Description
This book grew out of 43 years in cybersecurity. It uses a medieval kingdom analogy your company is the castle, your data is the treasure, your CISO is the overworked Master of Defenses to make security concepts stick with CEOs, CFOs, and board members who've been nodding through security presentations for years.
It opens inside the CISO's daily reality: the 2 a.m. calls, budget fights, and the emotional toll of protecting an organization that doesn't notice when protection works. CISOs reporting to CIOs face built-in conflicts, security budgets get cut because nothing bad happened, and the average CISO burns out in under two years.
From there, it covers what needs defending and why most companies can't answer that question well. Data classification, asset inventories, shadow IT the boring stuff that keeps getting skipped and keeps causing breaches. Privilege creep is happening everywhere, and MFA still isn't fully deployed at organizations that should know better.
The middle sections tackle on-premises security, cloud security, and software development. Real breach stories Target, Equifax, Colonial Pipeline, SolarWinds, Maersk are retold through the castle metaphor with actual dollar figures intact.
Four chapters cover AI from the CISO's perspective: employees adopted tools before anyone wrote a policy, models hallucinate with confidence, prompt injection is real, and attackers have the same capabilities now. AI didn't just add threats it changed the speed of the entire game.
Kevin from Accounting the employee who clicks things isn't the villain. He's the heart of the book. People click because they're busy and the emails look real. The insider threat chapter covers both malicious and negligent insiders without demonizing anyone.
Budget chapters frame security spending as insurance. Compliance gets called what it is a floor, not a ceiling.
It builds to a final chapter where the CEO and CISO actually talk, with practical questions any business leader can use. Appendices include a NIST CSF 2.0 self-assessment and conversation starters for monthly, quarterly, and annual use.
Funny without being frivolous. Respects the reader's intelligence while assuming zero security background. The castle analogy holds up because the author spent four decades living these situations.
ASIN: B0GSNL234K
VSKU: BVV.B0GSNL234K.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:James, Kip
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: B0GSNL234K
VSKU: BVV.B0GSNL234K.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:James, Kip
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.