[Commlist] A Vulnerable System: The History of Information Security in the Computer Age by Andrew J. Stewart

We would like to announce a new publication from Cornell University 
Press, which we hope will be of interest.

*A Vulnerable System***

The History of Information Security in the Computer Age

*Andrew J. Stewart***

*_https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501758942/a-vulnerable-system/ 
<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501758942/a-vulnerable-system/>_*

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*Available in print and digital formats*

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As threats to the security of information pervade the fabric of everyday 
life, /A Vulnerable System/describes how, even as the demand for 
information security increases, the needs of society are not being met. 
The result is that the confidentiality of our personal data, the 
integrity of our elections, and the stability of foreign relations 
between countries are increasingly at risk.

Andrew J. Stewart convincingly shows that emergency software patches and 
new security products cannot provide the solution to threats such as 
computer hacking, viruses, software vulnerabilities, and electronic 
spying. Profound underlying structural problems must first be 
understood, confronted, and then addressed.

/A Vulnerable System/delivers a long view of the history of information 
security, beginning with the creation of the first digital computers 
during the Cold War. From the key institutions of the so-called military 
industrial complex in the 1950s to Silicon Valley start-ups in the 
2020s, the relentless pursuit of new technologies has come at great 
cost. The absence of knowledge regarding the history of information 
security has caused the lessons of the past to be forsaken for the 
novelty of the present, and has led us to be collectively unable to meet 
the needs of the current day. From the very beginning of the information 
age, claims of secure systems have been crushed by practical reality.

The myriad risks to technology, Stewart reveals, cannot be addressed 
without first understanding how we arrived at this moment. /A Vulnerable 
System /is an enlightening and sobering history of a topic that affects 
crucial aspects of our lives.

*Andrew J. Stewart*is an officer at a global investment bank. He 
received his MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University 
of London.



*Cornell University Press | September 2021 | 312pp | 9781501758942 | HB 
| £26.99**

*Price subject to change.

*The ebook version of this title available through all major digital 
vendors and retailers. If you wish to purchase this title for your 
library then please contact your library supplier. For more information 
on ebook purchasing please follow this link - 
**https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/ebooks/*

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