Cyber Mayday and the Day After: A Leader's Guide to Preparing, Managing, and Recovering from Inevitable Business Disruptions

Digital transformation and cyber insecurity converged spectacularly in recent years, leading to some of the highest profile network security failures in modern history. From the SolarWinds hack to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware event, these incidents dramatically highlighted the need for impactful and effective leadership through a crisis.

In Cyber Mayday and the Day After, a team of veteran cybersecurity leaders delivers an incisive collection of stories, strategies, tactics, lessons, and outlooks from some of the top C-executive leaders around the world. Packed with insights from former FBI agents, NASA professionals, government Chief Information Security Officers, and high-profile executives, this book offers the practical examples and workable solutions that leaders need to succeed in the 21st century.

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is a guide to the art of communication with senior stakeholders and how to effect cultural change within organizations to adapt to a new reality that includes ransomware, online deception, and nation-state hackers. You’ll learn what you should know before a critical event occurs and what other executives wish they’d known before cyber crisis struck their organizations. You’ll also discover how executive-level responses can make or break customer trust in your company. Finally, you’ll explore how to utilize communication, coordination, and teamwork, as well as partnerships with vendors, law enforcement, and others, to tailor your crisis response for maximum damage mitigation.

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is an eye-opening, need-to-read experience that’s ideal for current or aspiring executives who seek to understand high-level leadership through a different lens. It’s also the ideal resource for managers and other leaders who want to learn invaluable lessons in communication and leadership from veteran industry professionals.

Digital transformation and cyber insecurity converged spectacularly in recent years, leading to some of the highest profile network security failures in modern history. From the SolarWinds hack to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware event, these incidents dramatically highlighted the need for impactful and effective leadership through a crisis.

In Cyber Mayday and the Day After, a team of veteran cybersecurity leaders delivers an incisive collection of stories, strategies, tactics, lessons, and outlooks from some of the top C-executive leaders around the world. Packed with insights from former FBI agents, NASA professionals, government Chief Information Security Officers, and high-profile executives, this book offers the practical examples and workable solutions that leaders need to succeed in the 21st century.

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is a guide to the art of communication with senior stakeholders and how to effect cultural change within organizations to adapt to a new reality that includes ransomware, online deception, and nation-state hackers. You’ll learn what you should know before a critical event occurs and what other executives wish they’d known before cyber crisis struck their organizations. You’ll also discover how executive-level responses can make or break customer trust in your company. Finally, you’ll explore how to utilize communication, coordination, and teamwork, as well as partnerships with vendors, law enforcement, and others, to tailor your crisis response for maximum damage mitigation.

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is an eye-opening, need-to-read experience that’s ideal for current or aspiring executives who seek to understand high-level leadership through a different lens. It’s also the ideal resource for managers and other leaders who want to learn invaluable lessons in communication and leadership from veteran industry professionals.