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? ...

'The ideal combination of thoughtful and actionable' – James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits 'A must read' – Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of Money Everyone faces big questions when it comes to money: questions about saving, investing, and whether you're...

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 ...

Most of the big companies today seek the help of Kali Linux for the purpose of tracing and checking the various forms of vulnerabilities which are present within a system and thus ensures 100 percent security for an organization. Unless and until you are unaware of the basics, you will not be able to use this software. In fact, for carrying out an effective form of ethical hacking, you will need to learn about the various attacks along with the forms of networks. You can easily find the information in this audiobook.

Learn Bitcoin trading, mining, and crypto security from one practical guide. Bitcoin is more than a digital coin. It is a market, a technology, a mining network, and a financial system that requires knowledge, discipline, and strong security habits. Bitcoin Trading, Mining & Security is written for beginners and everyday crypto users who want a clear, practical introduction to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency markets, blockchain mining, wallet protection, and risk management. This book helps you understand how the crypto world works without confusing jargon or unrealistic promises. Whether you are ...

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.

Secure business data and defend modern cloud infrastructure without getting overwhelmed by complex cybersecurity jargon. Whether you are commuting to a demanding IT job or upskilling for a career pivot, this empowering audio experience transforms confusing tech concepts into clear, actionable...

Master the high-stakes world of securities law and corporate compliance without drowning in dense legal theory. Whether commuting to an executive meeting or building a finance career, this engaging guide delivers absolute clarity. Follow the dynamic life cycle of a fictional growth company to...

Agentic Programming with AI Agents: A Practical Software Engineering Guide to Tool-Calling Agents, Planning Systems, Memory, Evaluation, Security, and Production Deployment AI agents are no longer experimental demos. Developers, engineers, and technical teams now need agents that can call tools, follow plans, manage context, remember useful information, evaluate outputs, handle failures, and run safely in production. But building reliable AI agents is not as simple as connecting an LLM to an API. Are your prototypes impressive but fragile? Do your agents break when workflows get longer, ...

Python is a crucial skill in today's highly technological world that may offer you a big advantage in a variety of fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), web design, and app development. If intricate terminology and perplexing courses have turned you off, though, how can you further your programming career? This extensive booklet demystifies programming with practical lectures and detailed directions. Even if you don't consider yourself a computer expert, you'll acquire the seasoned knowledge and abilities required to understand, create, and build top-notch code! This book offers a...

Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Home Invasion. Words that send a chill down our spines. Words that have become too common today. We are riding a crime wave. Are you prepared for survival? Are you tired of living in fear? Are you tired of worrying about your safety, and that of your family? Are you tired of the way criminals seem to be taking over your neighborhood? Do you want to have more control over your life? Do you want to take back the comfort and confidence that criminals have taken from you? If your answer is yes to the above, then this book is for you. Learn how to secure your home. Learn ...

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.

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, ...

On a Monday Morning A Practical Roadmap for Reinventing Your Career, Building Financial Resilience, and Thriving in the Age of AI What if the email you receive next Monday morning changes everything? Your position has been eliminated. Your responsibilities have been automated. Your clients have stopped calling. Your contracts have dried up. Or perhaps nothing has happened...yet. Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace faster than any technological shift in modern history. Every day, professionals are discovering that the knowledge and experience which brought success yesterday...

Stop Memorizing Passwords. Start Logging in Safely. Does the "Forgot Password" button feel like your most visited website? We’ve all been there. The sticky notes on the monitor, the frantic search for that one capital letter you changed six months ago, and the constant fear that one wrong click in an email could lose you everything. The tech giants have a solution: Passkeys. But figuring out how to use them across your iPhone, Windows laptop, and Android tablet can feel overwhelming. Until now. No More Passwords: Passkeys Made Easy is the jargon-free, tool-agnostic guide that takes you ...

Practical OPSEC Operational Security for Journalists, Hackers, Activists, and Investigators In a world of mass surveillance, data breaches, spyware, and digital tracking, operational security is no longer just a military concept. It is a survival skill. Journalists protecting confidential sources. Hackers maintaining anonymity. Activists organizing under surveillance. Investigators exposing corruption. All face the same fundamental challenge: how to operate securely when powerful adversaries are watching. This book provides a practical guide to operational security (OPSEC) in the real world...

DESCRIPTION Everyone is telling you AI will change your life. Almost nobody is telling you what it could cost you. You use it to write emails, plan trips, check symptoms, help the kids with homework. It feels like magic. It also feels like something you do not fully understand, and that quiet unease in the back of your mind is not paranoia. It is common sense. AI ~ What Could POSSIBLY Go Wrong? is the plain-English guide for people who are not engineers, not doomsayers, and not interested in hype from either side. No jargon. No math. No lectures. Just a clear, honest look at what these ...

“Create Your Own AI” is a comprehensive, hands-on guide for anyone who wants to build a fully private generative AI system—at home or within a small or medium-sized organization. Instead of relying on cloud platforms, this book shows you how to deploy powerful open-source models locally, control your own data, and create intelligent tools tailored to your real needs. Across its chapters, you will discover how today’s generative models truly work, how the technology evolved into modern LLMs, and how to install, configure, and operate them using secure, free, and open-source software....