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Visible OPS Cybersecurity: Enhancing Your Cybersecurity Posture with Practical Guidance
468 pages, Paperback
Published December 9, 2024
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January 30, 2025
Visible OPS Cybersecurity
By
Scott Alldridge
Rating:5/5
Review:
👉Scott Alldridge’s Visible OPS Cybersecurity is a must-read for anyone interested in taking their organization’s cybersecurity to the next level. With over 30 years of experience in the IT and cybersecurity field, Alldridge offers a guide that is as practical as it is insightful. From the very beginning, this book stands out by breaking down complex cybersecurity concepts and making them accessible to a wide audience, whether you’re a seasoned professional or a business leader looking to strengthen your organization’s defenses.
👉What makes this book truly valuable is its real-world applicability. Alldridge doesn’t just present theoretical concepts; he provides actionable steps that can be immediately implemented. The centerpiece of the book is the TotalControl™ framework, which aligns technology investments with business goals while improving operational security and resilience. This method allows organizations to not only defend against threats but also adapt to the constantly changing cyber landscape, ensuring long-term security and stability.
👉Another standout feature is the clarity with which Alldridge explains these often-complicated topics. He avoids overwhelming readers with jargon and instead focuses on delivering straightforward, understandable advice. The result is a guide that empowers readers with practical knowledge, allowing them to build and maintain an effective cybersecurity program that works for their unique needs and challenges.
👉Whether you’re looking to start from scratch or refine your existing cybersecurity practices, Visible OPS Cybersecurity provides a strategic, proven approach to safeguarding your organization. Alldridge’s focus on continuous improvement and adaptability ensures that the book remains relevant in an ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. It’s a guide that not only teaches you how to respond to risks but also equips you with the tools to proactively manage them.
👉This book is a perfect fit for cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, and executives who want to integrate cybersecurity into their overall business strategy.
#review
By
Scott Alldridge
Rating:5/5
Review:
👉Scott Alldridge’s Visible OPS Cybersecurity is a must-read for anyone interested in taking their organization’s cybersecurity to the next level. With over 30 years of experience in the IT and cybersecurity field, Alldridge offers a guide that is as practical as it is insightful. From the very beginning, this book stands out by breaking down complex cybersecurity concepts and making them accessible to a wide audience, whether you’re a seasoned professional or a business leader looking to strengthen your organization’s defenses.
👉What makes this book truly valuable is its real-world applicability. Alldridge doesn’t just present theoretical concepts; he provides actionable steps that can be immediately implemented. The centerpiece of the book is the TotalControl™ framework, which aligns technology investments with business goals while improving operational security and resilience. This method allows organizations to not only defend against threats but also adapt to the constantly changing cyber landscape, ensuring long-term security and stability.
👉Another standout feature is the clarity with which Alldridge explains these often-complicated topics. He avoids overwhelming readers with jargon and instead focuses on delivering straightforward, understandable advice. The result is a guide that empowers readers with practical knowledge, allowing them to build and maintain an effective cybersecurity program that works for their unique needs and challenges.
👉Whether you’re looking to start from scratch or refine your existing cybersecurity practices, Visible OPS Cybersecurity provides a strategic, proven approach to safeguarding your organization. Alldridge’s focus on continuous improvement and adaptability ensures that the book remains relevant in an ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. It’s a guide that not only teaches you how to respond to risks but also equips you with the tools to proactively manage them.
👉This book is a perfect fit for cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, and executives who want to integrate cybersecurity into their overall business strategy.
#review
October 2, 2025
The Review
Instantly, this book distinguishes itself from typical cybersecurity books by being more business-driven than anything else. The author’s clear, direct, and informative writing style instantly delves into how this technology benefits businesses, especially for small and aspiring entrepreneurs who are starting a new business in a technological age. Yet the author writes in a way that also cuts through the technical speak, instead worded in a way that companies and owners, from CEOs and board members to small online shops, can understand the technology fueling their businesses.
The world is moving fast, and online business has accelerated this pace, making it even quicker. Therefore, developing a business with security in place to protect it is vital. The author makes the steps that business owners need to take crystal clear, from the importance of automation to installing compliance frameworks that can improve things for IT departments and more. The emphasis it places on business owners is remarkable, and it even outlines what business owners need to ask their IT providers and come up with plans and responses to incidents that occur, so that those not familiar with the tech scene can understand.
The Verdict
Thought-provoking, engaging, and insightful, author Scott Alldridge’s “The Visible Ops Cybersecurity” is a must-read nonfiction book on business and technology. The information and the fast-paced nature of the book serve as more than a guide, but a call to action for business owners to take control of their business from a cybersecurity perspective and understand the needs of their IT department to make things run much more smoothly.
Instantly, this book distinguishes itself from typical cybersecurity books by being more business-driven than anything else. The author’s clear, direct, and informative writing style instantly delves into how this technology benefits businesses, especially for small and aspiring entrepreneurs who are starting a new business in a technological age. Yet the author writes in a way that also cuts through the technical speak, instead worded in a way that companies and owners, from CEOs and board members to small online shops, can understand the technology fueling their businesses.
The world is moving fast, and online business has accelerated this pace, making it even quicker. Therefore, developing a business with security in place to protect it is vital. The author makes the steps that business owners need to take crystal clear, from the importance of automation to installing compliance frameworks that can improve things for IT departments and more. The emphasis it places on business owners is remarkable, and it even outlines what business owners need to ask their IT providers and come up with plans and responses to incidents that occur, so that those not familiar with the tech scene can understand.
The Verdict
Thought-provoking, engaging, and insightful, author Scott Alldridge’s “The Visible Ops Cybersecurity” is a must-read nonfiction book on business and technology. The information and the fast-paced nature of the book serve as more than a guide, but a call to action for business owners to take control of their business from a cybersecurity perspective and understand the needs of their IT department to make things run much more smoothly.
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