To be aware is to be secure. This book details the many different IT security problems and their potential impact on the bottom line. Written specifically for business managers, it emphasizes issues over technology: describing the variety of possible vulnerabilities and likely consequences rather than complex concepts and technologies. As a result, every business manager will come to understand how an IT system can be attacked, allowing for more informed and secure IT decisions to be made.

Dr. Steven Furnell is a reader in information systems security at the University of Plymouth, and has already published one book: "Cybercrime: Vandalising The Information Society", Paperback: 336 pages ; Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (December 21, 2001), ISBN: 0201721597.

Aside from the assigned reviewers and a number of Dr Furnell’s academic colleagues, the manuscript has also been read by Dr Jeremy Ward, Service Development Director of for Symantec UK, who provided summary feedback describing it as "really excellent".