Security Studies

Amerikas führender Tech-Journalist Steven Levy (The Washington Post) über das Unternehmen, das unsere Gesellschaft für immer verändert hat: Facebook. Vom Start-up zur Weltmacht: Die dramatische Firmengeschichte von Facebook zeigt, wie aus dem Konzern das international einflussreiche Tech-Imperium werden konnte, von dem es heute heißt, es bedrohe die Demokratie. Das sich gegen immer lautere Stimmen behaupten muss, die fordern, der Konzern habe zu viel Einfluss und gehöre zerschlagen.

Are you new to the information security field? Lost trying to figure a way to get a job as a Security Analyst? Overwhelmed by all the information out there and not sure where to start? Can't afford for certifications? If so, this audiobook is for you. You will learn: The information security culture, different jobs in the Information security field, the passion needed to be successful in the field, what life is like as an Information security professional, and much more!

"You know what our party thinks? 'We're good people with good ideas. That's enough, isn't it?' Being tough enough, mean enough, and vicious enough is just not what they want." Well, tough, mean, and vicious isn't just for Karl Rove anymore. In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic party decisively ended 12 years of electoral humiliation by seizing back Congress and putting an end to Republican rule. The Thumpin' is the story of that historic victory, and the one man at the center on whom everything hinged: Congressman Rahm Emanuel.

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight. Who was she, before and after her historic act, and how did that act sound the death knell for Jim Crow?

The world's eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as "Freedom Summer". Thunder of Freedom unites Sojourner's personal experiences with her insights regarding the dynamics of race relations in the 1960s South, providing listeners with a unique look at the struggle for rights and equality in Mississippi.

How Sex Became a Civil Liberty is the first book to show how and why we have come to see sexual expression, sexual practice, and sexual privacy as fundamental rights. Using rich archival sources and oral interviews, historian Leigh Ann Wheeler shows how the private lives of women and men in the American Civil Liberties Union shaped their understanding of sexual rights as they built the constitutional foundation for the twentieth-century's sexual revolutions.

Conquer the Series 26 Exam: Study Guide for the Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Principal Qualification Exam is your ultimate resource for mastering the Series 26 Exam and advancing your career in the securities industry. This comprehensive guide covers all critical topics, including regulatory frameworks, registration and licensing requirements, and the essentials of ethics and professional conduct. Detailed chapters explore supervisory responsibilities, compliance, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements, ensuring you understand the fundamentals needed to maintain ...

Pay attention, people of faith. Dark clouds are gathering. The winds of intolerance are blowing. There’s a great storm approaching. American Christians are facing uncertain times. Our nation’s values are under assault. Religious liberty has been undermined. We live in a day when right is now wrong and wrong is now right. The vicious left-wing attack against the recent traditional marriage stance of Chick-fil-A should serve as a wake-up call to people of faith. It’s not about a chicken sandwich. It’s about religious liberty. It’s about free speech. It’s about the future of our nation.

Security takes place in a future America, where control and efficiency are emphasized, and unquestioned loyalty is required. Nobody wants a repeat of the disastrous war that happened 75 years previous, and sacrifices must be made to ensure the ultimate peace. At least that's what Dr. Allen Lancaster, a pyhsicist and Project Chief thinks, until a top secret branch of Security decides his planned vacation will be spent on a mission in space.

Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to subvert the liberal international order. In addition to examining the 2016 US election, David L. Sloss explores Russia's use of foreign influence operations to threaten democracies in Europe, as well as China's use of social media and other digital tools to meddle in Western democracies and buttress autocratic rulers around the world.

An analytical, sometimes revisionist, succinct biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Many governments are starting to talk about the introduction of Covid-19 passports. Some society members are very concerned about this, seeing the possibility of abuse of the data collected. Critics pointed to how YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have de-platformed users who do not comply with their mindest. These mega tech companies have destroyed some businesses that they deem inappropriate. This has been very much pronounced in right-leaning news stations that have not agreed with the mainstream media.

Drawing from the cutting-edge research of the Citizen Lab, the world-renowned digital security research group that he founded and directs, Ronald J. Deibert exposes the impacts of the communications ecosystem on civil society. He tracks a mostly unregulated surveillance industry, innovations in technologies of remote control, superpower policing practices, dark PR firms and highly profitable hack-for-hire services feeding off rivers of poorly secured personal data.

In her book Victory for the Vote, women's history expert Doris Weatherford offers an engaging and detailed narrative history of women's seven-decade fight for the vote, and the continuing current-day struggle for human rights and equality.

"Conquer the Series 51 Exam" is your comprehensive guide to passing the Municipal Fund Securities Limited Principal Qualification Examination. This meticulously crafted study guide covers all essential topics, including the municipal securities regulatory framework, general and sales supervision, underwriting and disclosure obligations, and the operations and general supervision of employees. With a focus on the unique challenges of municipal fund securities, this guide provides detailed explanations, practical insights, and real-world examples to help you master the material. Inside, ...

Beyond the Sand and Sea is an extraordinary and inspiring book for anyone searching for pinpricks of light in the darkness. Meticulously reported over three years, it reveals the strength of a family of Somali refugees who never lost faith in America - and exposes the broken refugee resettlement system that kept that family trapped for more than two decades and has turned millions into permanent exiles.

Reports of sexual violence in armed conflict frequently appear in political discussions and news media, presenting a stark contrast to a long history of silence and nonrecognition. Conflict-related sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and the United Nations Security Council. Through interviews and primary-source evidence, Kerry F. Crawford investigates the reasons for this dramatic change and the implications of the securitization of sexual violence.

Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri, became the scene of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter activists. The media firestorm has not waned, and, in fact, has grown stronger in light of all the recent violence by and against police officers nationwide. According to Ferguson's former police chief Tom Jackson, the uninformed media actually fans the flames of unrest and exploits the situation.

This book presents six private military companies and / or private security companies. The analyzed companies are: DynCorp International, Triple Canopy, Academi, G4S-Romania office-, Securitas-Romania office-, BGS Romania. The analysis was designed in an own pattern, chasing elements such as: company history, services that can be provided, the company's revenue, internal regulations and codes of conduct, the impact on civil society, employment opportunities, criticism. Information was obtained through the Open Source Intelligence, quality being thus guaranteed. Besides these analyzes, at ...

With security scares like the Heartbleed bug (which compromised even supposedly safe internet behemoths like Google and Yahoo!) becoming more commonplace, this book is a must-listen for anybody who values their privacy in a wired world.