[Disclaimer: I would like to thank NetGalley and Greenleaf Book Group for allowing me to read this book. This will not affect my opinion nor influence my review.]

Have you ever ask yourself “What does cybersecurity means?” or “Are you safe using the internet nowadays?”

With so many emails we received every day, out of 10 emails we received, there will be one email that is phishing. I know how it feels that gnawing feeling every time I open my e-mail making sure I read every detail of the message. Let me tell you a story from my experience, one time, I accidentally opened and clicked one specific e-mail where it says “there’s a problem with my payment details” when I opened the mail, there was a very alarming notice and immediately clicked the link. Upon going to the website it was completely different like an AD, and it sinks to me that it was a scam. I’m so afraid and asked myself “what if hackers have my information now?”

Nowadays, cybersecurity is one of the top priorities in life and business. A lot of resources and books were published to inform us and to teach us, one of these is George Finney. George has worked in cybersecurity for nearly twenty years and was recognized as a top cybersecurity leader in 2018. Well Aware is a book about how cybersecurity is a behavior and not a skill. Are you ready to find out what are those behavior?

Literacy – you wouldn’t know how beneficial cybersecurity without building awareness, and to be literate about why it matters.
Skepticism – not everything you read is true. With that in mind, you will be on the lookout for hackers or social engineers and not sharing information about your organizations.
Vigilance – When you become literate about how important cybersecurity is and developed skepticism, it will be a foundation to protect yourself.
Secrecy – is the natural barrier between what is public and what should be private. When this behavior is developed, it will protect the data for your company or organizations.
Culture – cybersecurity culture is only one facet of an organization’s overall culture. It must be considered as part of a larger whole before it can change.
Diligence – is the habit of taking time to think. We plan for what to do when something goes wrong.
Community – one of the natural functions of a group of individuals, is providing safety and security. The stronger and larger the herd, the greater the protection.
Mirroring – the way we need to coach one another such as using social media and searching how your profile looks like in public.
Deception – helps you know your adversary and allows you, assuming you’ve mastered all nine cybersecurity habits to engage them in terrain where you have the advantage.
What I liked about this book is that the writing is clear and easy to understand. This what scares me the most about reading books about technology because of the jargon words, and luckily there are no jargon words were found.

Overall, this book provides a different example that will give readers an idea of “how and why important cybersecurity in all aspects of life”.

This is a good, basic approach to the human element of cyber security. Not at all technical, but focused on nine habits that can be learned and coached; this is a must-read for executives and managers who have even the slightest concern about cyber security.

This book made "cybersecurity" easy, and not something that only tech savy people mulled over and I liked that.
I use the internet and with covid-19 and staying home, most of both work and socialization is now online so getting to understand how to go about sharing, posting and ideally protecting everything I post- is key.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC, and what's so amazing about this was just how the author draws from human behavior to help us best understand how to stay safe.