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by nonrandomstring 1517 days ago
Awesome, a really pithy and down to earth workaday style that complements the exhaustive tomes like Ross Anderson's.

What I've found so important is knowing your keywords and making sure your work is associated with the right BIC/BIS Subject Category Codes [1]

"Security Engineering" (a much better term imho) has a lesser impact in academic sales than "Ethical Hacking" and "Cybersecurity" because of how courses are named, and therefore how graduates and recruiters think of the skill namespace. Make sure you get coverage on all the terms adjacent to yours.

[1] I hear they are being replaced by a new international standard in 2023, so it's a dynamic area for authors to be aware of - kinda SEO for writers.

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RE [1]: very interesting. Thx for the heads-up about this. I found this related anncoucement, https://www.bic.org.uk/files/pdfs/Press%20Releases/Press%20R... which says the replacement will be the Thema scheme: https://ns.editeur.org/thema/en