The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell

January 18, 2017/Frederick Scholl/, ,

Occasionally a book on information security comes along that is required reading by all. The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell is one of those books. Published in 2016 and written by journalist and writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, it includes pretty much everything that security professionals deal with every day.

The book is non-fiction, dealing with a real-life story of espionage. Here, truth is really stranger than any fictional TV series or movie. You will find novel crypto methods and cryptanalysis challenges, insider threat profiling, forensics, national security, foreign espionage, law enforcement, FISA court proceedings. Nothing is fabricated. Everything is the subject matter of everyday headlines today.

A fun and educational read!

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Frederick Scholl is an accomplished Global Senior Information Security Risk Manager. Dr. Scholl earned a BS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. In 1991, Fred founded Monarch Information Networks, LLC to enable forward-thinking organizations to protect their information. Previously, he co-founded Codenoll Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: CODN). He chaired the IEEE committee that wrote the first standard for Ethernet communication over fiber optic links, now used world-wide.

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