The SMB Security Playbook
A Four-Category Framework for Owners Without an IT Team
A plain-English security programme for the owner who is also the IT department: the first five fixes that close the most common doors, then four control categories with a maturity model — what to do, in what order, and how to tell it is working.
A practical security framework for the small-business owner who does not have an IT team, and who is tired of being told to "do something about cybersecurity" without anyone explaining what. Four categories cover ninety percent of the risk: who can get in (identity and access management), what they can take (data classification and retention), how you survive when things go wrong (backup and disaster recovery), and how you keep your software from being the way in (vulnerability and patch management). Written for the consulting-firm owner, the clinic administrator, the e-commerce operator, and the freelance designer. Three running case studies (a 22-person consulting firm, a Shopify-based merchant, and a four-person clinic) show the framework applied in different industries, at different risk profiles, with different budgets. Six tabletop exercises, ten policy templates, a vendor questionnaire, and a sixteen-question maturity assessment are included as ready-to-customise tools. An imprint of Sylvan Press.
Companion to the SMB Security Assessment toolkit — the assessment and ready-to-use templates that put this book to work.
From the blog: The first security baseline for a small team — an essay-length preview of the same ground this book covers, free.
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Book details
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| Format | Pages | Language | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback & hardcover (6 × 9 in) & EPUB | 339 | US English | TBD | TBD |
| Depth | 16 chapters | |||
Where to buy
The SMB Security Playbook will be available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook through print-on-demand retailers. The links activate the moment the title lists; until then, email us and we’ll tell you at launch.
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