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Book Reviews: IT Security

Industrial Network Security: Securing Critical Infrastructure Networks for Smart Grid, SCADA, and Other Industrial Control Syste

08/20/2012 - For those looking to get a handle on how to effectively secure critical infrastructure networks, Industrial Network Security is an excellent reference.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Catastrophic Disaster Planning and Response

08/20/2012 - Oliver does an excellent job of covering this topic, providing tips even seasoned professionals can learn from and building the reader’s knowledge base with a historical perspective.
Book Reviews: Proprietary Information Protection

The Quiet Threat: Fighting Industrial Espionage in America

08/13/2012 - This second edition updates its treatment of the topic with additions on tradecraft of the industrial spy and data mining of business information.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Emergency Management Exercises: From Response to Recovery

07/26/2012 - There is no shortage of books available to help security managers deal comprehensively with creating, conducting, and evaluating emergency exercises. This is the latest to tackle this subject. And it does an excellent job of pulling together the key elements in this area.
Book Reviews: Proprietary Information Protection

The Quiet Threat: Fighting Industrial Espionage in America, 2nd Edition

07/26/2012 - Ronald Mendell explains governmental spying and how it differs from industrial espionage, with the latter being the primary focus of this work.
Book Reviews: Intelligence

Human Intelligence, Counterterrorism, and National Leadership: A Practical Guide

07/26/2012 - Retired CIA Officer Gary Berntsen has prepared an insightful guide to the realm of intelligence and counterterrorism that is both useful and easy to read.
Book Reviews: Training

Pick Up Your Own Brass: Leadership the FBI Way

07/26/2012 - The message is that supervisors and leaders who demonstrate by personal example that they’re not too busy or too self-important to bend over and pick up their own spent brass on the firing range are more effective than others who do not.
Book Reviews: Personnel Protection

Silent Safety: Best Practices for Protecting the Affluent.

07/26/2012 - This book’s focus is on asset protection of high-net-worth individuals and families, says reviewer John Friedlander.
Book Reviews: Homeland Security

Terrorism and WMDs: Awareness and Response

06/15/2012 - This book contains a great deal of intermediate-level information on the subject of weapons of mass destruction.
Book Reviews: Investigations

Managing the Use of Force Incident: For Criminal Justice Officers, Supervisors, and Administrators

06/15/2012 - The subtitle of this book refers to criminal justice officers, supervisors, and administrators, but the principles can also apply to security directors and managers whose officers may have to use force as part of their jobs.
Book Reviews: Homeland Security

Homeland Security: What Is It and Where Are We Go­ing?

06/15/2012 - Overall, I was impressed by Guiora’s narrowness of focus on the topic while acknowledging that the subject area is quite broad.
Book Reviews: Investigations

Practical Methods for Legal Investigations: Concepts and Protocols in Civil and Criminal Cases

06/15/2012 - Author Dean Beers was never a street cop, but as a county deputy coroner he learned his way around a crime scene and it shows.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Social Media, Crisis Communication, and Emergency Management: Leveraging Web 2.0 Technologies

06/15/2012 - This book offers a unique look into the world of emergency management through the prism of social media.
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