The Rise of Security and Why We Always Want More
eBook - ePub

The Rise of Security and Why We Always Want More

  1. 270 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Rise of Security and Why We Always Want More

About this book

Security is now a $500 billion global business, and it`s growing fast.It's developed from the night watchman keeping a sleepy eye out, to the guard patrolling the shopping mall, to smart surveillance systems monitoring everything, everywhere,

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Basic Instincts
  8. Chapter 2: Stoking Braziers to Stoking Fear
  9. Chapter 3: Tough Guys and Rough Justice
  10. Chapter 4: Security for Sale
  11. Chapter 5: Generating Anxiety
  12. Chapter 6: The All-Seeing Eye
  13. Chapter 7: Hijacks and High Security
  14. Chapter 8: The 9/11 Bonanza
  15. Chapter 9: 7/7 Perspective Lost
  16. Chapter 10: Guns for Hire
  17. Chapter 11: Flak Jackets not Dinner Jackets
  18. Chapter 12: Enter the Lawyers
  19. Chapter 13: Heaven or HAL
  20. Chapter 14: Phreaks, Geeks, and Hackers
  21. Chapter 15: Homo Sapiens to Homo Securitas
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Web Resources
  24. Biography
  25. Acronyms
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Index