A lot of legal research takes place online through online legal databases like Westlaw or records repositories like PACER. A good legal researcher knows that the privacy of their legal research is important. There are many incentives for unscrupulous actors to spy on your computer use, especially when conducting legal research.
Computer security is therefore a VITAL part of good legal research practices. Luckily for us security amateurs there are some good resources out there that can get us oriented to good computer security. Below are two up to date, reliable and free online books for learning about computer security from physical access to network attacks.