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Click Here to Kill Everybody explores the risks and security implications of the World-Sized Web and lays out common-sense policies that will allow us to enjoy the benefits of this new omnipotent age without surrendering ourselves entirely to our creation.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56288162087285,"sku":"9780393357448","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57688193139061,"sku":"9780393608885","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393357448.jpg?v=1792686110"},{"product_id":"9780393352177","title":"Data and Goliath – The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World","description":"Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phone on (or off) or pay with a credit card. This data is stored, studied, bought and sold by companies and governments for surveillance and for control. \"Foremost security expert\" (Wired) Bruce Schneier shows how this data has led to a double-edged Internet—a Web that gives power to the people but is abused by the institutions on which those people depend.   In Data and Goliath, Schneier reveals the full extent of surveillance, censorship and propaganda in society today, examining the risks of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwar. 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In A Hacker’s Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyse the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political and legal systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else.   Once you learn how to notice hacks, you’ll start seeing them everywhere—and you’ll never look at the world the same way again. Almost all systems have loopholes and this is by design. Because if you can take advantage of them, the rules no longer apply to you. Unchecked, these hacks threaten to upend our financial markets, weaken our democracy and even affect the way we think. And when artificial intelligence starts thinking like a hacker—at inhuman speed and scale—the results could be catastrophic.   But for those who would don the “white hat”, we can understand the hacking mindset and rebuild our economic, political and legal systems to counter those who would exploit our society. And we can harness artificial intelligence to improve existing systems, predict and defend against hacks and realise a more equitable world.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685808513397,"sku":"9781324074533","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56289695859061,"sku":"9780393866667","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324074533.jpg?v=1792599003"},{"product_id":"9780471223573","title":"Practical Cryptography","description":"Security is the number one concern for businesses worldwide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography because it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. Written by Niels Ferguson, lead cryptographer for Counterpane, Bruce Schneier's security company, and Bruce Schneier himself, this is the much anticipated follow-up book to Schneier's seminal encyclopedic reference, Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (0-471-11709-9), which has sold more than 150,000 copies.    Niels Ferguson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a cryptographic engineer and consultant at Counterpane Internet Security. He has extensive experience in the creation and design of security algorithms, protocols, and multinational security infrastructures. Previously, Ferguson was a cryptographer for DigiCash and CWI. At CWI he developed the first generation of off-line payment protocols. He has published numerous scientific papers.    Bruce Schneier (Minneapolis, MN) is Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, a managed-security monitoring company. He is also the author of Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (0-471-25311-1).","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289889452405,"sku":"9780471223573","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780471223573_7308f7d5-09ac-4d62-811d-2efe41fa7a17.jpg?v=1786013731"},{"product_id":"9780470474242","title":"Cryptography Engineering","description":"The ultimate guide to cryptography, updated from an author team of the world's top cryptography experts.  Cryptography is vital to keeping information safe, in an era when the formula to do so becomes more and more challenging. Written by a team of world-renowned cryptography experts, this essential guide is the definitive introduction to all major areas of cryptography: message security, key negotiation, and key management. You'll learn how to think like a cryptographer. You'll discover techniques for building cryptography into products from the start and you'll examine the many technical changes in the field.    After a basic overview of cryptography and what it means today, this indispensable resource covers such topics as block ciphers, block modes, hash functions, encryption modes, message authentication codes, implementation issues, negotiation protocols, and more. Helpful examples and hands-on exercises enhance your understanding of the multi-faceted field of cryptography.    An author team of internationally recognized cryptography experts updates you on vital topics in the field of cryptographyShows you how to build cryptography into products from the startExamines updates and changes to cryptographyIncludes coverage on key servers, message security, authentication codes, new standards, block ciphers, message authentication codes, and more Cryptography Engineering gets you up to speed in the ever-evolving field of cryptography.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290454372725,"sku":"9780470474242","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780470474242_a4933a37-227b-4bbe-8ecd-76d8710e5309.jpg?v=1786013352"},{"product_id":"9780471453802","title":"Secrets and Lies – Digital Security in a Networked World","description":"Bestselling author Bruce Schneier offers his expert guidance on achieving security on a network Internationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier offers a practical, straightforward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. Schneier uses his extensive field experience with his own clients to dispel the myths that often mislead IT managers as they try to build secure systems. This practical guide provides readers with a better understanding of why protecting information is harder in the digital world, what they need to know to protect digital information, how to assess business and corporate security needs, and much more.    * Walks the reader through the real choices they have now for digital security and how to pick and choose the right one to meet their business needs * Explains what cryptography can and can't do in achieving digital security","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290778349941,"sku":"9780471453802","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780471453802_a52394d8-6cc3-4a5a-ab95-93ecd16f6d1c.jpg?v=1786013780"},{"product_id":"9781119096726","title":"Applied Cryptography – Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C 20th Anniversary Edition","description":"From the world's most renowned security technologist, Bruce Schneier, this 20th Anniversary Edition is the most definitive reference on cryptography ever published and is the seminal work on cryptography. Cryptographic techniques have applications far beyond the obvious uses of encoding and decoding information. For developers who need to know about capabilities, such as digital signatures, that depend on cryptographic techniques, there's no better overview than Applied Cryptography, the definitive book on the subject. Bruce Schneier covers general classes of cryptographic protocols and then specific techniques, detailing the inner workings of real-world cryptographic algorithms including the Data Encryption Standard and RSA public-key cryptosystems. The book includes source-code listings and extensive advice on the practical aspects of cryptography implementation, such as the importance of generating truly random numbers and of keeping keys secure. \". . .the best introduction to cryptography I've ever seen. . . .The book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published. . . .\" -Wired Magazine \". . .monumental . . . fascinating . . . comprehensive . . . the definitive work on cryptography for computer programmers . . .\" -Dr. Dobb's Journal \". . .easily ranks as one of the most authoritative in its field.\" -PC Magazine The book details how programmers and electronic communications professionals can use cryptography-the technique of enciphering and deciphering messages-to maintain the privacy of computer data. It describes dozens of cryptography algorithms, gives practical advice on how to implement them into cryptographic software, and shows how they can be used to solve security problems. The book shows programmers who design computer applications, networks, and storage systems how they can build security into their software and systems. With a new Introduction by the author, this premium edition will be a keepsake for all those committed to computer and cyber security.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296485749109,"sku":"9781119096726","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781119096726_694b023f-aa4a-4c5a-8513-7895b2c137e3.jpg?v=1786018336"},{"product_id":"9781119092438","title":"Secrets and Lies – Digital Security in a Networked World 15th Anniversary Edition","description":"This anniversary edition which has stood the test of time as a runaway best-seller provides a practical, straight-forward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. No theory, no math, no fiction of what should be working but isn't, just the facts. 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That's why Secrets and Lies belongs in every manager's library.\"-Business Week \"Startlingly lively....a jewel box of little surprises you can actually use.\"-Fortune \"Secrets is a comprehensive, well-written work on a topic few business leaders can afford to neglect.\"-Business 2.0 \"Instead of talking algorithms to geeky programmers, [Schneier] offers a primer in practical computer security aimed at those shopping, communicating or doing business online-almost everyone, in other words.\"-The Economist \"Schneier...peppers the book with lively anecdotes and aphorisms, making it unusually accessible.\"-Los Angeles Times With a new and compelling Introduction by the author, this premium edition will become a keepsake for security enthusiasts of every stripe.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296533262709,"sku":"9781119092438","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781119092438_c5da8f4e-aa28-40ba-88a4-0216ff1f3e06.jpg?v=1786018332"},{"product_id":"9781119643012","title":"We Have Root – Even More Advice from Schneier on Security","description":"A collection of popular essays from security guru Bruce Schneier In his latest collection of essays, security expert Bruce Schneier tackles a range of cybersecurity, privacy, and real-world security issues ripped from the headlines. Essays cover the ever-expanding role of technology in national security, war, transportation, the Internet of Things, elections, and more. Throughout, he challenges the status quo with a call for leaders, voters, and consumers to make better security and privacy decisions and investments.    Bruce's writing has previously appeared in some of the world's best-known and most-respected publications, including The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wired, and many others. And now you can enjoy his essays in one place—at your own speed and convenience.    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While written years before AI, which is often seen as a catch-all to solve all of humanity's problems, Schneier compellingly shows that in our complex society, there are no simple solutions.\"—Ben Rothke, Senior Information Security Manager, Tapad \"Brilliantly dissects, classifies, and orders the social dimension of security-a spectacularly palatable tonic against today's incoherent and dangerous flailing in the face of threats from terrorism to financial fraud.\"—Cory Doctorow, Author of Little Brother and Makers, Co-editor of BoingBoing.net \"Trust is the sine qua non of the networked age and trust is predicated on security. 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We still get to decide how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAI’s impact on democracy will go far beyond headline-grabbing political deepfakes and automated misinformation. Everywhere it will be used, it will create risks and opportunities to shake up long-standing power structures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this highly readable and advisedly optimistic book, \u003ci\u003eRewiring Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, security technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan Sanders cut through the AI hype and examine the myriad ways that AI is transforming every aspect of democracy—for both good and ill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors describe how the sophistication of AI will fulfill demands from lawmakers for more complex legislation, reducing deference to the executive branch and altering the balance of power between lawmakers and administrators. They show how the scale and scope of AI is enhancing civil servants’ ability to shape private-sector behavior, automating either the enforcement or neglect of industry regulations. They also explain how both lawyers and judges will leverage the speed of AI, upending how we think about law enforcement, litigation, and dispute resolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether these outcomes enhance or degrade democracy depends on how we shape the development and use of AI technologies. Powerful players in private industry and public life are already using AI to increase their influence, and AIs built by corporations don’t deliver the fairness and trust required by democratic governance. But, steered in the right direction, AI’s broad capabilities can augment democratic processes and help citizens build consensus, express their voice, and shake up long-standing power structures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy is facing new challenges worldwide, and AI has become a part of that. 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