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Latest Read: Data-Driven Cybersecurity

Data-Driven Cybersecurity: Reducing risk with proven metrics by Mariano Mattei.

Data-Driven Cybersecurity Reducing risk with proven metrics by Mariano Mattei

Mariano holds a Masters in Cyber Defense and Information Security from Temple University. She is the former Director Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Layer 8 Security, and CISO at Mattei. Today Mariano is VP Cybersecurity and CISO at Azzur.

It is very welcoming to see Mariano addressing machine learning for predictive cybersecurity. Mariano introduces statistical methods and machine learning easily accessible to security teams with Bayesian inference. Examples predictive detection, anomaly identification, and early warning signs is proving how AI is moving any cybersecurity program from reactive to proactive.

Mariano is including Python scripts and Jupyter-based workflows, providing technically savvy security teams a direct path to experimentation and deployment in their internal test deployments.

This book certainly provides cybersecurity teams with a practical roadmap for driving a data-driven mindset. This can be an excellent resources for organizational leaders to understand business in the age of aggressive malware and data breach announcements.

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Latest Read: Age of Deception

Age of Deception: Cybersecurity As Secret Statecraft (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by Jon R. Lindsay.

Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft by John Lindsey

Jon holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in computer science and B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford University. He served in the US Navy with operational assignments in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Today Jon is an Associate Professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at Georgia Tech. His research explores the role of emerging technology in global security.

I found this to be certainly one of the most insightful books on cybersecurity and a must read for anyone working in the fields of IT, AI, or IR. He reveals how cybersecurity has elevated to impact national security and international relations, resulting in secret statecraft. In fact, Jon introduces the statecraft of cybersecurity by revising Espionage (Bletchley Park), Sabotage (Stuxnet), Subversion (2016 US Election Interference), and Cyber Power (China).

He begins by updating the history of espionage at Bletchley Park. This will certainly be an amazing insight to many readers who only know the Turing story or the 2014 movie The Imitation Game, of the early efforts at Bletchley Park revealing the challenges the British faced in confronting Enigma.

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Latest Read: LLM-Based Solutions


Large Language Model-Based Solutions: How to Deliver Value with Cost-Effective Generative AI Applications by Shreyas Subramanian.

Large Language Model-Based Solutions: How to Deliver Value with Cost-Effective Generative AI Applications by Shreyas Subramanian

Shreyas holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University. He is the former Director of Research at Robust Analytics. Today he is Principal Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services.

Here is a good, very practical guide for those who seek to build and deploy cost-effective LLM-based solutions. From selecting a model, pre-and post-processing, prompt engineering, and fine tuning. Shreyas is certainly providing insights for optimizing inference and affordable architectures for typical applications. So today, generative AI value is found at the intersection of performance and cost. Howver organizations must optimize their infrastructure in order to reduce cloud costs.

Shreyas is certainly emphasizing the “biggest” model is not always the best. Model Selection and Foundation should be a wise, smaller approach provides developers to focus on domain-specific models. This requires less computational resources.

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Latest Read: Inside Cyber


Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security by Chuck Brooks.

Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, IoT, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security by Chuck Brooks

Chuck holds an MA from the University of Chicago. He serves as President of Brooks Consulting International addressing cybersecurity, emerging technologies and government relations. Chuck also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in the Cyber Risk Management Program. He has briefed the G20 on energy cybersecurity, served on two National Academy of Science Advisory groups and addressed USTRANSCOM on cybersecurity.

Chuck serves on an industry/government Working group for DHS CISA focused on security space systems. Chuck is also a contributor to Forbes, The Washington Post, Dark Reading, Homeland Security Today, and Security Information Watch.

He is providing readers a roadmap for understanding the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The book serves as a bridge between complex technical advancements and their practical implications for business, government, and individual privacy.

Readers will learn that society is entering a new state of ”cyberflux” where digital and physical (analog) worlds are rapidly converging. This has created new vulnerabilities yet also new opportunities. He reveals AI, 5G, and related tools offer enhanced efficiencies, empowering new business models that offer new innovations across finance, healthcare, transportation, and government. He is focusing on what they do and why they matter rather than jumping into technological formulas or programming code.

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Latest Read: Feature Engineering Bookcamp


Feature Engineering Bookcamp by Sinan Ozdemir.

Feature Engineering Bookcamp by Sinan Özdemir

Sinan holds both a BA and MA in Pure Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. His graduate work focused on algebraic geometry with applications to cybersecurity. He was Founder and CTO of Kylie.ai and Legion Analytics. Today Sinan is the Founder and CTO of LoopGenius. He is also a former Lecturer/Adjunct Professor, teaching graduate-level Business Analytics, Mathematics, and Computer Science.

Sinan is addressing a very critical, yet often overlooked stage of machine learning pipelines. A transformation of raw data into informative features will make or break your efforts. He is advocating the quality of the input data is the true measurement for any model’s performance.

He is presenting to readers six hands-on projects to upgrade your training data using feature engineering. This “Bookcamp” thereby prioritizes project-based curriculum over theory since structures the text is the true craft for data scientists. Instead of focusing on mathematical transformations, Sinan asks the reader to solve business problems, such as predicting flight delays.

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