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Colors of Cybersecurity explains the many roles in organizations where people make cybersecurity stronger, not just in traditional "cyber" roles but also the important of security skills and knowledge for developer, devops, and management. Thanks to the combination of the rapid rise of new cyberthreats along with the frantic changes in the IT industry over the past several years, e.g., adoption of “the cloud”, race to DevOps, and a software-dominant world, the opportunities in cybersecurity industry have changed dramatically as well.
The book starts by focusing on the various and fascinating world of cyber using the common analogy of the color wheel. Cybersecurity organizes itself very well using primary and secondary colors. Each chapter details the modern roles & responsibilities of practitioners who operate in that “color” slice. And it also explains leadership skills needed for each to appeal to executives, managers, and practitioners alike.
And beyond role-based knowledge Colors of Cybersecurity promotes improved security through improving diversity and inclusion. Simply put, research from the Ponemon Institute and others shows that we won’t close the cybersecurity skills gap until we close the cybersecurity diversity gap. Colors of Cybersecurity provides prescriptive, actionable guidance to managers and leaders who want to know how to attract, build, retain, and develop diverse talent in cybersecurity.
Based on the author’s own experience of decade in software quality prior on top of 20 years in cybersecurity, Ed Adams brings a unique perspective that is more relevant today than it’s ever been. Adams supplements this with perspective from 50 leaders in the fields he interviewed for Colors of Cybersecurity.
