🎯𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯

It started quietly, days before the holiday rush. Shoppers were filling stores, credit cards were swiping nonstop, and behind the scenes, a small foothold inside Target’s network was about to become one of the most infamous breaches in retail history.

💀 Attackers slipped in through a third-party HVAC vendor
🪲 Malware moved silently across point-of-sale systems
💳 40 million payment cards skimmed
🔏 70 million customers' data exposed

While many are (sadly) becoming numb to breach news nowadays, this disclosure, announced 12 years ago today, shook the industry. Boardrooms across the globe were confronted with the fact that cybersecurity wasn’t just an IT problem, but a critical business-wide issue.

The incident is covered very nicely in this Huntress article: https://www.huntress.com/threat-library/data-breach/target-data-breach

Many books in the #CyberCanon address themes related to the breach. Here are two recos to get you started:

𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙜𝙚 discusses cyber risk at the board/executive level and uses high-profile cases to illustrate governance, risk oversight, and leadership implications. Our review📝: https://cybercanon.org/navigating-the-digital-age-the-definitive-cybersecurity-guide-for-directors-and-officers/

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙄𝙎𝙊 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 is your go-to for structured guidance on integrating 3rd party risk into enterprise security strategy. Our review📝: https://cybercanon.org/the-ciso-playbook/

#CybersecurityBooks #CybersecurityHistory #DataBreach

📬𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜...

This latest edition's theme is 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 & 𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬-𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐, where we explore a recent news article in relation to a classic #CyberCanonHallofFame book.

🗞️https://cybercanon.substack.com/p/december-theme-incident-response

We publish new editions every couple of weeks, so be sure to subscribe on Substack!

#Cybersecurity #CybersecurityBooks #CyberRisk #AI

0️⃣🔐 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 0️⃣🔐

This week, Adrian Sanabria provides his perspective on George Finney's existing Hall of Famer, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙕𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩.

🏆 Review: https://cybercanon.org/project-zero-trust-a-story-about-a-strategy-for-aligning-security-and-the-business/#review-by-adrian-sanabria

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🗓️𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽!📚

It's already a couple of weeks into December, but we'd be remiss not to share our monthly review recap for November...

🧠 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩: https://cybercanon.org/understand-the-cyber-attacker-mindset-build-a-strategic-security-programme-to-counteract-threats/

🔏 𝘾𝙧𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮: https://cybercanon.org/crypto-dictionary-500-tasty-tidbits-for-the-curious-cryptographer/

👂 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣: https://cybercanon.org/listening-in-cybersecurity-in-an-insecure-age/

🕵️‍♂️ 𝙇𝙖𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙩: https://cybercanon.org/the-lazarus-heist-from-hollywood-to-high-finance-inside-north-koreas-global-cyber-war/

Each review page on our site now includes affiliate links to purchase the books (and other Amazon purchases), which provides a small portion of the proceeds to the Canon. 🙏

Authors: Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson (@veorq), Susan Landau, and Geoff White

Reviewers: Kevin Magee, Sandip Dholakia (@iSandipD), Jeny Teheran, and Jeff Schiemann

#CyberCanon #CybersecurityBooks

It's our favorite time of year at the Canon...

#CyberCanonHallofFame #CybersecurityBooks

💡𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆💡

“Antifragile isn’t a cybersecurity book, but it might be one of the most important books for cybersecurity leaders to read. Not because you’ll agree with everything, but because it will push you to think differently about risk, resilience, and the kind of systems worth building."

--Walt Powell in his review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, nominating it for the Hall of Fame!

📝Review: https://cybercanon.org/antifragile-things-that-gain-from-disorder/

🛍️ Affiliate link to support the Canon: https://amzn.to/49guRTl

"𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩."

This simple, but powerful quote is from cybersecurity legend 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗿.

Bruce is the author of not 1, not 2, but 3 books in our Hall of Fame.

Check out our reviews, and please consider using our affiliate links below if you'd like to purchase and help support the Canon. 🙏

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘀:
📝 https://cybercanon.org/secrets-and-lies-digital-security-in-a-networked-world/
🛍️ https://amzn.to/3JUlxu3

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗵:
📝 https://cybercanon.org/data-and-goliath-the-hidden-battles-to-collect-your-data-and-control-your-world/
🛍️ https://amzn.to/4oDoDSb

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆:
📝 https://cybercanon.org/click-here-to-kill-everybody-security-and-survival-in-a-hyper-connected-world/
🛍️ https://amzn.to/47YtxSU

#CybersecurityBooks #SecurityCulture #SecurityAwareness #CyberCanonHallofFame

📝𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

For the first time, this week's review is not of a book, but a podcast.🎧

"𝙏𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 is an important and timely contribution to the American public’s understanding of cybersecurity, geopolitics and the very real threat posed by China. It delivers both urgency and insight, and highlights how activity in the cyber realm is influencing global power dynamics. For listeners seeking to understand why cybersecurity matters on a global scale, this podcast is an excellent listen."

- writes Joanna Grama, JD, in her review of Nicole Perlroth's podcast 𝙏𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛

This well-produced podcast series by @rubrikinc was so impactful to many on the Canon Committee that we thought it deserved a review of its own 👉 https://cybercanon.org/to-catch-a-thief-chinas-rise-to-cyber-supremacy/

@rubrikinc @NicoleP

🙏 Today is the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, and we would like your support. 🙏

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#Cybersecurity #CybersecurityBooks #GivingTuesday

🛍️ #CyberMonday is in full swing. Here is a reminder on how you can contribute to the Canon. We have something special for you: the #CyberCanon is now an Amazon affiliate!

Here’s what that means:
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