Resources & Store

Practical resources for executives
and security professionals.

No fluff. No filler. Guides, workshops, and courses built from two decades of hands-on security leadership, ransomware recovery, and advisory work.

Guides & Ebooks

Start with the fundamentals.

Both guides are available on a pay-what-you-want model. Pay what they are worth to you, including zero.

Executive Guide
Would Your Company Survive a Ransomware Attack?
The 9 Controls That Separate Survivors from Victims
A practical guide for business leaders and IT teams covering the nine operational controls that determine whether a company survives both ransomware encryption and data extortion. Every control is tagged for ransomware relevance and mapped to NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls 8.1. Includes a self-assessment checklist your team can run today.
Who this is for CFOs, operations leaders, IT managers, and security professionals at mid-market organizations without a dedicated security function.
PDF · 17 pages NIST CSF 2.0 CIS Controls 8.1
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Career Guide
Breaking Into Cybersecurity in 2026
The Honest Guide No One Else Will Give You
The guide born from a LinkedIn post that made a lot of people uncomfortable. After two decades in this field, from helpdesk to leading a global ransomware recovery across seven countries, this is the most honest roadmap available for someone serious about building a real career in cybersecurity.

Covers the two career lanes, foundation roadmaps for each path, the 2026 job market and ATS strategy, the soft skills AI cannot replace, and a complete resource library of free and paid tools.
Who this is for Students, career changers, IT professionals moving into security, and hiring managers who want to understand what realistic entry-level readiness looks like today.
Full PDF Guide Career Lanes ATS Strategy Soft Skills
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Workshops

Live sessions for executive teams
and boards.

Remote sessions delivered via Zoom or Teams. All sessions are recorded and made available to attendees. Select engagements taken alongside full-time security leadership practice.

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Ransomware Readiness
Ransomware Readiness for Executive Teams
A half-day working session that takes your leadership team through the real ransomware threat landscape, your organization's specific exposure areas, and the decisions that need to be made before an attack, not during one.

Structured around three questions every board should be able to answer: How long before you know? What does recovery actually cost? Who has authority to make the call?
FormatHalf-day working session
DeliveryRemote
ParticipantsUp to 12
Suitable forCFOs, COOs, boards, executive teams
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AI Security
AI Security for Boards and Executive Teams
A 90-minute briefing on the current AI security landscape covering your organization's exposure across four dimensions: AI as a weapon, AI agents going rogue, AI in your workforce, and AI in your vendor ecosystem. Includes the governance questions regulators and insurance carriers are beginning to formalize.

Designed for boards with no technical background. Every executive leaves with a clear picture of what they are responsible for and what to ask next.
Format90-minute briefing
DeliveryRemote
Suitable forBoards, C-suite, audit and risk committees
CredentialAAISM (AI Security)
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Online Courses

Coming soon.

Self-paced courses based on content developed through years of practitioner teaching. Built for security professionals and career builders who want structured learning without the cost of enterprise training programs. Join the waitlist to be notified first.

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Career Development
Cybersecurity Career Accelerator
From IT Foundation to Security Role in 12 Months
A structured roadmap for IT professionals making the move into security. Covers the technical foundation by career lane, certification sequencing, ATS and LinkedIn strategy, and the soft skills that determine who gets promoted and who plateaus. Built on the framework from the 2026 career guide, expanded into a full self-paced curriculum.
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Practitioner Level
Ransomware Readiness Practitioner
Build and Run a Ransomware-Ready Security Program
A practitioner-level course for security professionals responsible for building or maturing their organization's ransomware readiness posture. Covers NIST CSF 2.0 implementation, CIS Controls prioritization, external attack surface management, and incident response design. Built on real experience from leading a global ransomware recovery across seven countries.
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Not Sure Where to Start?

The ransomware readiness guide
takes 20 minutes to read.

If it changes how you think about your exposure, everything else follows from there. It is free and always will be.

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