The 5 Best Information Security Books of 2022

Ben Rothke
3 min readDec 12, 2022
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It’s been a year since I wrote The 5 Best Information Security Books of 2021, which was preceded by The Best Information Security Books of 2020 and The Best Information Security Books of 2019. With that, as the year is coming to a close, here’s my list of the Best Information Security Books of 2022.

Information security book of the year

Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.

For every legitimate technology, there are scammers and criminals who use it to exploit people. And nothing does that more than cryptocurrencies. In this fascinating read, veteran tech journalist Andy Greenberg has written a book that reads straight out of a Robert Ludlum novel, except it’s non-fiction.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690603/tracers-in-the-dark-by-andy-greenberg/

This compelling and engrossing read highlights how cryptocurrencies are the criminal underworld’s best friend. This is certainly the best information security book you will read in 2022.

Runners up

Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths: Achieving Privacy through Careful Design — one of the biggest myths is that scam robocalls are too…

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Ben Rothke

I work in information security at Tapad. Write book reviews for the RSA blog, & a Founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance and Cybersecurity Canon.