Practical Security

With rapidly changing architecture and API-driven automation, cloud platforms come with unique security challenges and opportunities. In this updated second edition, you'll examine security best practices for multivendor cloud environments, whether your company plans to move legacy on-premises projects to the cloud or build a new infrastructure from the ground up.

In an increasingly dangerous world, The Practical Guide to Personal Security equips everyday people with the mindset, tools, and real-world strategies used by elite professionals—proven strategies adapted for civilian life. From home defense to threat detection, self-defense to emergency response—whether you're walking across a college campus, coming home to an empty house, or managing a crisis, this book helps YOU take control of your safety.

2025 3rd Edition Master Cybersecurity, Protect Your Data, and Advance Your Career—Now with AI-Powered Support 📈 Do traditional cybersecurity books overwhelm you with dry theory and complex jargon? Looking for a clear, streamlined guide that helps you build real-world skills—fast? Prefer learning through practical strategies, hands-on labs, and expert-driven tools? Now, with the powerful addition of AI Mentor Pro, you'll have a 24/7 digital mentor by your side to explain concepts, answer questions, and coach you through every challenge on your path to success. Why Choose This Guide? ...

Cybercrime is a massive 21st-century problem and small businesses face a huge hurdle to effectively protect themselves and their customers, compared to larger firms. Budgets are tight and not fully understanding the risks means that gaps can easily be left. This practical guide acts like a pocket cyber-security consultant, helping you build a layered cyber-security strategy using a mixture of free and paid-for services. Just because you are a small business, it doesn’t mean you need to be a victim of cybercrime.

Water Security Made Simple (Australia Edition) Practical Ways to Store, Find, Filter, and Protect Water During Emergencies What would you do if the taps stopped running tomorrow? Clean water is one of the first essentials to disappear during emergencies — yet most people are completely unprepared for water shortages, contamination, bushfires, storms, blackouts, or supply disruptions. Water Security Made Simple (Australia Edition) is a practical, beginner-friendly guide to protecting yourself and your family before disaster strikes. Written specifically for Australian conditions, this easy...

A great deal of time and money is spent on protecting critical digital assets. Many organizations focus their security testing on compliance or limited scope reviews of a system. These limited tests often leave an organization with a false sense of security. Organizations that open themselves to an assessment of not only their technology but of their people and processes can significantly improve their security posture and adjust its limited security budget and resources to protect the most critical assets. Scenario-based testing and Red Team techniques can be used to determine how an ...

Network engineers build the infrastructure that powers the modern world. Every website, cloud platform, application, video call, database, and AI workload depends on networks that are designed, secured, monitored, and maintained by skilled professionals. But understanding networking concepts is only the beginning. Real network engineering requires implementation. Network Engineering is a practical, hands-on guide designed to help IT professionals, network administrators, cloud engineers, DevOps practitioners, cybersecurity specialists, and aspiring network engineers build real-world ...

The CPA’s Guide to Personal Finance: A Practical Roadmap to Wealth and Financial Security is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to take control of their financial future. Written by a seasoned CPA, this book offers a step-by-step approach to mastering personal finance, helping you build a solid foundation, grow your wealth, and achieve lasting financial security. Inside, you'll discover: ✅ Proven strategies for budgeting, managing debt, and saving effectively—just like the experts do ✅ Smart investment tactics to help you build long-term wealth, including how to navigate stocks, ...

First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know "the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one."

Have you ever wondered what would happen to your family if the economic system suddenly stopped working the way it used to? Would you really know what to do if, overnight, everything came to a halt? Dollar Collapse Survival Manual is your practical guide to understanding, anticipating, and protecting your savings—no matter what tomorrow brings. Written in clear, accessible language and filled with actionable tools, this book walks you through a three-phase path to financial security and mental calm, even in the most turbulent times. Inside, you’ll discover: Clarity – Learn how to read...

In today's digital age, data is the new currency. Businesses are collecting more information than ever before, and individuals are increasingly concerned about how their personal details are used and protected. This is where the IAPP CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States) certification steps in, acting as your passport to a thriving career in the ever-evolving field of data privacy.

Are you preparing for the (ISC)² SSCP exam and tired of dense, theory-heavy textbooks that never connect to real-world security practice? This guide was built for you. Designed to be practical, focused, and exam-aligned, it helps learners truly understand and apply information security principles, not just memorize them. This book is ideal for: IT professionals and security analysts seeking SSCP certification Students and career changers entering cybersecurity Practitioners who want a hands-on, structured way to master every SSCP domain Inside, each chapter delivers focused explanations, ...

ISO 27001: Compliance in Action Transforming Policies into Practical, Lasting Security Solutions In today's world, where data breaches and cyber threats are on the rise, ISO 27001: Compliance in Action is your ultimate hands-on guide to implementing, monitoring, and sustaining an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS). This book bridges the gap between policy creation and practical application, providing step-by-step strategies to help organizations build lasting security solutions. What You'll Learn: ✔️ Comprehensive Implementation: Turn ISO 27001 requirements into ...

Cybersecurity Standards and Frameworks: A Comprehensive Guide to Resilient Cyber Defense Cyber threats do not wait for organisations to get ready. But the organisations that have done the work — that have built the frameworks, trained the people, and stress-tested the processes — are the ones that survive. Cyber Security Risk Management is the comprehensive, university-level course text for professionals and students who need more than a surface acquaintance with cybersecurity. It is for those who need to understand the discipline deeply enough to practise it — to make real decisions,...

Organisations must deal with AI implementation in a practical and sensible way. They need to understand the risks and opportunities AI presents, and manage these in a way that ensures the organisation delivers on its objectives while embracing the change to its best advantage.

Your legacy and security for your assets are essential. Protecting your assets and securing your family’s future has never been more important. This is a comprehensive resource for understanding and establishing an irrevocable trust that ensures financial security and peace of mind. This book demystifies the complexities of irrevocable trusts, breaking them down into practical, actionable steps.

"Attention all homeowners! Are you tired of paying exorbitant amounts for emergency home repairs? Are you ready to take matters into your own hands? Look no further than the Emergency Home Improvement Guide! This comprehensive eBook is the ultimate go-to resource for any DIY home improvement and repair project. With 20 informative chapters, this guide covers everything from basic maintenance and repair tools to more advanced projects like replacing broken windows or upgrading your home security. Chapter 1 starts with the basics, teaching you how to identify and utilize essential tools for ...

The Social Engineer's Playbook is a practical guide to pretexting and a collection of social engineering pretexts for Hackers, Social Engineers, and Security Analysts. Build effective social engineering plans using the techniques, tools and expert guidance in this book. Learn valuable elicitation techniques, such as: Bracketing, Artificial Ignorance, Flattery, Sounding Board, and others. This book covers an introduction to tools, such as: Maltego, Social Engineer Toolkit, Dradis, Metasploit, and Kali Linux among others. Crucial to any social engineering test is the information used to build it. Discover the most valuable sources of intel and how to put them to use.

A must-listen audiobook that could actually save your life. The world is changing all around us, and the dynamics of crime continue to move in the wrong direction. The old adage "The best defense is a strong offense" rings true in the contents of this audiobook, and it is our responsibility to bolster that offense through education and preparation.

It’s easy to find descriptions of what threat intelligence is. But it’s harder to learn how to use it to truly make your organization safe from cybercriminals. How can threat intelligence strengthen all the teams in a cybersecurity organization? This audiobook answers this question. It reviews the kinds of threat intelligence that are useful to security teams and how each team can use that intelligence to solve problems and address challenges.