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The Rules of Security

Staying Safe in a Risky World

Paul Martin

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English
Oxford University Press
30 May 2019
Nations, organizations, and individuals face increasingly complex and sometimes worrying risks to their security from cyber-attacks, crime, terrorism, and other sources. In this environment, protective security has become an intrinsic feature of contemporary social life, as risks continually evolve, new types of threat emerge, and new ways of countering them are developed.

In his essential new book, world-leading security expert Paul Martin sets out the ten most important guiding principles of protective security and resilience. Clearly expressed in the form of simple rules of thumb, they help to solve complicated problems for which there are no textbook solutions. The rules offer a powerful toolkit, designed to work in many different situations, including the cyber domain. When we are faced with novel problems requiring complex decisions, it is easy to focus on the wrong things. These rules remind us what really matters. If you read only one book about security, it should be this one.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9780198823575
ISBN 10:   0198823576
Pages:   272
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Lord (Jonathan) Evans of Weardale, Director General of MI5 (2007DS2013): Foreword 1: Rule 1: Security Rules 2: Rule 2: Risk is the Key 3: Rule 3: Think like an Attacker 4: Rule 4: There are Three Ways to Reduce Risk 5: Rule 5: Build Resilience 6: Rule 6: It's All About People 7: Rule 7: Everyone is Biased 8: Rule 8: Cyber is New Ways of Doing Old Things 9: Rule 9: Know What Good Looks Like 10: Rule 10: Know Who's in Charge

Dr Paul Martin CBE is a security practitioner with thirty years' experience in the national security arena. During a career in UK government service from 1986 to 2013 he held a variety of senior positions and was awarded the CBE in 2013 for his services to defence. From 2013 to 2016 he was the Director of Security for the UK Parliament, with responsibility for the physical, personnel, and cyber security of both Houses. Paul was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated in natural sciences and took a PhD in behavioural biology, and Stanford University, where he was Harkness Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He subsequently lectured and researched at the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge, before leaving academia to join government service.

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