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Essential Cybersecurity Science by Josiah Dykstra

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Essential Cybersecurity Science: Build, Test, and Evaluate Secure Systems
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Josiah Dykstra

Conor's review

Aug 07, 2017

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August 7, 2017 –

page 15

7.98% "Gotta love required summer reading books. Judging by the cover, this book will be a dry, terrible (but thankfully short) textbook read. However, judging by the first chapter, it won't be all that bad"

August 9, 2017 –

page 31

16.49%

August 9, 2017 –

page 41

21.81% "Not much of a cyber book so far. Really it's just been about scientific method and statistics. But it's moving along"

August 10, 2017 –

page 53

28.19% "Getting a bit less interesting. But one chapter (~12 pages) per night is quick and bearable."

August 11, 2017 –

39.0% "A few typos lead me to believe this book may not have been well-edited. This book should be titled Applying Science to Cybersecurity, because it is not a very essential book. Far too broad in some places and way too specific in others."

August 23, 2017 –

46.0% "Just found out on Monday that the author is coming to talk to our class... so I'm picking it back up and making sure I've read it by next Friday so I don't look stupid in front of Dykstra. Wonder if Dykstra is related to THE Dykstra known across science and mathematics."