Nonfiction · Fountain & Key Press
The Cybersecurity Fear Machine
We are told our power grids, water systems, and industrial networks stand on the brink of catastrophic cyber attack. Billions are spent. Policies multiply. An entire industry thrives on the alarm.
About this book
But what if the threat has been deliberately inflated?
In The Cybersecurity Fear Machine, Daniel Ward, Ph.D., pulls back the curtain on the ecosystem that manufactures urgency around operational technology security—the vendors selling fear, the consultants amplifying risk, and the agencies justifying ever-expanding budgets. Drawing on historical incident data, declassified reports, and international comparisons, Ward reveals a stark gap between the catastrophe we are promised and the evidence on the record.
The real vulnerabilities are not the ones that make headlines. They live in fragmented governance, aging systems no one wants to fund, and an industry more invested in selling solutions than solving problems.
This is the book the cybersecurity establishment does not want you to read.