This book is for three categories of readers—those who own a business and are planning to scale it; those who are leading business and technology charters in large companies or institutions; and those who are academically or disciplinarily targeting cybersecurity and risk management as a practice-area. Essentially, this book is for board members, and professionals working in IT, GRC, and legal domains. It will also help technology leaders, including chief digital officers, chief privacy officers, chief risk officers, CISOs, CIOs, as well as students and cybersecurity enthusiasts with basic awareness of risks to navigate the digital threat landscape.
Ashish Kumar is on a mission to make this planet safer for digital transformation. Ashish leads Microsoft security engineering teams in learning about customers, partners, and market priorities on cybersecurity. He works with various universities, government, and large enterprises to help them build a secure digital posture and go deeper into digital transformation impacting every person on the planet. An Enthusiastic self-starter, goal-driven achiever, and motivated team player with a creative and progressive attitude is on a journey to share his experiences with you.
Shashank Kumar, a cybersecurity practitioner and long time regulatory risk enthusiast, is a Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Purview Compliance products. He works closely with some of the world's largest corporations to understand their current and future cybersecurity risks and help solve them through new features or products from Microsoft Data Security Product-group.
Abbas Kudrati, a long-time cybersecurity practitioner and CISO, is Microsoft Asia's Chief Cybersecurity Advisor. In addition to his work at Microsoft, he serves as an executive advisor to Deakin University, HITRUST, EC Council, and several security and technology start-ups. He supports the broader security community through his work with ISACA Chapters and student mentorship. He is the Technical Editor of various books and the bestselling author of books such as, "Threat Hunting in the Cloud" and "Zero Trust and Journey Across the Digital Estate". He is also a part-time Professor of Practice with LaTrobe University and a keynote speaker on Zero-Trust, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance.