“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
Praise
What readers are saying.
“[Cyber War…And Peace is] an analogical thinking Rosetta Stone, translating lessons from the past into cyber risk insights today.”
“It is very rare to find a seasoned security, risk, and privacy executive who can successfully combine storytelling, historic military leadership analogies, and technology and management challenges into a very compelling, readable, and relevant reference book that reads like a novel. Most importantly, rather than teaching the reader how to “do” security, privacy, and risk management, Nick describes how to “think” about it and stay in front of the challenges and ever-changing landscape.”
“The book goes beyond theory to teach adaptability as a security superpower. Drawing lessons from Napoleon’s Austerlitz strategy, Nick shows how CISOs can manage chaos by knowing when to stand firm and when to maneuver with precision. He illustrates how guile, timing, and flexibility are essential tools for navigating today’s high-stakes threat landscape.”
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Nick on the book.
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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