Secure your business in a post-pandemic world: Master digital risk identification and defense
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Key Features
- Become well-versed with sophisticated system-level security risks and the zero-trust framework
- Learn about remote working risks, modern collaboration, and securing the digital data estate
- Keep up with rapidly evolving compliances and regulations and their impact on cyber risks
Book Description
With the rapid pace of digital change today, especially since the pandemic sped up digital transformation and technologies, it has become more important than ever to be aware of the unknown risks and the landscape of digital threats. This book highlights various risks and shows how business-as-usual operations carried out by unaware or targeted workers can lead your organization to a regulatory or business risk, which can impact your organization's reputation and balance sheet.
This book is your guide to identifying the topmost risks relevant to your business with a clear roadmap of when to start the risk mitigation process and what your next steps should be. With a focus on the new and emerging risks that remote-working companies are experiencing across diverse industries, you'll learn how to manage risks by taking advantage of zero trust network architecture and the steps to be taken when smart devices are compromised. Toward the end, you'll explore various types of AI-powered machines and be ready to make your business future-proof.
In a nutshell, this book will direct you on how to identify and mitigate risks that the ever- advancing digital technology has unleashed.
What you will learn
- Become aware of and adopt the right approach to modern digital transformation
- Explore digital risks across companies of all sizes
- Study real-world cases that focus on post-pandemic digital transformation
- Understand insider threats and how to mitigate vulnerability exploitation
- Get to know how cyberwarfare targets infrastructure and disrupts critical systems
- Discover how implementing a regulatory framework can safeguard you in the current and future data landscapes
Who this book is for
This book is for three categories of readers―those who own a business and are planning to scale it; those who are leading business and technology charters in large companies or institutions; and those who are academically or disciplinarily targeting cybersecurity and risk management as a practice-area.
Essentially, this book is for board members, and professionals working in IT, GRC, and legal domains. It will also help technology leaders, including chief digital officers, chief privacy officers, chief risk officers, CISOs, CIOs, as well as students and cybersecurity enthusiasts with basic awareness of risks to navigate the digital threat landscape.
Table of Contents
- Invisible Digitization Tsunami
- Going Digital
- Visible and Invisible Risks
- Remote Working and the Element of Trust
- The Emergence of Zero Trust and Risk Equation
- The Human Risk at Work
- Modern Collaboration and Risk Amplification
- Insider Risk and Impact
- Real Examples and Scenarios
- Cyberwarfare
- An Introduction to Regulatory Risks
- The Evolution of Risk and Compliance Management
- The Role of Data and Privacy in Risk Management
- Remote work and Virtual Workforce
- Automation and Virtual Humans
- The Role of AI in Managing Future Lockdowns
Abbas Kudrati, a long-time cybersecurity practitioner and CISO, is Microsoft Asia's Chief Cybersecurity Advisor. In addition to his work at Microsoft, he serves as an executive advisor to Deakin University, HITRUST, EC Council, and several security and technology start-ups. He supports the broader security community through his work with ISACA Chapters and student mentorship. He is the Technical Editor of various books and the bestselling author of books such as, "Threat Hunting in the Cloud" and "Zero Trust and Journey Across the Digital Estate". He is also a part-time Professor of Practice with LaTrobe University and a keynote speaker on Zero-Trust, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance.<br /><br />Shashank Kumar, a cybersecurity practitioner and long time regulatory risk enthusiast, is a Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Purview Compliance products. He works closely with some of the world's largest corporations to understand their current and future cybersecurity risks and help solve them through new features or products from Microsoft Data Security Product-group.<br /><br />Ashish Kumar is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft. Over 25 years of experience in Networking, infrastructure, and cloud to cybersecurity across Microsoft, TCS, and HCL as employers and has engaged with over 2000+ customers representing their viewpoints in light of current times. He has played various roles leading cybersecurity discussions with CISO, IT leadership, and business for over 10 years. He is actively learning and gaining insights on digital risk in his regular discussion with over 100+ Chief risk officers and CISOs in the last 2 years as part of his engineering role. He holds various certifications such as MCSE, CCNP, ISO Auditor, Cloud and Power platform certifications.
