5 Best Cybersecurity Books for Beginners | Hacker Noon
Our take on this article:
"If you aren't concerned about Cybersecurity, you don't know enough about it"
Cybersecurity affects all and sundry; be it an organization or an individual it is agnostic. The number of breaches at both organizational and individual levels indicate that both of them are unprepared for it. Breaches at individual levels are understandable given their limitations but breaches at organizational levels, in most cases, are inexcusable. Both are a clear indications that they do not know enough about cybersecurity to be concerned about it to take the necessary actions. Breaches at organizational levels are also much more serious because the stakes are much higher due to larger exposure to both company and individual data and the potential for larger losses for longer duration.
Being in the know of the following industry trends and experts predictions would hopefully convince everyone, regardless of their vocation, to be concerned about cybersecurity:
Organizations suffer from a cybersecurity skill gap and this will continue for the near future.
The trends towards connected devices aided by the increasing bandwidth provided by 5G will make IOT devices a target for cybercriminals.
The mushrooming of remote workers largely necessitated by Covid-19 pandemic, has given the cybercriminals a new target.
Cloud breaches will increase as a consequence of the proliferation of remote workforces.
If the above trends and expert predictions are not sufficient to convince you to know more about cybersecurity, here are some statistics that may help you make a decision:
Human error accounts for 95% of all cybersecurity breaches.
This data is good enough to conclude that the best defense against cybersecurity risks is education of the risk involved and being prepared for it.
There has been 300% in reported cybercrimes since Covid-19 according to the U.S FBI.
We can surmise that the reasons for such increase are easy targetability of remote workforces and a percentage of people losing their income due to economic slowdown during Covid-19 looking for alternate sources of income in cybercriminal activities.
On average every 39 seconds there is a hacker attack according to a study conducted by the University of Maryland.
There will be an estimated 75 billion IOT devices by 2025, an increase of 44 billion from 2020.
If you are a beginner in cybersecurity and if you are sufficiently convinced that you should learn more about cybersecurity, perhaps it is time you consider looking for books that can help you achieve that knowledge.
The books being recommended in the link below are by no means the only books available on the subject but would serve as a easy guide if you are hard pressed for time to search yourself online.
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