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Confident Cyber Security

The Essential Insights and How to Protect from Threats

Jessica Barker

Get across the basics of cybersecurity with this streamlined guide that provides clarity and confidence in a world where cyber security is changing so rapidly.

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EAN: 9781398630093

Edition: 3

Published: 03 Feb 2027

Format: 216 x 138

264 pages

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About the book

Make better decisions online, recognize risk sooner and protect yourself from common cyber threats. In today's connected world, cybersecurity depends as much on everyday behavior as on technology.

From passwords and data to emails and online requests, small choices can have serious security consequences. Yet cybersecurity is often treated as a technical issue, leaving people unsure what really makes a difference. In Confident Cyber Security, cybersecurity expert Jessica Barker, bestselling author of Hacked, explains why security is everyone's responsibility and how informed actions can dramatically reduce risk.

This fully updated third edition shows how attacks really work, how people are targeted and manipulated and how simple steps can prevent serious harm. Considering real-world examples, from Taylor Swift to Marks & Spencer, and written for anyone who needs to work confidently with digital security, it offers a clear, practical guide to spotting threats and taking responsibility for safer ways of using technology, without technical knowledge or specialist training.

About the Confident series...
The Confident books are the perfect guides to the key digital skills required in the modern workplace, allowing you to stay fluent without getting bogged down in the detail.

About the authors

Dr Jessica Barker is an award-winning global leader in cyber security and a popular keynote speaker. She is co-founder and co-CEO of Cygenta, where she influences cyber security awareness, behaviour and culture in organizations around the world. Jessica Barker has been named one of the top 20 most influential women in cyber security in the UK and is the Chair of ClubCISO. She is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jessica Barker

- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Section - ONE: Why cyber security?;
- Chapter - 01: What cyber security is;
- Chapter - 02: Why it is important;
Section - TWO: The technical side of cyber security;
- Chapter - 03: Technical vulnerabilities;
Section - THREE: The human side of cyber security;
- Chapter - 04: Why people are so important cyber security;
- Chapter - 05: Social engineering;
- Chapter - 06: Attacks that utilize social engineering;
Section - FOUR: The physical side of cyber security;
- Chapter - 07: Why physical space matters in cyber security;
- Chapter - 08: Attacks on the individual;
- Chapter - 09: Attacks on organizations;
- Chapter - 10: Nation state cyber security - geopolitics;
Section - FIVE: The future of cyber security and what it means for your career;
- Chapter - 11: Cyber security in different industries;
- Chapter - 12: Cyber security at the board level;
- Chapter - 13: The variety of cyber security careers;
- Chapter - 14: Pursuing a cyber security career;