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

by Daniel Lohrmann (Author), Shamane Tan (Author)

Successfully lead your company through the worst crises with this first-hand look at emergency leadership

Cyber security failures made for splashy headlines in recent years, giving us some of the most spectacular stories of the year. From the Solar Winds hack to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware event, these incidents highlighted the centrality of competent crisis leadership.

Cyber Mayday and the Day After offers readers a roadmap to leading organizations through dramatic emergencies by mining the wisdom of C-level executives from around the globe. It's loaded with interviews with managers and leaders who've been through the crucible and survived to tell the tale.

From former FBI agents to Chief Information Security Officers, these leaders led their companies and agencies through the worst of times and share their hands-on wisdom. In this book, you'll find out:

• What leaders wish they'd known before an emergency and how they've created a crisis game plan for future situations
• How executive-level media responses can maintain - or shatter - consumer and public trust in your firm
• How to use communication, coordination, teamwork, and partnerships with vendors and law enforcement to implement your crisis response

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is a must-read experience that offers managers, executives, and other current or aspiring leaders a first-hand look at how to lead others through rapidly evolving crises.

Front Jacket

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.

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Praise for CYBER MAYDAY AND THE DAY AFTER

"This is the first practical book on cybersecurity I could not put down--it wouldn't let me. It is filled with easily relatable true stories and facts. It's exceptionally well-written and engaging and nearly every page contains a gem of practical advice."
--DR. ALAN R. SHARK, Executive Director of CompTIA's Public Technology Institute (PTI)

"Most leaders I speak with have 'cybercrime headlines' fatigue. We all need a guidebook and to know we are not alone. A must-read on every leader's list is the collaborative book project by Dan and Shamane! They hit it out of the park with Cyber Mayday and the Day After! This is an extraordinary book brilliantly put together for today's leaders as our modern world of cyber-attacks does not discriminate between businesses or individuals."
--THERESA PAYTON, White House's first female CIO, author of Manipulated, CEO of Fortalice Solutions

"Loved the book! In a world of never ending 'shock' statistics and cyber doom mongering, Shamane and Dan combine the power of storytelling and practical checklists in such a refreshing way to help cyber and risk management professionals increase their cyber resilience."
--ELLIE WARNER, Global Head, Cyber Training and Awareness, Standard Chartered Bank

Cyber Mayday and the Day After is a book that everyone who cares about the survivability of their business should read. ... To be blunt, read this book now!"
--DR. CHASE CUNNINGHAM, cybersecurity expert, known as "Dr. Zero Trust"

"The case studies presented by Shamane and Dan bring out subtle nuances of the CISOs' thought processes and how they execute their actions, offering a rich trove of knowledge for any security practitioner. This easy-reading book is a must in every security practitioner's bookshelf."
--DR. SIVA SIVASUBRAMANIAN, Chief Information Security Officer, Singtel Optus

Author Biography

DAN LOHRMANN is an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, technologist, speaker, and author. Starting his career at the National Security Agency, he served as Michigan's first Chief Security Officer and has advised senior leaders at the White House, National Governor's Association, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

SHAMANE TAN is Chief Growth Officer at Sekuro, a top-tier end to end cybersecurity firm and trusted partner in APAC. She leads the outreach strategy aimed at helping C-executives manage cyber risk as part of their value preservation and business growth objectives. She is also a TEDx speaker, founder of international brand Cyber Risk Meetup, and the author of Cyber Risk Leaders.