Category Archives: Culture

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

“The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you’re willing to risk the consequences. ” –from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul … Continue reading

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Insider Attack and Cyber Security: Beyond the Hacker (Advances in Information Security)

This book defines the nature and scope of insider problems as viewed by the financial industry. This edited volume is based on the first workshop on Insider Attack and Cyber Security, IACS 2007. The workshop was a joint effort from … Continue reading

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The Global Cybercrime Industry: Economic, Institutional and Strategic Perspectives

This book is about the global cybercrime industry, which according to some estimates, is a US$1 trillion industry and is growing rapidly. It examines economic and institutional processes in the cybercrime industry, provides insights into the entrepreneurial aspect of firms … Continue reading

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The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI (Bradford Books)

In The Allure of Machinic Life, John Johnston examines new forms of nascent life that emerge through technical interactions within human-constructed environments—”machinic life”—in the sciences of cybernetics, artificial life, and artificial intelligence. With the development of such research initiatives as … Continue reading

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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace (Information Revolution and Global Politics)

Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building firewalls at … Continue reading

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Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice

In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries … Continue reading

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Cyber Security and Global Information Assurance: Threat Analysis and Response Solutions (Advances in Information Security and Privacy)

The increasing societal dependence on information technology has pushed cyber-security to the forefront as one of the most urgent challenges facing the global community. Cyber-Security and Global Information Assurance: Threat Analysis and Response Solutions provides a valuable resource for academicians … Continue reading

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Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence

* How “data everywhere” transforms business, technology, and the way you live * A pioneering look at grand, new efficiencies forthcoming As communications, computing, and data storage converge, data is becoming utterly ubiquitous…and that changes everything. In this book, two … Continue reading

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Bricklin on Technology

In a world that divides us, technology creates connection. Cell phones, e-mail, digital cameras, personal Web sites—they all join us, however tenuously, to what we value. Is connectivity what we’re willing to pay for? Should technology be our servant or … Continue reading

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The Virtual Battlefield: Perspectives on Cyber Warfare

All political and military conflicts now have a cyber dimension, the size and impact of which are difficult to predict. Internet-enabled propaganda, espionage and attacks on critical infrastructure can target decision makers, weapons systems and citizens in general, during times … Continue reading

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