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

Thu Nov 11 18:16:10 GMT 2021





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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