neural avalanches, the ...

Prepare for one of the world’s most respected cybersecurity certifications with the CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Comprehensive Study Guide 2026–2027 Edition. Designed for aspiring and experienced security professionals, this all-in-one guide delivers clear explanations, practical examples, and focused exam preparation across all 8 CISSP domains. Whether you are advancing your cybersecurity career, preparing for management roles, or aiming to validate your expertise, this guide helps you build the knowledge and confidence needed to approach the CISSP exam ...

It's 2 AM and you're awake again, replaying that conversation from dinner. Was their tone different? Why did they check their phone during the movie? Does "sounds good" without an exclamation point mean they're pulling away? If you've ever found yourself trapped in an overthinking loop, analyzing every text message like a detective solving a crime, you're not alone. You're not "too sensitive" or "crazy"—you're a thoughtful person trying to find safety in love, but your mind has turned your relationship into a courtroom where you're both judge and defendant. The constant worry about your ...

Agentic AI is transforming software from passive, request-response models into autonomous systems that plan, reason, and act across extended horizons. These systems operate with delegated intent, dynamically selecting tools, composing workflows, and adapting in real time. In doing so, they introduce a new attack surface where identities are ephemeral, behavior is probabilistic, and execution is continuous. Traditional control planes built for static services and human-initiated actions are no longer sufficient. This book delivers a technical blueprint for securing agentic systems end to end...

This Pulitzer Prize finalist provides the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial...

In this comprehensive guide, authors Kelly Shortridge and Aaron Rinehart help you navigate the challenges of sustaining resilience in complex software systems by using the principles and practices of security chaos engineering. By preparing for adverse events, you can ensure they don't disrupt your ability to innovate, move quickly, and achieve your engineering and business goals.

Artificial Intelligence is transforming healthcare—but without security, trust, and governance, innovation can become risk. AI & Information Security in Healthcare is a comprehensive leadership guide for building safe, trusted, and compliant intelligent care systems in an era of rapid digital transformation. This book goes beyond algorithms and automation to address the real-world challenges hospitals, healthcare organizations, and policymakers face when deploying AI at scale. Written for healthcare leaders, CIOs, CISOs, clinicians, policymakers, and HealthTech professionals, this book ...

Are you ready to revolutionize your organization’s approach to cybersecurity and learn GRC? In a world where threats evolve faster than ever, achieving robust Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) is no longer optional—it’s essential. Yet, countless organizations struggle to bridge the gap between lofty compliance standards and practical implementation. Imagine having a proven roadmap that transforms the complexities of cybersecurity frameworks into a clear, actionable plan tailored to your organization’s unique needs while giving you a practical understanding of GRC. ...

Unlock the secrets to mastering the NIST 800 risk management process in record time with this powerful 2-in-1 bundle! Introducing Information Systems Security NIST 800 2-in-1, featuring both RMF ISSO Foundation Guide and RMF ISSO: NIST 800-53. This comprehensive series is your ultimate roadmap to success, designed to simplify the complexities of NIST 800-53 security controls and show you the actionable steps required throughout the RMF process.

Lou Sepulveda C.P.P. is a 36 year sales and sales management veteran in the security alarm business. Lou sold security systems belly-to-belly to literally thousands of happy customers. In this book Lou shares his vast security sales knowledge to assist new and experienced security salespeople achieve record sales performance.

In 1983, Thomas Silverstein and Clayton Fountain, both serving life sentences at the U.S. Prison in Marion, Illinois, separately murdered two correction officers on the same day. The Bureau of Prisons condemned both men to the severest punishment that could legally be imposed, one created specifically for them. It was unofficially called "no human contact." Each initially spent nine months in a mattress-sized cell where the lights burned twenty-four hours a day. They were clothed only in boxer shorts, completely sealed off from the outside world with only their minds to occupy their time.

Are your autonomous AI agents quietly creating your organization's biggest security vulnerability? In 2026, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) revolutionized how Large Language Models like Claude, Gemini, and GPT interact with proprietary enterprise data. Developers rapidly rushed to build and deploy MCP servers, connecting artificial intelligence directly to internal APIs, highly sensitive PostgreSQL databases, and mission-critical cloud infrastructure. But there is a critical, systemic problem: Most of these rapid deployments lack fundamental security controls. When autonomous agents are ...