The BEST books for excelling in IT and Cybersecurity
The goal for this page is to be a collection of only the BEST books in IT / Cybersecurity. I don’t want you to waste your money, so there are no filler books here. I will update the list often to make sure it stays relevant.
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Application Security:
- Application Security Program Handbook: A guide for software engineers and team leaders by Derek Fisher
- The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws by Dafydd Stuttard and Marcus Pinto
Artificial Intelligence:
- Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig (expensive because it’s a textbook)
Cloud Computing:
- AWS Cookbook: Recipes for Success on AWS by John Culkin and Mike Zazon
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond: Simplified cloud concepts… by Steve Miles
- Google Cloud Cookbook: Practical Solutions for Building and Deploying Cloud Services by Rui Costa and Drew Hodun
Cryptography:
- Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
- Cryptography Engineering by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno
Data Analysis:
- Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett
- Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter by Wes McKinney
Data Science:
- Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python by Joel Grus
- R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data by Garrett Grolemund and Hadley Wickham
Database Management:
- Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement by Luc Perkins, Eric Redmond, Jim Wilson
- Fundamentals of Database Management Systems, 3rd Edition by Mark L. Gillenson
Digital Forensics:
- File System Forensic Analysis by Brian Carrier
- The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory by Michael Hale Ligh
Ethical Hacking/Penetration Testing:
- The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing by Peter Kim
- Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson
Health Informatics:
- Health Information Management Technology with Online Access An Applied Approach by Nanette B. Sayles
Information Security:
- Security in Computing by Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger
- Foundations of Information Security: A Straightforward Introduction by Jason Andress
Information Systems:
- Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Global Edition by Kenneth Laudon and Jane Laudon
IT Auditing & Consulting:
- IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets by Chris Davis, Mike Schiller, and Kevin Wheeler
- Fundamentals of Information Systems Security 4th Edition by David Kim and Michael G. Solomon
IT Consulting:
- HBR’S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials by Harvard Business Review
IT Project Management:
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge by Project Management Institute
- Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland and J.J. Sutherland
Linux Systems:
- How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know by Brian Ward
- Linux Bible by Christopher Negus
Machine Learning:
- Hands-on Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras & TensorFlow by Aurélien Géron
- Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications 1st Edition by Chip Huyen
Networking:
- CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1 1st Edition by Wendell Odom
- Network Warrior by Gary A. Donahue
Software Development:
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
Threat Intelligence:
- Practical Threat Intelligence and Data-Driven Threat Hunting: A hands-on guide to threat hunting with the ATT&CK™ Framework and open source tools by Valentina Costa-Gazcon
If you have any book recommendations or want me to look into a new category please let me know!✌️