Mark Simos

Enhance your cybersecurity and agility with this thorough playbook, featuring actionable guidance, insights, and success criteria from industry experts Key Features Get simple, clear, and practical advice for everyone from CEOs to security operations Organize your Zero Trust journey into role-by-role execution stages Integrate real-world implementation experience with global Zero Trust standards Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format Book DescriptionZero Trust is cybersecurity for the digital era and cloud computing, protecting business assets anywhere on any network. By going beyond traditional network perimeter approaches to security, Zero Trust helps you keep up with ever-evolving threats. The playbook series provides simple, clear, and actionable guidance that fully answers your questions on Zero Trust using current threats, real-world implementation experiences, and open global standards. The Zero Trust playbook series guides you with specific role-by-role actionable information for planning, executing, and operating Zero Trust from the boardroom to technical reality. This first book in the series helps you understand what Zero Trust is, why it’s important for you, and what success looks like. You’ll learn about the driving forces behind Zero Trust – security threats, digital and cloud transformations, business disruptions, business resilience, agility, and adaptability. The six-stage playbook process and real-world examples will guide you through cultural, technical, and other critical elements for success. By the end of this book, you’ll have understood how to start and run your Zero Trust journey with clarity and confidence using this one-of-a-kind series that answers the why, what, and how of Zero Trust!What you will learn Find out what Zero Trust is and what it means to you Uncover how Zero Trust helps with ransomware, breaches, and other attacks Understand which business assets to secure first Use a standards-based approach for Zero Trust See how Zero Trust links business, security, risk, and technology Use the six-stage process to guide your Zero Trust journey Transform roles and secure operations with Zero Trust Discover how the playbook guides each role to success Who this book is forWhether you’re a business leader, security practitioner, or technology executive, this comprehensive guide to Zero Trust has something for you. This book provides practical guidance for implementing and managing a Zero Trust strategy and its impact on every role (including yours!). This is the go-to guide for everyone including board members, CEOs, CIOs, CISOs, architects, engineers, IT admins, security analysts, program managers, product owners, developers, and managers. Don't miss out on this essential resource for securing your organization against cyber threats.

Prepare for Microsoft Exam SC-100 and demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge needed to design and evolve cybersecurity strategy for all aspects of enterprise architecture. Designed for experienced IT professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certfied: Cybersecurity Architect Expert level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Design a Zero Trust strategy and architectureEvaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategiesDesign a strategy for data and applicationsRecommend security best practices and priorities This Microsoft Exam Ref: Organizes its coverage by exam objectivesFeatures strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge youAssumes you have advanced security engineering experience and knowledge and experience with hybrid and cloud implementations About the Exam Exam SC-100 focuses on the knowledge needed to build overall security strategy and architecture; design strategies for security operations, identity security, and regulatory compliance; evaluate security posture; recommend technical strategies to manage risk; design strategies to secure server endpoints, client endpoints, and SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services; specify application security requirements; design data security strategy; recommend security best practices based on Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture and Azure Security Benchmarks; use the Cloud Adoption Framework to recommend secure methodologies; use Microsoft Security Best Practices to recommend ransomware strategies. About Microsoft Certifiation The Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certication credential demonstrates your ability to plan and implement cybersecurity strategy that meets business needs and protects the organization's mission and processes across its entire enterprise architecture. To fulfill your requirements, pass this exam and earn one of these four prerequisite certifications: Microsoft Certfied: Azure Security Engineer Associate; Microsoft Certfied: Identity and Access Administrator Associate; Microsoft365 Certied: Security Administrator Associate; Microsoft Certfied: Security Operations Analyst Associate. See full details at: microsoft.com/learn