This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends

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Recomendo a leitura. Muito bom.

If you want to know some recent history in the computer community. This story book is a great source for that, but even an IT person myself....I don't really care about the history side of things.😅😒

Great history of espionage, secret gathering, hacking, zero-day exploitation, and world events over the past few decades. Working in technology sales for the past 30 years, I can say that getting people to not only understand but address threats is a huge challenge. The author states “the cost of doing nothing now outweighs the cost of doing something” – I agree with this 100% - we see it all day everyday – in our all the businesses and entities we interact with. If you enjoyed Andy Greenberg’s Sandworm, this is a deeper dive into those groups and much more. Well written and well researched – easy to read. Could have definitely cut down the content a bit as some gets to be repetitive, and the main reason I knocked this down to 4 stars is b/c the author has obvious disdain for Trump – just totally unnecessary – stay focused on the topic. My personal thoughts are that no individual leader is solving this problem (or making it worse) – you have criminal enterprise making big bucks off these exploits, not to mention nation-state snooping – two things that WILL NOT STOP – have been around in one form or another since the dawn of humanity. The epilogue has some solid advice that is widely known in our industry – unfortunately, not widely implemented. There is much room for improvement in this field at an individual and corporate level – although so much of the software and hardware in use is global, it is good to see that there are certain countries making a concerted effort to build a culture of cybersecurity – raise the tide of all boats with better cyber-hygiene (would love to set that happen in the US along with a focus on health).

Cyber attacks seem to be increasing. It seems like once a month I receive a notice that my private data has been hacked. The public seems to become cavalier about these attacks. This book is a wake up call. It is more serious than the general public realizes. Occasional disruptions seem to be brushed off. This book tells us this is just a precursor of a huge catastrophe. Selling hacks has become big business. Definitely worth a read.