Breached!: A Cautionary Tale of Cybersecurity and Intrigue

by Dave Millier

When the FBI calls you at 5am, it’s never good news.As Chief Information Officer at Orion, a fast-growing chain of gastro-pubs, Tim Smith was about to find out that he had a serious 30,000 of his customers had just had their credit card data stolen from Orion’s mobile app, known as Millenial.As Tim and his team investigate their data leak, they realize their many mistakes – from the development process, to their update schedules, to their auditing process – and begin to learn not only how to fix the problem, but what to do to prevent data leaks in the future.Breached! is the story of how companies can get it wrong, and what they can do to make it right.

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2015

Reviews

[Dmytro Shteflyuk · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the most controversial books I've read in a while. On one hand, there is a pretty good overview of what change management and company structure should look like. On the other hand, there is this "breached" theme, that does not really add up any value, and makes the story unbelievable and mostly unreasonable. A pretty weak contender to the "The Phoenix Project" book's (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...) place in the world of security.

[Marc Dorval · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a fictionalized guidebook for the justification and definition of DevOps. Much like The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, the author wraps the crisis of a corporation around the issues that arise in this world of bots, hacks, cybersecurity, and fast-moving business and IT issues.

It's not a great read, but books like these are a must-read for executives in all areas of an organization. IT is a critical component of most organizations now, and all leaders must be aware of the issues faced through technology.