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Terror and Iraq: How We Can Better Combat Islamic Terrorism

- A retired Israeli intelligence professional offers alternative ways to fight al Qaeda and jihadism in general.

At War With the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risk in a New Era of Catastrophes

- At War with the Weather represents a tour de force in the analysis of how natural disasters—specifically hurricanes—are mitigated, insured against, and recovered from financially in the United States.

Scrappy Information Security: The Easy Way to Keep the Cyber Wolves at Bay

- Author Michael Seese gives a straight-talking, conversational, and quick overview of IT security.

The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

- An IT security professional gives you the inside scoop on an industry that puts security before usability and cost.

Beyond the Bodyguard: Proven Tactics and Dynamic Strategies for Protective Practices Success

- Despite a lack of how-to detail, Beyond the Bodyguard is comprehensive, well researched, and detailed.

Introduction to Homeland Security, Third Edition: Principles of All-Hazards Response

- The third edition of Introduction to Homeland Security gives an excellent and comprehensive look at how different agencies cooperate to manage risk across the United States.

Voice Over IP Security

- As more and more businesses opt for Voice over IP, learn how to implement the technology safely while understanding its weaknesses.

A Law Enforcement and Security Officers' Guide to Responding to Bomb Threats

- Private security officers aren't taken for granted in this book about how to respond to bomb threats.

Computer Fraud Casebook: The Bytes That Bite

- Forty-two cases demonstrate how hackers use computers to perpetrate fraud.

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition

- Geoff Craighead's third edition is even better than his first two editions of this highly reliable reference book.

Al-Qaida's Doctrine for Insurgency: Abd Al-Aziz Al-Muqrin's A Practical Course for Guerrilla War

- The first practical translation of an al Qaeda training manual written by a veteran jihadist.

The Character of Harms: Operational Challenges in Control

- Security professionals, argues Sparrow, should concentrate on building up the "good" rather than reducing the "bad."

Identity Theft Handbook: Detection, Prevention, and Security

- A boring read that security professionals will find little worth their attention.