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Published inOct 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781800568662
Edition1st Edition
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Mark Simos
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Mark Simos

Mark Simos helps individuals and organizations meet cybersecurity, cloud, and digital transformation goals. Mark is the Lead Cybersecurity Architect for Microsoft where he leads the development of cybersecurity reference architectures, strategies, prescriptive planning roadmaps, best practices, and other security and Zero Trust guidance. Mark also co-chairs the Zero Trust working group at The Open Group and contributes to open standards and other publications like the Zero Trust Commandments. Mark has presented at numerous conferences including Black Hat, RSA Conference, Gartner Security and Risk Management, Microsoft Ignite and BlueHat, and Financial Executives International.
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Nikhil Kumar
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Nikhil is Founder at ApTSi with prior leadership roles at Price Waterhouse and other firms. He has led setup and implementation of Digital Transformation and enterprise security initiatives (such as PCI Compliance) and built out Security Architectures. An Engineer and Computer Scientist with a passion for biology, Nikhil is an expert in Security, Information, and Computer Architecture. Known for communicating to the board and implementing with engineers and architects, he is an MIT mentor, innovator and pioneer. Nikhil has authored numerous books, standards, and articles, and presented at conferences globally. He co-chairs The Zero Trust Working Group, a global standards initiative led by The Open Group.
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Who this book is for

This first book serves as both a standalone overview of Zero Trust for anyone and an introduction to the playbooks in Zero Trust Overview and Playbook Introduction. with a part to play in Zero Trust to understand what Zero Trust is, why it’s important to you, and what success looks like.

This table provides a list of roles that will benefit from this book:

Role Type

Roles

Organizational senior leaders

Member of board of directors

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

Product and business line leaders

Communications/public relations director

Adjacent/ancillary roles

Human resources

Business analysts

Internal readiness/training

Internal and external communications

Risk and compliance roles

Risk team

Compliance and audit team

Technology senior leaders

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Enterprise security integration (deputy CISOs and staff, security [business] analysts)

Technology directors

Software delivery Vice President (VP)

Security directors

Architects

Enterprise architects

Security architects

Infrastructure architects

Business architects

Information architects

Access architects

Solution architects

Software/application architects

Managers

Technology managers

Security managers

Security Operations (SecOps) managers

Product line managers/directors

Product owners

Software development directors

Technology delivery managers

Software testing/quality managers

Security posture management

Security posture management

Security governance and compliance management

People security (user education and insider risk)

Technical engineering and operations

Cloud engineering and operations

Endpoint/productivity

Identity

Infrastructure

CI/CD infrastructure

Network

Data security

Operational Technology (OT) security

Security posture engineering and operations

Application and product security

Software security engineers

Software developers

Software testers

Supply chain security

Internet of Things (IoT) security

Security operations

Triage analysts

Investigation analysts

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Attack simulation (red and purple teaming)

Incident management

Threat intelligence

Figure Preface.1 - Illustrative list of roles that enable Zero Trust

The book is written for people who are currently in these roles (and similar roles) as well as those who aspire to work in these roles, work with people in the roles, and provide consulting and advice to these roles.

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Mark Simos

Mark Simos helps individuals and organizations meet cybersecurity, cloud, and digital transformation goals. Mark is the Lead Cybersecurity Architect for Microsoft where he leads the development of cybersecurity reference architectures, strategies, prescriptive planning roadmaps, best practices, and other security and Zero Trust guidance. Mark also co-chairs the Zero Trust working group at The Open Group and contributes to open standards and other publications like the Zero Trust Commandments. Mark has presented at numerous conferences including Black Hat, RSA Conference, Gartner Security and Risk Management, Microsoft Ignite and BlueHat, and Financial Executives International.
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Nikhil Kumar

Nikhil is Founder at ApTSi with prior leadership roles at Price Waterhouse and other firms. He has led setup and implementation of Digital Transformation and enterprise security initiatives (such as PCI Compliance) and built out Security Architectures. An Engineer and Computer Scientist with a passion for biology, Nikhil is an expert in Security, Information, and Computer Architecture. Known for communicating to the board and implementing with engineers and architects, he is an MIT mentor, innovator and pioneer. Nikhil has authored numerous books, standards, and articles, and presented at conferences globally. He co-chairs The Zero Trust Working Group, a global standards initiative led by The Open Group.
Read more about Nikhil Kumar