Security from Zero: Practical Security for Busy People book PDF

Security from Zero: Practical Security for Busy People book PDF

Your inbox is overflowing, your day is full of meetings, everyone needs something from you, and you're struggling to stay ahead of it all while trying to grow your company. There's that nagging feeling that you should probably be doing something with security to defend all of this work that you've done, to protect your investment. But, what should you be doing? Where do you even begin?

If this sounds familiar, then this book is for you. I want to share my experience with you so that you'll know when it's time to start focusing on security and how to start from scratch. This book explains the practical things you can do today, soon, and later -- to improve your security wisely, to maximize the impact, and the metrics you'll need to make decisions, set goals and track progress.

This book focuses on the high level strategy of successful security programs and avoids deep technical discussions so that you'll have the right level of insight to make informed decisions and can spend your time on the things that matter most.

1. Goals of This Book

2. Kickstarting Your Security Program

3. The Importance of Security Culture

4. Your First Security Hire

5. Prioritizing the Work: Effort vs Impact

6. Workload Management: Issue Tracking

7. Your Data-Driven Security Program

8. Leveraging Security Frameworks & Questionnaires

9. Regulation and Compliance

10. Tracking Vulnerabilities

11. Planning Your Security Budget

12. Responding to Incidents

13. Threat Modeling Exercises

14. Effective Bug Bounty Programs

15. Security Audits & Penetration Tests

16. Least Privilege & Access Controls

17. Monitoring & Alerting