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1) The sentinel
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 25
Language
English
Description
"It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in Nashville. Reacher is in no hurry. He has no appointments to keep. No people to see. No scores to settle. Not yet anyway. But in the early morning hours, under particular circumstances, a familiar thought will be snaking through his sharp, instinctual lizard brain: A voice in his head telling him to walk away. Of course, this wouldn't be the first...
2) Zero days
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect--her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
A computer whiz takes on the government in defense of the right to privacy. On hearing the National Security Agency has secretly installed a program that can read anyone's e-mail, Ensei Tankado comes up with a program to paralyze it. A conflict ensues and people die.
Author
Series
Rocky Mountain courage volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mackenzie Hanson's special set of skills opened the door to a successful career as a professor of cybersecurity at a Michigan university, allowing her to put her criminal past behind her. When a long-ago partner in crime delivers a cryptic message about her father's tech company being under cyberattack, she heads for Montana to secure exposed assets, close security breaches, and hopefully save lives. Diplomatic Security Services special agent Alex...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Computers have become enmeshed in almost every aspect of modern life. While this development has made our lives easier and more convenient, it also opens us up to all sorts of security risks. The dozen activities in this volume emphasize the importance of computer security and delve into the steps that both coders and ordinary users of technology can take to improve their computer security. Individual activities explore topics such as encryption,...
7) Hush-hush
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 56
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stone Barrington is settling in for some downtime in New York City when an anonymous enemy makes himself known. This nameless foe's threats hit close to home, and before Stone can retaliate, the fearsome messages turn into very real consequences. With the help of old friends--and a lovely new tech-savvy acquaintance--Stone sets out to unravel the fatal agenda. But as the web of adversaries expands, Stone realizes that no place is safe, and he'll...
8) The ransomware hunting team: a band of misfits' improbable crusade to save the world from cybercrime
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The story of a band of volunteer cybersecurity experts who use their computer skills to crack ransomware and help victims of cybercrime"--
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Every day it seems we read another story about one company or another being targeted by cybercriminals. It makes some of us wonder: am I safe online? The good news is that we can all be cybersecure and it doesn't take a degree in computer science to make it happen! Cybersecurity For Dummies is the down-to-earth guide you need to secure your own data (and your company's, too). You ll get step-by-step guidance on how to implement reasonable security...
10) Firewall
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Thieves threaten to kill Jack Stanfield's family if he doesn't hack into a computer system through a firewall he designed in order to transfer 100 million dollars to an offshore account.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information can be inspected, analyzed, or used must be significantly...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"April Falcon Doss, a cybersecurity and privacy expert with experience working for the NSA and the US government, explores the most common types of data being collected about individuals today and delve into how it is being used-sometimes against us-by the private sector, the government, and even our employers and schools"--
13) Attack surface
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side. In her day job as a counterterrorism wizard for an transnational cybersecurity firm, she made the hacks that allowed repressive regimes to spy on dissidents, and manipulate their every move. The perks were fantastic, and the pay was obscene. Just for fun, and to piss off her masters, Masha sometimes used her mad skills to help those same troublemakers evade detection, if their cause...
14) Zero days
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Experts discuss the world of digital warfare, focusing on the Stuxnet virus which originally targeted an Iranian nuclear facility, but then spread and is capable of destroying infrastructure worldwide.
Author
Series
Aimee Leduc investigations volume 3
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Anthony Award nominee Cara Black has garnered international acclaim for the authentic characterization and tantalizing suspense of her Aimee Leduc series. In this third entry-set in 1994 Paris-Aimee fears that a 1960s Communist gang is on the loose-and her long-lost mother just may be one of them.
16) Dark web
Author
Series
Net Force volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The number one threat to our nation's security is in cyberspace. The new US president wants to tackle the urgent problem head-on and launches a top secret line of defense: Net Force. But before the organization can be announced, the country is hit by an unprecedented, two-pronged terror attack. Not yet empowered by Congress nor embraced by a dubious intelligence community, still untested, unproven and officially unnamed, Net Force's elite group of...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Exploring Careers in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics serves as a career guide, providing information about education, certifications, and tools to help those making career decisions within the cybersecurity field"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Your every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and exploit what you do, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand...Kevin Mitnick uses true-life stories to show exactly what is happening without your knowledge, teaching you "the art of invisibility"--online and real-world tactics to protect you and your family, using easy step-by-step instructions....
19) The Phalanx code
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Garrett Sinclair escapes from prison to rescue his team from the manipulations of two tech moguls and learns of a devastating family secret in the process. Influential tech magnate Mitch Drewson calls on Sinclair and the Dagger team to protect his Project Optimus. An ambitious endeavor to empower citizens to protect financial and personal data in the face of increasingly authoritarian federal governments, Project Optimus is a threat to Aurelius Blanc's...
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