Zero Trust Security: A Hands-on Guide ($101.95 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Principles, applications, and methodologies to help organizations transition from traditional security models to a Zero Trust approach. Zero Trust Security is a hands-on guide that bridges the gap between Zero Trust theory and real-world practice through a unique and practical approach. Following the journey of a fictional manufacturing company, readers learn how to go from a flat network into a robust Zero Trust architecture. Through step-by-step implementations, the book demonstrates the essential elements of modern security architecture. Each chapter provides both theoretical understanding and practical implementation guidance. The included Docker environments and configuration files enable readers to practice implementations in a safe environment, making complex security concepts tangible and actionable. For readers just beginning their Zero Trust journey or enhancing existing security controls, this guide offers actionable insights to build a more resilient security architecture. Additional topics explored in Zero Trust Security include: Why perimeter security is inefficient, why Zero Trust projects fail, and how to implement Zero Trust correctly and effectively. Installation and use of Docker Compose and understanding of Docker Compose .yml files. Elements of network segmentation including physical and logical segmentation and key technologies. Techniques for network monitoring such as network taps, switch port analyzers (SPAN), and encrypted traffic. Identity access management (IAM), covering credential rotation, multi-factor authentication, and single sign-on (SSO). Zero Trust Security is an essential resource on the subject for IT managers, security architects, DevOps engineers, compliance officers, and cyber security practitioners. The book is also highly valuable for students in related programs of study seeking to understand the latest developments in the field.
The Meeting Book: How the Best Companies Meet Better ($30.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Proven lessons to make meetings worth it from Kayak.com co-founder Paul M. English. We’ve all experienced them. Meetings with no clear agenda, too many attendees with no clear role, unprepared presenters, chaotic social dynamics, and no resulting decisions. These kinds of meetings are a millstone around your company’s neck. In The Meeting Book, serial entrepreneur and Kayak.com co-founder Paul M. English shares a bold new vision for transforming meetings from timewasters into engines of innovation. Drawing from decades of experience building and scaling startups, the book combines engaging, first-person stories and hands-on best practices you can apply to your meetings immediately. You’ll learn how companies like Amazon, Intuit, and OpenTable revolutionized the way they run meetings. You’ll also discover how to set an agenda that works, inspire your team members, accommodate cultural differences in international settings, and take and analyze informative notes. The book reveals: The habits, formats, and cultural shifts that make meetings energizing and productive. How intentional gatherings can drive clarity, creativity, and connection, illustrated through stories from his ventures and nonprofits. Lessons from his six successful startups: Kayak, Lola, Moonbeam, GetHuman, Boston Light, and Intermute. The Meeting Book is a must-read practical guide for leaders who want to build better teams-one meeting at a time. It shows you how to present information-rich roadmaps, set lofty and realistic goals, make high-stakes decisions, energize people, and grow your company. You’ll never look at meetings in the same way again.
The LinkedIn Playbook for Employees: How to Build Your Professional Brand Without Losing Your Job ($22.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Build a powerful LinkedIn presence that opens doors to career opportunities. In today’s competitive job market, talented professionals risk career invisibility when they lack a strong LinkedIn presence. The LinkedIn Playbook for Employees: How to Build Your Professional Brand Without Losing Your Job shows you how to build authentic professional influence while working as a full-time employee. Written by James Cheo, Chief Investment Officer at a global bank and LinkedIn Top Voice who grew his following to over 80,000 while maintaining his day job, this book delivers proven strategies for transforming your LinkedIn profile from digital resume to career catalyst. The LinkedIn Playbook for Employees guides you through every aspect of building a sustainable LinkedIn presence, from optimizing your profile and defining your value proposition to crafting compelling content that resonates with your target audience. You’ll discover how to develop 3-5 content pillars that give your voice structure, master storytelling techniques that make your expertise memorable, and leverage the psychology of attention to ensure your posts get noticed. The book reveals technical best practices including optimal posting times, format strategies that drive exceptional engagement, and how to use LinkedIn’s features to dramatically amplify your reach. You’ll also discover: How to transform your profile into a reputation engine that converts visitors into meaningful connections and generates substantially more career opportunities. Content strategies built on proven psychological principles that significantly increase post retention and generate far greater visibility than passive engagement alone. Trust-building frameworks that establish you as more credible than corporate messaging and position you for internal recognition and advancement. Measurement and analytics approaches that translate visibility into tangible outcomes including promotions, collaborations, speaking engagements, and strategic career moves. Ethical boundaries and sustainability practices that prevent burnout while building long-term professional influence through consistency rather than viral moments. Perfect for professionals, job seekers, entrepreneurs, career changers, university students, and business leaders, The LinkedIn Playbook for Employees provides a comprehensive roadmap for building a professional brand that differentiates you in your industry, adds genuine value to your network, and creates sustainable career opportunities. Written from the perspective of an employee rather than an influencer, this practical guide shows you how to amplify your voice without losing your authenticity or jeopardizing your position.
Zero Knowledge, Infinite Trust: The Evolution and Revolution of Blockchain Technology ($30.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
An eye-opening discussion of how to apply new blockchain technologies to realize our digital potential. In Zero Knowledge, Infinite Trust, pioneering cryptographer, blockchain innovator, and the co-inventor of the STARK cryptographic system, Eli Ben-Sasson, delivers a deeply insightful discussion of the fundamental values and mathematical foundations on which society’s technological backbone will be built. Skipping the speculative frenzy and political manifestos that characterize much of the popular discussion in blockchain, Ben-Sasson reveals how blockchain’s greatest promise lies in humanity’s timeless pursuit of integrity and trust in digital interactions. The book explains how Zero Knowledge Proofs and STARK technology are solving critical challenges that have prevented truly decentralized networks from achieving mass adoption. It demonstrates how to use these tools to protect privacy, secure personal data and digital identities, ensure election integrity, and address other contemporary threats to safety, security, and wellbeing. Inside the book: A discussion of current technological development in the context of a broader historical context, drawing original insights into how digital trust is evolving today. An exploration of how mathematical certainty can replace institutional authority. An up-to-date guide to using powerful blockchain technologies to reshape fundamental structures. Perfect for tech professionals and enthusiasts concerned about digital privacy, corporate power, and the future of technology, Zero Knowledge, Infinite Trust offers a compelling new perspective on how to achieve the digital future we were all promised and have yet to realize. Offer Expires 8/5/2026.
Win Today: Six Steps to Mental Resilience, Peak Performance, and a Thriving Life ($29.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Discover the mental skills that elite athletes use to achieve peak performance in any arena. Your mindset – and not your circumstances – determines your outcomes. Win Today: Six Steps to Mental Resilience, Peak Performance, and a Thriving Life is a proven mental conditioning framework built by Joshua Lifrak, M.S., when he directed the Chicago Cubs’ mental skills program during their historic 2016 World Series victory. Win Today presents six core principles: See Your Story, Build Bonds, You Are Here, Stop the Storm, Choose Growth, and Mile Zero. Lifrak, along with David Lepeska, discusses each one, combining psychological insights with real-world stories from professional sports and corporate consulting, including the Cubs’ dramatic transformation from century-long losers to world champions. You’ll find: A complete six-step framework for developing mental resilience that works for business professionals, students, and athletes facing high-pressure situations. Practical daily mental training routines and meditation techniques for maintaining focus and managing stress in any environment. The KAN-do formula and After Action Review process for continuous improvement and consistent peak performance. Behind-the-scenes stories from the Cubs’ World Series championship and insights from working with Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson. Proven strategies for overcoming negativity, finding neutral ground during adversity, and building the championship mindset required for sustained excellence. Perfect for business professionals, executives, students, athletes, and anyone seeking to maximize their potential, Win Today makes elite mental conditioning accessible to all of us. This is your foundation for building mental strength, performing under pressure, and designing a life that isn’t based on compromise.
The Future of Competitive Advantage: A Business Plan to Save Your Customers, Your Company, and Democracy ($30.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
An original discussion of how to find exciting competitive opportunities by reexamining how you do business. For decades, business leaders have chased advantage through efficiency, innovation, and scale. But a deeper truth has emerged: no company can thrive in a society that is failing. After World War II, Western democracies invested boldly in trust, fair capitalism, and education-three engines that unleashed prosperity across the free world. Today, those engines are seizing. Trust in institutions has collapsed. Economic fairness is eroding. Education-the foundation of innovation and progress-has become unaffordable and unequal. As democracy falters, the very marketplace that business depends on is destabilizing. The era of societal bankruptcy has arrived. Yet within this crisis lies extraordinary opportunity. In The Future of Competitive Advantage, bestselling author and business futurist Doug Stephens lays out an inspiring new blueprint for succeeding in an age of uncertainty. He reveals how radical trust, fairness in action, and collective intelligence are not soft ideals but hard strategies-the next generation of business superpowers. Stephens argues that by defending democracy, companies will secure their customers, empower their people, and strengthen their brands-creating a future where doing good is not a trade-off, but the ultimate competitive advantage. A New Lens on Prosperity – Discover the powerful historical connection between trusted democracy, fair capitalism, and universal education-and how these forces once ignited the greatest era of shared prosperity in history. The Warning Signs – Uncover the economic, social, and political currents now eroding these foundations-and the hidden risks they pose to every business sector. The Strategic Opportunity – Learn why today’s leaders who actively defend democracy will unlock the next great wave of competitive advantage. The Blueprint for Action – Follow a clear, step-by-step business plan for strengthening democracy while amplifying investor confidence, employee commitment, customer loyalty, and brand integrity. The Future of Competitive Advantage is more than a book – it’s a business plan to save your customers, your company the democracy your business depends on.
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