That audience consists of technical managers trying to decide how to implement systems in accordance with the rules. For them, security and privacy are trade-offs, not absolutes. They're also concerned about vulnerabilities, primarily to the extent that they can defeat the business uses of the system, with consumer protection a secondary, albeit important, concern. This isn't evil; it's just an agency cost of a new technology, although the industry didn't help themselves with their initial undue secrecy. If TCP/IP had been subjected to the same scrutiny, you wouldn't be reading these words right now.
The book is geared to the project manager with some technical background. While it doesn't shy away from discussions of algorithms and protocols, it also doesn't provide details about implementation. It's the kind of book an informed manager wants, in order to be able to ask intelligent questions of his staff.
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1 - Himanshu Bhatt
Joshua
Thanks on behalf of both myself and Bill for reviewing our book. Your review is fair. Although, a lot more technical people are finding the book a useful introduction to the technology and gets them start thinking about architectural considerations.
Overall, we have tried to keep our feet firmly on the ground while discussing the potential of the technology and its current state. Thanks again.