Zero Day
Mark Russinovich
St. Martin’s, Mar 15 2011, $24.99
ISBN: 9780312612467
A British Airways plane flying over the Atlantic finds its controls suddenly failing. In Manhattan Fischerman, Platt & Cohen hires computer security expert Jeff Aiken to determine what caused a total system failure. Department of Homeland Security Division of Counter Cyberterrorism operative Daryl Haugen investigates a computer virus that at Brooklyn’s Mercy Hospital caused several deaths. Other deadly incidents also occur due to computer failure.
A former government official Aiken and Haugen discuss their cases. Each is stunned with the similarity. They soon connect other recent system failures to theirs. The conclusion each reaches is that a Zero Day globalization attack is coming rather soon.
The entertaining story line is linear yet exhilarating and frightening especially since author Mark Russinovich is an expert on the topic as his résumé brings a scary possibility to the cyber attack that the thriller focuses on. Aiken and Haugen seems real because they know they cannot stop all the incidents leading to Zero Day and people will die, but want to prevent the pandemic disaster from happening. Fans will enjoy this powerful cyber-terrorist attack that showcases how vulnerable the West is.
Harriet Klausner
corporates must take responsibility of providing secure software. its their responsibility as they are not providing it for free. people must have more awareness. providing secure code should be primary concern because if the security of a software vanishes then what good is the system for. so security comes first.
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