--- product_id: 1704363 title: "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World." brand: "bruce schneier" price: "VT9013" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1704363-beyond-fear-thinking-sensibly-about-security-in-an-uncertain-world store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. **Brand:** bruce schneier **Price:** VT9013 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. by bruce schneier - **How much does it cost?** VT9013 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1704363-beyond-fear-thinking-sensibly-about-security-in-an-uncertain-world) ## Best For - bruce schneier enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted bruce schneier brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61JbtM3NksL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful tool for executives *by S***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2008* I was pretty excited to read Bruce Schneier's Beyond Fear, I have enjoyed hearning him speak and like his blog. I will say that the book could have said what it says with a lot less pages, possibly even an essay. However, there are lots of great stories and a fantastic word picture called "Security Theater". His illustration is that after 9/11 no one knew what to do to combat air terrorism, so they gave the appearance of action by doing things like confiscating nail files. Oh do I agree that much of what we see is security theater!Bruce has a five step process he tries to illustrate, especially in the second half of the book: * What assets are you trying to protect? * What are the risks to these assets? ( I think threats is a more correct word than risks ) * How well does the security solution mitigate those risks? * What other risks does the security solution cause? * What trade-offs does the security solution require?This is a nice implementation of threat vector analysis and he tells great stories. I am not sure the book teaches that much, but it might be a valuable awareness tool for executives. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Again, Schneier makes security understandable. *by J***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2011* Bruce Schneier is well-known for his book  Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition , and bringing the concept of cryptography down to be understood by mere mortals. A cryptographer by trade, in the last decade, he has focused on more practical impediments to security. In Beyond Fear, he focuses on practical security measures, largely in the context of air travel in a post-9/11 world. With simple, concrete, and logical examples (and indeed an complete security process), he explains how security tradeoffs are driven by specific agendas, and that increased security in one area usually leads to overlooked or weakened security in another area. He lays out well-considered arguments for the need for what he calls "security theatre" (the APPEARANCE of good security vs. ACTUAL good security), and how we make our own security tradeoffs every day, based on our understanding of risks - which may be completely flawed based on statistics.At its core, though, Beyond Fear explains how a system can never be 100% safe, and our desire to have a system that is impervious to attack is often driven by an emotional need, and not based on logic, fact, and rational analysis - and is often at odds with our desire for personal freedoms, which is often what we're seeking to secure. It offers hope, however, that by understanding the real risks we face, we're able to make smart, individual tradeoffs about our personal safety and security - preserving both our liberty and personal safety.It's a fantastic book, if you have any interest in security or the security-freedom tradeoff. It's well-written, simple to understand, engaging, and direct. At points, Schneier gets a little preachy about personal freedom, but his agenda will likely resound with most readers. His personal commentary is short-lived, however, and for the vast majority of the book, it's a well-balanced, rational analysis of our system's strengths and weaknesses, and our individual roles in it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five stars for a book that lays out five steps ... *by V***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2018* Five stars for a book that lays out five steps to think about and analyze any and all security systems, from street mugging to encryption, from home security to national security, in terms of what needs to be protected, how to protect it, who is trying to get at it, what's it worth, and what trade-offs or externalities the proposed security incurs. Also breaks down the human factor, disentangles identification from authentication from authorization, and breaks down the different prongs of security: defense (prevention), response, deterrence, audit/forensics.The concepts in this book will be familiar to anyone acquainted with threat or risk analysis and the making of 'attack trees', which are a subset of 'who's trying to get at this' and 'how can they be stopped?'Grounded in a thoroughly secular evolutionary worldview, from which innumerable illustrations are drawn, and working from a thoroughly atheistical anthropology which believes in the inherent goodness of human nature, the analysis is hampered from reaching the heights of truth and probing some of the deep things of security, but as a practical layman's introduction it is not hampered as much as it could be (as if it were, say, a text looking for the underlying cause of security failure, subornability, etc.), and does its job admirably. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1704363-beyond-fear-thinking-sensibly-about-security-in-an-uncertain-world](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1704363-beyond-fear-thinking-sensibly-about-security-in-an-uncertain-world) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*