Cyber Resilience Through Audit

Ready to audit like a boss and build bulletproof cyber resilience (without losing your mind or your Wi-Fi)? Welcome to the only cybersecurity book that combines consulting truths, audit adventures, and a healthy dose of caffeine-fueled humor-all while teaching you how to strengthen businesses against today's relentless digital threats. In Cyber Resilience through Audit, I pull back the curtain on what it really means to survive and thrive in the world of IT consulting and cyber risk. Whether you're an internal auditor, external consultant, IT leader, or the unlucky soul who got "volunteered" into security compliance, this book is your field guide to navigating chaos with confidence. And let's be honest-cyber threats aren't slowing down. Between ransomware attacks, cloud misconfigurations, supply chain vulnerabilities, and "Dave from accounting" clicking another phishing link, it's more clear than ever: cyber resilience is not optional. It's your secret weapon. This isn't just a technical manual or another dry framework explainer (though yes, we talk about NIST, ISO, SOC reports, and all that good stuff). Instead, this book offers a storytelling journey through ten power-packed chapters that combine: Real consulting war stories (yes, those audits where everything went sideways and we still made it out alive), Practical audit strategies for assessing, communicating, and improving cyber resilience across any industry, Humorous observations on client behavior, audit disasters, and "creative" incident response plans, Actionable tools to help you turn risks into opportunities and chaos into structure-no matter your role. We'll tackle everything from how to audit modern cloud environments without crying, to building human-centric security cultures, to leveraging threat intelligence without sounding like a Bond villain. Along the way, you'll learn: How to turn audits into strategic value drivers (not just checklist chores) Why every resilient organization needs a bit of paranoia and a lot of preparation What to do when consulting projects go sideways (hint: document everything) How to speak "security" in a way that executives, developers, and your mom can understand Whether you're a seasoned cybersecurity pro or fresh to the field, this book was written to inform, motivate, and entertain-because you deserve more than just another PowerPoint on password policies. Why Read This Book? Because cyber resilience is about more than stopping bad guys-it's about helping businesses survive when (not if) things go wrong. And it's about doing it without burning out, selling out, or giving up your sanity. I'm here to show you how-one audit, one laugh, and one very strong cup of coffee at a time. Let's build something unbreakable. - Thalvador Irixen