Cybersecurity Canon (proposed) (40 books)

This is the list proposed by Richard Howard in the talk "Cyber Security Canon: You Should Have Read These Books by Now" at the RSA-Conference 2014 in San Francisco (youtu.be/_ZRq4A22jpg).

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1	Web Hacking Arsenal: A Practical Guide to Modern Web Pentesting by Rafay Baloch (Goodreads Author) 4.98 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 3,000, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson 3.89 avg rating — 363,456 ratings score: 394, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.18 avg rating — 3,441,234 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen 3.97 avg rating — 8,070 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Daemon (Daemon, #1) by Leinad Zeraus 4.16 avg rating — 48,502 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Reamde by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,264 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 297,565 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Freedom™ (Daemon, #2) by Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 30,304 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency by Parmy Olson 3.97 avg rating — 3,375 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Best Practices for Protecting Your Small or Medium Size Business from Phishing by DuoCircle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Digital Downfall: Technology, Cyberattacks and the End of the American Republic by Hugh Taylor (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	JK's Code (Brooks/Lotello Thriller, #4) by Ronald S. Barak (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Florentine Deception by Carey Nachenberg 3.78 avg rating — 360 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Smartest Person in the Room: The Root Cause and New Solution for Cybersecurity by Christian Espinosa (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 216 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure by Lee Brotherston 3.91 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Zero Ri$k by Simon Hayes (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power by David E. Sanger 3.97 avg rating — 1,138 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World by Bruce Schneier 3.83 avg rating — 1,109 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Engineering Trustworthy Systems: Get Cybersecurity Design Right the First Time by O Sami Saydjari 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll 4.28 avg rating — 15,870 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 23,079 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 116,857 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Unsecurity: Information security is failing. Breaches are epidemic. How can we fix this broken industry? by Evan Francen (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Curmudgeon: How to Succeed as an Industry Analyst by Richard Stiennon 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global by Geoff White (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg 4.34 avg rating — 9,997 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Trojan Horse (Jeff Aiken, #2) by Mark E. Russinovich 3.80 avg rating — 2,272 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats by Richard A. Clarke 4.02 avg rating — 809 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Zero Day (Jeff Aiken, #1) by Mark E. Russinovich 3.57 avg rating — 5,900 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell by Phil Lapsley (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,777 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Future Crimes by Marc Goodman (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 4,394 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes (Theft, Sabotage, Fraud) (SEI Series in Software Engineering) by Dawn M. Cappelli 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems by Ross J. Anderson 4.21 avg rating — 702 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Cyberwar: The Next Threat to National Security & What to Do About It by Richard A. Clarke 3.73 avg rating — 2,457 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response by Richard Bejtlich (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 266 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet by Joseph Menn (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 1,111 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke 3.38 avg rating — 568 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden 3.60 avg rating — 2,307 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 11,932 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Security Metrics: Replacing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt by Andrew Jaquith 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars