content: I thought this book would tell me something I didn't know. It didn't. I thought it would be interesting enough to keep me awake and wanting to read it. It wasn't. I thought Bruce Schnier was a big thinker and agressive. He isn't; he's overly cautious and careful with his words out of his own "fear" of insulting somebody. I thought he would take a stand on the issues. He didn't. I thought he understood security in the post-9/11 world. He doesn't. In fact, this book was written like 9/11 never happened and as if our terrorist enemies are mindless idiots.If you want a good overview of the strategic issues facing cyber security and homeland security, read Dan Verton's Black Ice. That offers a far better understanding and overview of what's going right and what's going wrong in homeland security and cyber security, because Verton isn't afraid. Scnhier hasn't found a way to go beyond his own fear.