This book list may not contain a lot of favorites that I've seen mentioned on HN in the past. Previous lists such as tptacek's suggested reading list definitely do not have entries in here.<p>It seems to be a mixed bag of technical, historical reference, and some inspirational/fiction material (e.g. <i>Neuromancer</i>).<p>So, I came across this site while I was skimming through a Palo Alto study guide to their PCCSA[0]. I had found it neat that they published materials for certificate students for free, and so I continued searching their site for more PDFs.<p>(quick note: certificate merit has been debated many times on HN[1])<p>After coming across another guide PA had composed for management-level decisionmakers[2] I found this site through a series of links.<p>One of the books from this list that I really like is <i>Security Engineering</i>. I found it odd that they don't have it categorized under any of their technical filters. They do give a brief overview of their reasoning for listing it here[3].<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/tech-briefs/cybersecurity-survival-guide-3rd-edition.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/asset...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14098466" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14098466</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/lp/eu-regulation/assets/Cybersecurity-9780996498203-no_marks.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://media.paloaltonetworks.com/lp/eu-regulation/assets/C...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://blog.paloaltonetworks.com/2019/09/cyber-canon-book-review-security-engineering/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.paloaltonetworks.com/2019/09/cyber-canon-book-r...</a>