Engineering Trustworthy Systems: Get Cybersecurity Design Right the First Time

Cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions to defend against the most sophisticated attacks

This professional guide shows, step by step, how to design and deploy highly secure systems on time and within budget. The book offers comprehensive examples, objectives, and best practices and shows how to build and maintain powerful, cost-effective cybersecurity systems. Readers will learn to think strategically, identify the highest priority risks, and apply advanced countermeasures that address the entire attack space. Engineering Trustworthy Systems: Get Cybersecurity Design Right the First Time showcases 35 years of practical engineering experience from an expert whose persuasive vision has advanced national cybersecurity policy and practices.

Readers of this book will be prepared to navigate the tumultuous and uncertain future of cyberspace and move the cybersecurity discipline forward by adopting timeless engineering principles, including:

ΓÇóDefining the fundamental nature and full breadth of the cybersecurity problem
ΓÇóAdopting an essential perspective that considers attacks, failures, and attacker mindsets
ΓÇóDeveloping and implementing risk-mitigating, systems-based solutions
ΓÇóTransforming sound cybersecurity principles into effective architecture and evaluation strategies that holistically address the entire complex attack space