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Brian Contos has created what few security specialists can claim: a truly readable book about the threats to our businesses from insiders who know how to attack the critical components of modern business, the computers, applications and networks that make it all work. During the last fifteen years we have witnessed incredible strides in network centric business processes that have spawned the productivity of our workforce and the globalization of our supply chains. All of this progress is based on Information Technology advances that connect people and processes together to achieve more than our traditional approaches would have ever allowed… “Enemy at the Water Cooler is a must read for CIOs and security officers everywhere, but it is also part of the literature that CEOs and government leaders should read to understand how their businesses can be threatened by lack of attention to the fundamental IT infrastructure and its vulnerabilities to the insider threat.”—William P. Crowell, former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA)

What Reviewers Have Said About Enemy at the Water Cooler

“Insider threats warrant being among the top concerns of IT professionals and businesses alike. While there are a lot of books on security, very few address the growing concern over insider threats. The cyber crime overview, explanations of ESM countermeasures, and the wealth of real-life case studies contained in Contos’s book explore this difficult problem with honest lessons learned, and it also describes some best practices derived from organizations around the word…”—Amit Yoran, information security expert and former member of the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team and President Bush's former National Cyber Security Director at the Department of Homeland Security

“Contos has taken an in-depth look at the risks insiders can pose to their own organizations. He enlivens the book with real-world examples and offers countermeasures organizations can take to prepare themselves… While many organizations understand and adequately prepare for external threats, this book brings to light the less understood and darker concern of enemies within.”—Jim Cavalieri, Salesforce.com’s Chief Security and Risk Officer

“Brian Contos’s Enemy at the Water Cooler provides an excellent overview of enterprise security management. This easy-to-read work is enjoyable and puts you in the driver’s seat as Contos rolls out ESM… If you have considered ESM as a possible countermeasure, then this book is a must read.”—Joseph R. Concannon, founding member and CEO of the NYC Metro InfraGard Members Alliance in NYC (a public/private program of the FBI)

“External threats are well understood by most organizations, the general public, and the media; consequently, most security resources are focused to counter them. Enemy at the Water Cooler focuses on the often-overlooked area of information security—the enemy within—and shows real-world examples coupled with mechanisms and approaches to recognize potential and real threats...”—Andrew Dawson, Head of Information Security-Racing and Wagering Western Australia.

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