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Summary: A waste of money
Review: This is the first book that I have read that originates from a Power Point presentation. You can tell because the original Power Point slides are reproduced (poorly) and intersperced throughout the book. I would guess that these slides were used to great effect several years ago to stunned senior managers of companies still figuring out what the Internet meant. But in 2001, most people are beyond needing this explained to them. To give an idea of the target audience, one of the slides is titled something like "Historical Development of Information Technology" and includes "Invention of Abacus - 3,000 B.C." Is that big picture and patronizing enough for you? How about page after page explaining what the Internet is and revelations like "Other companies can use the Internet to do bad things. Like gather information about YOUR company." "Other companies may try to STEAL your information". Etc. etc. etc., mostly filler (probably the filler they used to fill out the time giving the presentation) A saving grace would have been if the authors had annecdotes of real instances of "Netspionage", or other "inside" experiences to impart, but most of the concrete examples they give appear to be from published cases. So, if you already know what the Internet is and that IT security is imporant, don't bother. If you don't know either of these things, buy a book about the Internet and remember, IT security is imporant.
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