The burnout rate of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is pegged at about 16 months. In other words, that is what the average tenure of a CISO is at a business. At the end of their stay, many CISOs look for totally different avenues of work, or they try something else – namely starting their own Cybersecurity Consulting business. Although a CISO might have the skill and knowledge set to go it alone, it takes careful planning to launch a successful Cyber Consulting business. This r...

This book is an update to the first edition of this book. Some of the updates include newer images and an extensive review as to how both AWS and Microsoft Azure can be used to host a biometrics in the cloud infrastructure, which will be a hot topic going into 2025 and beyond. Finally, the last chapter of this book previews some of the latest trends for biometric technology going into 2025 and beyond.

Buddhistische Kurzgeschichten – 30 inspirierende Erzählungen über Achtsamkeit, Mitgefühl und innere RuheWenn der Alltag lärmt und der Kopf nicht zur Ruhe kommt, kann eine einzige Geschichte den Blick verwandeln: In "Buddhistische Kurzgeschichten" schenkt Ravi Das dreißig fein geschliffene Erzählungen, die den Kern jahrtausendealter Weisheit in lebendige Bilder fassen – und damit Wege zu Achtsamkeit, Mitgefühl und innerer Gelassenheit öffnen. Der Autor, aufgewachsen...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had so many unprecedented consequences. The great global shift from office work to remote work is one such consequence, with which many information security professionals are struggling. Office workers have been hastily given equipment that has not been properly secured or must use personal devices to perform office work. The proliferation of videoconferencing has brought about new types of cyber-attacks. When the pandemic struck, many organizations found they had...

The world today is becoming more interconnected than ever before. Because of this, the spread of Misinformation and Disinformation is literally like wildfire, especially with the use of the social media platforms. In this book, we cover this topic in great detail by focusing on the following:What Misinformation and Disinformation are all aboutThe role of Generative AI in Misinformation and DisinformationThe role of social engi...

The world of Cybersecurity today is becoming increasingly complex. There are many new Threat Variants that are coming out, but many of them are just tweaked versions of some of the oldest ones, such as Phishing and Social Engineering. In today’s world, Threat Variants are becoming more complex, more covert, and stealthier. Thus, it makes it almost impossible to detect them on time before the actual damage is done.One such example of this is what is known as Supply Chain Attacks. Wh...

Remote workforces using VPNs, cloud-based infrastructure and critical systems, and a proliferation in phishing attacks and fraudulent websites are all raising the level of risk for every company. It all comes down to just one thing that is at stake: how to gauge a company’s level of cyber risk and the tolerance level for this risk. Loosely put, this translates to how much uncertainty an organization can tolerate before it starts to negatively affect mission critical flows and business proc...

This book is a second edition. The last one reviewed the evolution of the Cloud, important Cloud concepts and terminology, and the threats that are posed on a daily basis to it. A deep dive into the components of Microsoft Azure were also provided, as well as risk mitigation strategies, and protecting data that resides in a Cloud environment.In this second edition, we extend this knowledge gained to discuss the concepts of Microsoft Azure. We also examine how Microsoft is playing a...

The world of cybersecurity and the landscape that it possesses is changing on a dynamic basis. It seems like that hardly one threat vector is launched, new variants of it are already on the way.IT Security teams in businesses and corporations are struggling daily to fight off any cyberthreats that they are experiencing. On top of this, they are also asked by their CIO or CISO to model what future Cyberattacks could potentially look like, and ways as to how the lines of defenses can...

Most biometric books are either extraordinarily technical for technophiles or extremely elementary for the lay person. Striking a balance, this book is geared toward the business, IT, or security manager required to make purchasing, migration, or adoption decisions. Presenting technical background on the various biometric technologies and how they work, it looks at optimal application in various settings and their respective strengths and weaknesses considering ease of use, false positives...

Web applications occupy a large space within the IT infrastructure of a business or a corporation. They simply just don’t touch a front end or a back end; today’s web apps impact just about every corner of it. Today’s web apps have become complex, which has made them a prime target for sophisticated cyberattacks. As a result, web apps must be literally tested from the inside and out in terms of security before they can be deployed and launched to the public for business transactions to occ...

Inspiring Thoughts of Spiritual Leaders and Philosophers: This collection features inspiring thoughts and quotes from four influential spiritual leaders and philosophers, namely Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Kabir Das, Osho Rajneesh, and Jiddu Krishnamurti. The anthology includes "Top Inspiring Thoughts of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar", "Top Inspiring Thoughts of Kabir Das", "Top Inspiring Thoughts of Osho Rajneesh", and "Top Insp...