The first of my book series, A Hacker I Am is a cyber awareness series and an insight into my journey into cyber security. It is a self-published book series that is very different from your normal cyber security books. It was created in a similar style as my cyber security articles, to pull the covers off on some complicated cyber security topics but make them approachable for anyone who wants to learn a little more.
Have you ever read a cyber security book, for university or just for self-education? Most of them are horrible dry books that are the best thing you could ever read to put you to sleep. When I was doing my master’s degrees at CSU (Charles Sturt University) I disliked how hard these books were to read. I hated reading them, the content didn’t want to stick in my head and was just overloaded with cyber jargon.
Not the best thing for anyone trying to start their journey into cyber or anyone who just wants to learn a bit more to keep themselves safer in this digital world we all live in. I wanted it to be different, I wanted it to be fun. So I created a cyber book that tells stories and teaches lessons as you enjoy the fun adventure. You don’t even need to read it front to back, you can choose any topic in any order and just read it. Then repeat until you have read everything.
It reminds me of those “choose your adventure” stories, you bought the book, shouldn’t you get to choose what you learn first, not be restricted by what order I put them in as the author? It should be fun and engaging, why does cybersecurity need to be dull?
During my journey which I share a lot about in the two books in the A Hacker, I Am series I found it difficult to transition from an IT support career over to Cyber, the knockbacks and the roadblocks to gaining entry are painful and is something many people talk about in the industry. We seem to make it difficult for anybody who wants to join us but I honestly don’t know why.
This is why the A Hacker I Am series was created, including the second instalment with A Hacker I Am Vol2. I wanted to give new entrants a softer entry into the industry, giving them something that can help anyone get a better insight into problems in the industry and potentially light the spark and entice the reader to look a little deeper.
