La cybersécurité
Que sais-je ? · 2e édition
A pocket-sized primer on cybersecurity as a societal and geopolitical issue — threats, actors, stakes and policy — in the classic French “Que sais-je ?” format.
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- Authors
- Nicolas Arpagian
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Presses Universitaires de France
- Pages
- 128
- Edition
- 2e édition
- Language
- French
Read this if
Curious general readers, students and decision-makers who want a fast, literate orientation to cybersecurity as a public-policy and geopolitical question. Reads in an afternoon.
Skip this if
Anyone wanting technical depth or practical skills. At 128 pages it's an orientation, not a manual; technical readers will find it superficial by design.
Key takeaways
- The fastest serious French introduction to why cybersecurity matters at the level of states, companies and citizens.
- Policy- and actor-focused rather than technical — framing and stakes, not protocols.
- A “Que sais-je ?”: deliberately short and high-level, ideal as a first or non-specialist read.
Notes
The book to hand a non-technical colleague or manager who needs the stakes explained in an afternoon. For the technical and hands-on side, go elsewhere — this is the orientation, not the training.
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