His 1991 cyber-terrorism book, Terminal Compromise, outlines a cyber-terrorist attack on the U.S. using 1980s technology.

His first non-fiction book, Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway (1994, 1996, 1997) discusses cyberterrorism and cyberwar with governments and the private sector.

[3] Cybershock (2000, 2001) is a non-technical look at hackers, information warriors, hacking technologies, and offensive cyber capabilities.

In February 2021, it was named "the Best CyberSecurity Book of all Time" by Cyber Defense Magazine.

He also founded InfowarCon (1994)[16] and Trusted Learning (2003),[17] and co-founded SCIPP International (2007)[18] Media related to Winn Schwartau at Wikimedia Commons