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My Favourite Security Books
Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in CApplied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier
Buy new: £25.17 / Used from: £18.98
Excellent - enough said!
Web Security, Privacy & CommerceWeb Security, Privacy & Commerce by Simson Garfinkel
Buy new: £34.50 / Used from: £5.00
A readable introduction to a complex subject
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing)Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing) by William R. Cheswick
Buy new: £22.04 / Used from: £17.90
Entertaining and useful. Read it because its a classic.
Information Security Management HandbookInformation Security Management Handbook by Harold F. Tipton
Buy used from: £30.00
A good general introduction. Covers a lot of ground.
Building Internet FirewallsBuilding Internet Firewalls by Elizabeth D. Zwicky
Buy used from: £0.01
Explains how firewalls work, rather than looking at products.
Practical UNIX and Internet SecurityPractical UNIX and Internet Security by Simson Garfinkel
Buy new: £27.13 / Used from: £21.63
Still one of the best books on UNIX security
A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library)A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library) by Steve Purser
Buy new: £59.02 / Used from: £57.56
Some interesting ideas. Nice examples of how to use risk analysis.
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, 4th editionHacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, 4th edition by Stuart McClure
Buy used from: £1.53
Gives a good feeling for how attacks are really carried out.
Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed)Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed) by Charlie Kaufman
Buy new: £34.25 / Used from: £27.00
Shows how cryptography and good protocol design work together to achieve security.
SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the WebSSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web by Stephen A. Thomas
Buy used from: £20.21
Concise and well written.
Writing Information Security Policies (Landmark)Writing Information Security Policies (Landmark) by Scott Barman
Buy new: £27.50 / Used from: £16.00
First chapters are good. Gets a bit repetitive later on.