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  1. Someone Else's Debt
    Someone Else's Debt
    A Quantitative Framework for Cyber Diligence at Deal Speed
    Yolonda Smith

    Cyber risk in M&A gets treated as a compliance check, a heat-map of red and yellow boxes, or a problem to deal with after close. By then it is too late.Quantitative Cyber Diligence (QCD) replaces qualitative cyber diligence with a five-pillar framework that produces a single dollar-denominated figure the investment committee can argue about — calibrated, defensible, and reproducible. Each pillar maps to a measurable exposure: external attack surface, vendor concentration, data sensitivity, security program maturity, and integration risk. The framework aggregates per-pillar exposures with explicit correlation discount, surfaces tail-driver scenarios that conventional analysis misses, and translates the aggregate figure into deal-architecture recommendations: reps and warranties, escrow, price adjustment, or walk-away.This book documents how QCD engagements actually run. Two worked examples (healthcare-IT and industrial-IT). Practitioner templates. Per-pillar pseudocode. Industry loss benchmarks. The complete framework, calibrated to the post-Change-Healthcare era.

  2. TameFlux
    TameFlux
    Wie Sie Ihre Engpässe in IT und Wissensarbeit zum Hebel für Produktivität und Gewinn machen
    Steve Tendon and Thorsten Speil

    Projektmanagement und Agile haben Ihre Produktivität nicht so verbessert, wie Sie gehofft hatten? Termine sind oft nicht verlässlich vorhersagbar? TameFlux gibt Ihnen einen klaren Fokus durch Engpass-Optimierung für Unternehmen mit vielen Beteiligten

  3. Securing ServiceNow
    Securing ServiceNow
    A CISO's Field Guide
    Rachid Harrando

    The CISO's field guide to hardening ServiceNow, defending its APIs, and meeting NIS2, DORA, and EU AI Act obligations. Written by a former Principal Security Advisor in ServiceNow's Office of the CISO.

  4. Someone Else's Breach
    Someone Else's Breach
    A Practioner's Guide to Third-Party Incident Response
    Yolonda Smith

    You've got forty vendors, a hundred integrations, and a SOC 2 report that tells you exactly nothing about what happens when one of them gets compromised. Your dependency map lives in someone's head. Your exposure estimate is a shrug. Your decision process is whoever talks loudest in the emergency meeting. And when it's over, every lesson learned evaporates before the next incident hits. Someone Else's Breach is the framework that replaces all of it — a quantitative, repeatable system for knowing what you're exposed to, deciding what to do about it, and getting better every time. From proactive resilience design to AI-augmented detection, this is the practitioner's guide to surviving incidents you didn't cause but can't ignore.

  5. CampusCISO IT Policy Framework
    CampusCISO IT Policy Framework
    2026 Edition
    Chris Schreiber

    What IT policies should a higher education institution have? The CampusCISO IT Policy Framework answers that with an inventory of 17 policies, 24 standards, and seven sector-wide gaps, grounded in annual research that now spans 400+ institutions, including every R1 research university in the United States. Download for free by selecting the "Community Edition" link and providing your email.

  6. The SanDisk Paradox
    The SanDisk Paradox
    How Flash Memory's Pioneer Learned to Survive Itself
    Daniel Paredes

    SanDisk went from startup to $16 billion acquisition target to independent public company again, all within four decades. The deepest analysis of the NAND flash industry and the company that pioneered consumer flash storage, current to April 2026.

  7. Bridging The Gap with Data
    Bridging The Gap with Data
    Product Analytics with the Observability-Driven Revenue Framework, Powered by AI Agents across the Full Data Stack
    Kanja Saha

    Note: This is an early-access manuscript. The content is still being reviewed, revised, and expanded. Please request access here to review content and share your feedback. You can down sample chapters below. If you have questions, suggestions, or ideas as you read, please reach out at kanjasaha@gmail.com. Your input will directly shape the book. The book will be self-published on Amazon within 3–6 months.

  8. Business Central in the Age of AI — A Field Guide for Developers and Consultants
    Business Central in the Age of AI — A Field Guide for Developers and Consultants
    AI-Powered Development and Consulting for Microsoft Business Central
    Milos Mikulasek

    You already know AI exists. You know it could save you time. But how do you actually bring it into your daily Business Central work — writing AL code, debugging, building integrations with Azure OpenAI, or preparing documentation for a client?This book shows you exactly how.

  9. Business Central v době AI — Příručka pro vývojáře a konzultanty
    Business Central v době AI — Příručka pro vývojáře a konzultanty
    Příručka pro vývojáře a konzultanty
    Milos Mikulasek

    Víš, že AI existuje. Víš, že by ti mohla ušetřit čas. Ale jak ji skutečně zapojit do každodenní práce s Business Central — do psaní AL kódu, ladění chyb, tvorby dokumentace nebo integrace s Azure OpenAI?Tato kniha ti ukáže jak.

  10. Building IT Policy Programs for Higher Education

    Most universities have IT policies. Few have a formal strategy behind them. This guide draws on annual research across 400+ colleges and universities to show higher education leaders where the sector's policy gaps are, how the unique dynamics of academic culture shape security programs differently than corporate or government environments, and how to close those gaps systematically.

  11. The Wall Has a Door: Build with AI
    The Wall Has a Door: Build with AI
    A Methodology for Experienced Professionals
    Nick Fantini

    For most of the history of software, the person who understood the problem couldn't build the solution. That wall has a door now. This is the methodology — precise, practical, and built for people who are ready to move.

  12. Closing the AI Gap
    Closing the AI Gap
    The Seven-Gap Implementation Guide for Enterprise AI Transformation — Companion to Mind the AI Gap
    Antoine Craske

    Most organizations know they have an AI problem. Few have the tools to diagnose it honestly, measure it rigorously, and close it systematically.

  13. The Strategist's Edge
    The Strategist's Edge
    Thriving in the Agentic AI Economy
    Shahril Azwin Zainul Abidin

    The age of human specialization as the primary source of economic value is undergoing a terminal decline. As Procedural Workflow Automation begins to absorb the majority of knowledge work, professionals must pivot from being the most skilled "cog" in the machine to becoming the "conductor" of an AI orchestra. This book is the essential survival guide for navigating the Agentic Dawn—a shift from the mastery of a craft to the orchestration of a system.

  14. AI for Freelancers: Automate Your Admin, Find More Clients, and 5x Your Income!

    Welcome to the Age of AI; it's time to change things up! Cut your admin to near zero with five automation workflows that ha...

  15. Practical Software Side Hustles
    Practical Software Side Hustles
    A Practical Guide to Earning Extra Income by Leveraging Your Software Background—With or Without Coding Skills
    Zhimin Zhan

    The rise of AI coding tools is reshaping the software industry—bringing both disruption and unprecedented opportunity. For many software professionals, relying on a single job is no longer enough; building a profitable side income has become essential for financial security. Practical Software Side Hustles is your no-nonsense guide to navigating this new reality and securing your future.