<DIV><p>Although most people don't give security much attention until their personal or business systems are attacked, this thought-provoking anthology demonstrates that digital security is not only worth thinking about, it's also a fascinating topic. Criminals succeed by exercising enormous creativity, and those defending against them must do the same.<br><br><I>Beautiful Security</I> explores this challenging subject with insightful essays and analysis on topics that include:</p><p></p><ul><li>The underground economy for personal information: how it works, the relationships among criminals, and some of the new ways they pounce on their prey</li> <li>How social networking, cloud computing, and other popular trends help or hurt our online security</li> <li>How metrics, requirements gathering, design, and law can take security to a higher level</li> <li>The real, little-publicized history of PGP</li> </ul><p> This book includes contributions from:</p><p></p><ul><li>Peiter "Mudge" Zatko</li> <li>Jim Stickley</li> <li>Elizabeth Nichols</li> <li>Chenxi Wang</li> <li>Ed Bellis</li> <li>Ben Edelman</li> <li>Phil Zimmermann and Jon Callas</li> <li>Kathy Wang</li> <li>Mark Curphey</li> <li>John McManus</li> <li>James Routh</li> <li>Randy V. Sabett</li> <li>Anton Chuvakin</li> <li>Grant Geyer and Brian Dunphy</li> <li>Peter Wayner</li> <li>Michael Wood and Fernando Francisco</li> </ul><p> All royalties will be donated to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).</p></div>