“Wisdom is costly and telling stories is hard. If your job includes explaining cyber risk management to non-technical executives, the sound historical wisdom in Nick’s book will help get your point across.”
The Book
Cyber War
…and Peace.
“Ancient lessons of resilience and warfare, applied to the modern digital battlefield.”
Inside the Book
Historic wisdom for today’s digital threats.
The tools that power your business can also expose it. Managing digital risk isn’t optional — it’s critical for survival.
History’s toughest leaders overcame chaos and uncertainty. Their stories offer battle-tested strategies that still apply in today’s threat landscape.
You’ll learn how to…
- Apply historical insights to modern cyber risk
- Build organizational resilience at any scale
- Rethink threats using proven, time-tested tactics
- Align security with business goals for smarter decisions
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Seven minutes on why Napoleon’s Austerlitz strategy matters for modern CISOs, and what the 1929 crash has to do with zero trust.
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The playbook, in 17 slides.
A distillation of the book’s frameworks for leaders who want the thinking without the reading. The OODA Loop for incident response, the Red Swan for risk assessment, and why MFA is your digital picket fence.
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- 01OODA Loop for incident response
- 02The Red Swan risk framework
- 03MFA as a digital picket fence
- 04Aligning security with business incentives
- 05Attack-surface reduction in practice
- 06Resilience: time-tested principles, modern applications
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