{"id":22651,"date":"2025-07-25T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22651\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:42:08","slug":"the-books-shaping-todays-cybersecurity-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22651\/","title":{"rendered":"The books shaping today\u2019s cybersecurity leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The book goes beyond the hype to explore the complexity of augmented decision-making and the unintended consequences we\u2019re already seeing. \u201cLen pulls back the curtain on how humans, not just machines, are being reshaped by AI. His point of view is grounded, provocative, and seriously worth reading. Full disclosure: Len is a good friend. People like him are rare and, honestly, a little scary. I\u2019m just glad he\u2019s on our side,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding human risk in cybersecurity<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to security, CISOs know better than most that managing risks and vulnerabilities lies in human behaviour as much as technical tools. These books provide expert insights into the human side of cybersecurity, such as social engineering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/The+Art+of+Deception:+Controlling+the+Human+Element+of+Security-p-9780764542800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Deception<\/a> by Kevin Mitnick, was recommended by Gaurav Kapil, CISO at Bread Financial, because its core message remains relevant today. \u201cOne of the original and most well-known hackers, Kevin Mitnick shares fascinating real-world examples of social engineering and the human side of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. While it\u2019s an older book, it remains a foundational read for anyone interested in understanding how attackers exploit trust to breach systems,\u201d Kapil says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The book goes beyond the hype to explore the complexity of augmented decision-making and the unintended consequences we\u2019re&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[353,49,48,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-22651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}