Intrusion Detection
Security books, quite frankly, are pretty much a dime a dozen, most of which are written by people in IT field security. What immediately separates this book from the rest is the background of the author. Ms. Bace is an ex-government employee, spending 12 years in everyone's favorite spook organization, the National Security Agency. ...For those with functioning brains who have vested interests in InfoSec and protecting their organization from people who wish to do harm, and getting real security info ...then pick this book up.  --Slashdot.org, 1/27/2000What differentiates Bace as an author is her purist's passion for intellectual honesty and generosity. She pays homage to the many computer security folks who preceded her, who do important, innovative work in this area, but seldom get singled out. Reading Bace's opening chapter on the history of intrusion detection is a pleasure...(Throughout the book) the technical-theoretical is balanced by real examples and real-world challenges. Her chapter dealing with legal issues should be read by every in-house attorney whose companies have hard/software components. Outside computer security firms hoping for "consulting" fees will probably memorize large chunks from the book in order to appear knowledgeable.  --CyberWire Dispatch, 1/4/2000