A fascinating history of the cybersecurity industry as well as an up-to-date collection of leading cybersecurity vendors from around the globe
In the newly revised 2025 edition of Security Yearbook: A History and Directory of the IT Security Industry, celebrated author and information security expert Richard Stiennon delivers the latest complete desk reference for the entire cybersecurity industry. In the book, you'll find a comprehensive directory of cybersecurity vendors, updated for 2025, complete with headquarters location, category, sub-category, number of employees, and growth trends. The author has also included an insightful and concise history of important and relevant sub-sectors of the cybersecurity industry, including Distributed Denial-of-Service defense, network security, endpoint detection, identity and access management, data security, and governance risk compliance. Case studies and stories of key personalities supplement the history, showcasing the stories of significant characters who had their hands in landscape-altering events in the field.
You'll also find:
Discussions of substantial IT security failures that had an impact on the industry, and on society as a whole
Major mergers and acquisitions, company failures and closures, and funding events in the cybersecurity sector
Significant developments in open-source projects with an impact on cybersecurity practitioners around the world
Perfect for security architects, CISOs, freelance cybersecurity professionals, and other technical specialists, Security Yearbook 2025 is also a must-read resource for the managers, executives, and directors responsible for guiding and leading the efforts of technology professionals.
New entrants to the field will want to read Security Yearbook 2025 cover-to-cover to understand how we got to where we are today. Students will enjoy Stiennon's breezy style as they learn everything the author has gleaned in his 30-year career.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 193 mm
Dicke: 34 mm
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978-1-394-33486-5 (9781394334865)
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About the Author
RICHARD STIENNON played his own part in the IT security industry starting in 1995 at Netrex, one of the first MSSPs. He was a Manager of Technical Risk Services at PwC before being drafted into Gartner in 2000 to cover the network security industry. He left Gartner in 2004 to join Webroot Software as VP of Threat Research. He has also had roles as Chief Marketing Officer at Fortinet, and Chief Strategy Officer at data erasure company, Blancco Technology Group. He is an aerospace engineer (University of Michigan, 1982) turned historian (King's College, London, 2014). He is Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, a SaaS solution for tracking the entire cybersecurity industry.
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University of Michigan, USA; King's College, London, UK
Acknowledgments xiii
1 2024 in Review 1
2 Introduction 7
3 Getting to Know the IT Security Industry 11
4 A Brief History of the IT Security Industry 23
5 The History of Network Security 29
6 DDoS Defense 57
7 Endpoint Protection from AV to EDR 61
8 Identity and Access Management 79
9 Data Security 85
10 Governance, Risk, and Compliance 99
11 Managed Security Services 107
12 Open- Source Security 117
13 Fast 50 Under 50 125
14 The 2025 Cyber 150 129
15 Failures 139
16 In Memoriam 143
17 2024 Mergers and Acquisitions 145
18 2024 Funding 167
19 Significant Cyber Incidents in 2024 185
20 Research Methodology 195
21 Directory A- Z 199
22 Directory by Country 305
23 Directory by Category 413
