Unified SecOps Playbook: End-to-end enterprise security with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and Security Copilot ($39.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
In the evolving cybersecurity landscape, the integration of Microsoft Defender XDR and Security Copilot presents a game-changing approach to modern threat detection and response. With this book, you’ll understand how these tools, in conjunction with Microsoft’s extensive ecosystem, enable organizations to outpace emerging threats. Starting with core XDR concepts, security frameworks, and Microsoft’s competitive advantages in cybersecurity, you’ll master the foundational aspects of deploying Microsoft Sentinel, configuring security infrastructure, and optimizing security operations using AI-driven tools. Advanced topics, including Zero-Trust strategies, DevSecOps integration, and partner programs, prepare you for increasingly sophisticated scenarios in Microsoft cloud security. You’ll also explore practical deployment workflows, covering cost analysis, role-based access configurations, and fast-tracked Sentinel deployment using CI/CD pipelines. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained insights into security automation, threat detection, and AI integration with Security Copilot for optimized operations and have the confidence to implement and manage Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel in complex environments, driving scalable and secure solutions. *Email sign-up and proof of purchase required.
Kali Linux Cookbook: Boost your pentesting career with essential tools such as Nmap, Metasploit, and Wireshark , Third Edition ($35.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
This hands-on guide will help you become a penetration testing expert by gaining command of the powerful tools of Kali Linux, from versions 2024.3 through 2025.1, aligned with the latest features introduced and applying them in real-world security assessments. This cookbook’s third edition is updated to include the latest advancements in cybersecurity. The author leverages their 20 years of industry experience to guide you through installing Kali on multiple platforms, setting up lab environments, and using modern tools, such as Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, OpenVAS, and AI-driven reconnaissance. You’ll also explore automated social engineering, wireless hacking, web and database exploitation, and advanced persistence techniques, delivering a comprehensive and up-to-date penetration testing resource. Recognizing the critical role of human factors in security, this edition expands on social engineering tactics, including psychological principles and AI-driven automation, to craft highly effective attack campaigns. By the end of this book, you’ll have strengthened your grasp of the entire penetration testing process, from environment setup and reconnaissance to vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and maintaining access, and be equipped with industry-standard tools to enhance your effectiveness as a security professional.
Happiness Works: The Science of Thriving at Work ($28.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
A proven five-step framework to overcome the most pressing challenges in the modern workplace. At a time when American workplaces are in crisis, Happiness Works: The Science of Thriving at Workdelivers a five-step framework to address the growing challenges they face, including the complexities of hybrid/remote work, rising mental health concerns, and a pervasive sense of disconnection and disengagement. Rooted in the latest research on psychology, this book offers a view of happiness at work that goes beyond hacks, cliches, and platitudes, enabling readers to create more inclusive, engaging, and ultimately more successful team environments. Drawing on author Jessica Weiss’s 15 years of leadership, culture, and organizational development consulting experience for some of the country’s most prestigious organizations including Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson, this book explores concepts including: Fairness, transparency, and a help-others attitude as essential requisites to happiness habits and strategies. Positivity and resilience as tools to manage negative thoughts and emotions. The importance of friends at work. A new concept of a To-Do List, focusing exclusively on what you got done. The power of savoring the moment as a strategy to rewrite neural pathways for happiness. Thought-provoking and highly practical at every turn of the page, Happiness Worksearns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all professionals and leaders seeking real solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the workplace today.
Between You and AI: Unlock the Power of Human Skills to Thrive in an AI-Driven World ($28.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
An eye-opening strategy guide for business leaders navigating the introduction of artificial intelligence. In Between You and AI: Unlock the Power of Human Skills to Thrive in an AI-Driven World, digital transformation speaker and economist Andrea Iorio delivers a clear and actionable roadmap to not just maintain relevance, but to thrive as the technology we all work with everyday changes rapidly. The author offers a three-part framework addressing the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dimensions of tech transformation, walking readers through the steps to developing the human skills needed to thrive in the modern marketplace. Between You and AI challenges you to embrace artificial intelligence as a partner and unlock the uniquely human potential that defines the future of work. You’ll also find: Real-world strategies, examples, and insights that you can use immediately in your own company. Tools to help leverage AI as a strategy for growth, rather than as “competition” for human labor. Ways to lead others with trust and emotional intelligence, creating value where AI cannot. This book answers the question, “How do we make humans indispensable in a world of machines?” It’s a blueprint to building hybrid teams-human and AI-that effectively innovate, unlock resilience, and achieve long-term success. It’s perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders in virtually any industry.
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An inspirational new take on leadership that proves you too can inspire and motivate your followers. In It’s Not Magic: The Ordinary Skills of Exceptional Leaders, author, chartered psychologist and Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School, John Amaechi, delivers an impactful discussion of the dull, ordinary, energy-expensive, and transformative behaviours that define the world’s best leaders. The book walks you through the seemingly obvious but difficult-to-nail mindsets and intentions you’ll need to adopt to influence and motivate others. You’ll learn strategies and techniques you can apply immediately to help those who follow you to flourish and maximise their potential. Inside the book: Easy-to-follow explanations of the straightforward behaviours you can model to improve your ability to lead others. Habits you can adopt immediately to motivate others in any setting, from the boardroom to the classroom or the battlefield. Data-driven insights into the tiny, little things that great leaders do every day and how to incorporate them into your emotional and behavioural repertoire. An essential read for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, It’s Not Magic will also prove invaluable to entrepreneurs, founders, teachers, military leaders, academics, and anyone else expected to motive and inspire others to achieve great things.
Hacking For Dummies, 8th Edition ($18.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Think like a hacker to protect your sensitive information. To safeguard your private data from prying eyes, it helps to understand how hackers do what they do. Hacking For Dummies gives you the tools you need to step into a hacker’s shoes and discover the best strategies to secure your data. You won’t learn how to steal your neighbors’ Wi-Fi, but you will gain the skills to keep nosy hackers out of your systems and applications. With clear, jargon-free explanations, you’ll learn to recognize cyberthreats and keep your information safe. This updated edition includes new content on AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the security implications of hybrid work. Understand the tools hackers use to steal sensitive data from individuals and businesses. Discover methods of protecting your information-including improving your security, recognizing phishing scams, and more. Assess your current network and cloud configurations from a hacker’s perspective using proven vulnerability and penetration testing techniques. Defend against AI-generated scams, lost devices, and other common threats. Hacking For Dummies is for anyone looking to protect their devices from hacking-at home, at the office, or anywhere in-between. Offer Expires 1/21/2026.
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