15+ Best Cyber Security Books You Must Read In 2024

Diving into a book to master a topic is always a wise choice. However, with thousands of cybersecurity books available and limited time, how do you decide which ones are worth your attention?

We’ve done the heavy lifting for you, sifting through countless titles and enduring numerous papercuts, so you don’t have to.

Here are the top cybersecurity books, thoughtfully categorized for your convenience.

StationX has reviewed numerous books and curated a list of the top 15 cybersecurity titles. I am thrilled to announce that my book, “Cybersecurity: The Beginner’s Guide,” has been ranked number two on this prestigious list.

Cybersecurity: The Beginner’s Guide

Ready to explore? Let’s begin.

Cyber Security for Beginners

If you’re new to the 1s and 0s of cyber security, reading any of these texts will be a great starting point.

1. Cybersecurity For Dummies
2. Cybersecurity: The Beginner’s Guide: A comprehensive guide to getting started in cybersecurity
3. Coding for Security
4. Coding for Absolute Beginners and Cybersecurity
5. Network Security
6. Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
7. The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
8. Cyber Security for Business
9. The Secret to Cybersecurity: A Simple Plan to Protect Your Family and Business from Cybercrime

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The list has been prepend by :

Spencer Abel

Spencer is part cyber security professional and part content writer. He specializes in helping those attempting to pivot into the vast and always-changing world of cyber security by making complex topics fun and palatable. Connect with him over at LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with his latest content.

Cybersecurity The Beginner’s Guide

It’s not a secret that there is a huge talent gap in the cybersecurity industry. Everyone is talking about it including the prestigious Forbes Magazine, Tech Republic, CSO Online, DarkReading, and SC Magazine, among many others. Additionally, Fortune CEO’s like Satya Nadella, McAfee’s CEO Chris Young, Cisco’s CIO Colin Seward along with organizations like ISSA, research firms like Gartner too shine light on it from time to time.

This book put together all the possible information with regards to cybersecurity, why you should choose it, the need for cybersecurity and how can you be part of it and fill the cybersecurity talent gap bit by bit. Starting with the essential understanding of security and its needs, we will move to the security domain changes and how artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to secure systems.

Later, this book will walk you through all the skills and tools that everyone who wants to work as a security personal needs to be aware of. Then, this book will teach readers how to think like an attacker and explore some advanced security methodologies. Lastly, this book will dive deep into how to build practice labs, explore real-world use cases, and get acquainted with various security certifications.

By the end of this book, readers will be well-versed with the security domain and will be capable of making the right choices in the cybersecurity field

Things you will learn

• Get an overview of what cybersecurity is, learn about the different faces of cybersecurity and identify the domain that suits you best
• Plan your transition into cybersecurity in an efficient and effective way
• Learn how to build upon your existing skills and experience in order to prepare for your career in cybersecurity

To order the book :

Amazon: Order here

Google Books : Order here

Packt Publishing: Order here

• ISBN : 978 1 78588 533 2
• ASIN: 1789616190
• ISBN-13: 978-1789616194

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication

Date: May 24, 2019

Language: English

Number of Pages: 390

Acknowledgements

To my family, my real friends, my mentors, I cannot thank you enough. Yes, I am a doctor and yes I lead a big team and yes, I have a career; but none of those would be the case without YOU. I would like to thank everyone who gave me feedback for being honest, allowing me to focus on my goals; to ignore people who gave negative vibes; to work hard with a positive attitude and always look forward.Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Expert Contribution’s on Cybersecurity The Beginners Guide

• Ann Johnson ( Microsoft)
• Dr Emre Eren KORKMAZ ( University of Oxford)
• Robin Wright, ( Microsoft)
• Yuri Diogenes ( Microsoft)
• Judd Wybourn (Microsoft )
• Girard Moussa ( SAP )
• Martin Hale ( Charles Sturt University)
• Chaim Sanders ( Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Dr. Michal Jankowski-Lorek (CQURE Inc.) 
• Ozan Ucar (Keepnet Labs)
• Dr. Ivica Simonovski,
• Deepayan Chanda, (Standard Chartered Bank)
• Kaushal K Chaudhary ,
• Neil Rerup,
• Ahmed Nabil Mahmoud (MVP) ,
• Onur Ceran, (Turkish Police Force)
• Gary Duffield @DDLS) and
• Will K. ( FireEye, Inc.)