Back To Basics: Focusing on the fundamentals to boost cybersecurity and resilience

Arti Raman · Ashok Banerjee · Nima Baiati  · Bryan Culp · William Dougherty · Ray Espinoza · Dr. Reem F. AI-Shammari · Al Ghous · Vishal Gupta · Javed Hasan · Ramy Houssaini · Tyson Kopczynski · David Monahan · Michael Neuman · Mitch Parker · Neelima Rustagi · Debbie Reynolds · Chris Roberts · Lakshmi Sudheer · Kurt Van Etten · Caroline Wong

Apr 2021 · Titaniam, Inc.

About this ebook

“Back to Basics” is a joint project among twenty one industry leaders coming from security, operations, product, and privacy. The primary theme of this book is that adhering to basic security building blocks creates a strong foundation for cyber resilience.The idea is to share our learnings in small accessible and practical chunks. These tips and tricks can be easily picked up by security leaders and practitioners across the spectrum of organizational maturity. The simple models shared by our contributing authors can become the baseline for how others can efficiently get to an adequate security posture.

Ratings and reviews

Every now and then a book or collection of articles, about cybersecurity comes along that excels for the simple way in which it helps us understand what can be a daunting, complicated and widely misunderstood topic. Back To Basics is that book. Every article, given the diversity of contributors, gives a different perspective. Yet the underlying theme of how important it is to get the basics right pervades. We all know that is true no matter the field - eat right, get enough sleep, exercise, treat others kindly and you'll live a good life; train it well, feed it well, play with it and you'll have a good pet; and on and on. Cybersecurity is no different. Get the basics right and build on top of that, no ifs, ands or buts. This book is top of its class!

Back to Basics teaches cybersecurity essentials and core philosophies without making the reader feel like they are reading tough material. Walking through the experiences of these leaders in a q&a format is an easy and effective way to learn. And it is easy to read chapters in any random order so you can grab the book and get something out of it.

Loved this compilation of real world advice from an incredible group of cybersecurity though leaders. While the focus of each chapter is different, the common theme is that there is no silver bullet when it comes to cybersecurity and focusing on basic blocking and tackling while partnering with the rest of the business is the only path to success. One cool feature of the format is that you can jump in and read any chapter without missing any context. Kudos to everyone involved in this project!