Get Schooled on Security: Favorite Learning Resources
You’ll want to bookmark this shortlist of favorite resources to learn more about security, privacy, and compliance.
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2 min readMay 2, 2019
Comic Books
- The Unsung: Volume 1, a multi-media Sway experience about the unsung heroes responsible for keeping their organizations secure
Newsletters
- Not strictly a newsletter, but we’re partial to “Mark’s List”, a compilation of resources and presentations by Microsoft security executive Mark Simos
- The Cybersecurity 202, a daily guide to cybersecurity news and policy from The Washington Post
- OUCH! newsletter, a monthly resource on security awareness from SANS
- The CyberWire newsletter, with daily, weekly, and monthly roundups of breaking news concerning cyber security
Blogs
- Microsoft’s Security Blog, featuring insights for CISOs, updates on the evolution of Microsoft security products, how-to advice on security deployment, and customer voices
- Krebs on Security, Brian Kreb’s blog on industry news and investigations
- Schneier on Security, Bruce Schneier’s blog and monthly newsletter on security issues
Interactive Data
- Microsoft Security Insights, an interactive version of Microsoft’s annual Security Intelligence Report that allows you to dig into the data in more detail
Books
- The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll — per Joram Borenstein: “It’s old but it’s a classic; it gives you a sense of how to think about adversaries that conceptually still rings true.”
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson — along with Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, these novels may not be solely about security but are among Russ Rogers’ inspirations in his game development work!
This is a living document of resources to stay up to date on all things security, privacy, and compliance. Have suggestions? Please chime in, in the comments!
