# A Vulnerable System

DevFeed: [A Vulnerable System](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-vulnerable-system-36655.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/a-vulnerable-system/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability.md>)

Tags: [book](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [information-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/information-security.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>)

## AI overview

A review of Andrew J. Stewart's book A Vulnerable System, which traces the history of computer security and examines why the field's recurring problems, guiding mantras, and narrow debates remain relevant today.

## Source excerpt

Andrew Stewart has an excellent new book, A Vulnerable System.