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Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The art of exploitation, 2nd edition by jon erickson. The penetration testers guide by david kennedy, jim ogorman, devon kearns. Five essential cybersecurity audiobooks techrepublic. This book is designed to be a survey of the essential topics of information systems. It describes the changing risk environment and why a fresh approach to information security is needed. The book also helps fill a critical gap in the everevolving.
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