Brian Gallagher

Stay Cyber Safe: What Every CEO Should Know About Cybersecurity is your jargon-free guide to understanding the cyber threats you face each day. In this brief book, authors JT Kostman and Brian Gallagher introduce CodeLock™ – a revolutionary approach to cybersecurity that provides what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes as being able to "stop the most sophisticated criminal malware." They will also offer you affordable, practical, and actionable advice on steps you can take… Show more

Stay Cyber Safe: What Every CEO Should Know About Cybersecurity is your jargon-free guide to understanding the cyber threats you face each day. In this brief book, authors JT Kostman and Brian Gallagher introduce CodeLock™ – a revolutionary approach to cybersecurity that provides what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes as being able to "stop the most sophisticated criminal malware." They will also offer you affordable, practical, and actionable advice on steps you can take today to safeguard your data assets – and keep your company from becoming the next victim of cybercrime to be featured on the nightly news.

Imagine this: You come into the office on Thursday morning, grab a cup of coffee and sit down at your desk to check your email. You log in, and you wait. And wait. Nothing happens for a few seconds. Then your screen turns bright blue. A pop-up banner appears with some devasting news: You've been hacked.

Welcome to the hell known as ransomware.

Now you have a choice to make. Either you can pay the cyber-criminals $150,000 in bitcoin by the end of the day or all your data will be destroyed. All your confidential information and private emails will be released onto the internet. Your customers' personally identifiable information will be sold on the black market. The icing on the cake? The hackers will report this incident to the press.

You can pay the thieves who are holding your data hostage, but there are no guarantees.

If you don't think it could happen to you, think again.

Regardless of your industry, or how many employees you have, if you lead a small or midsized business there is a 48% chance you will become the victim of cybercrime sometime within the next year. That's pretty much the flip of a coin – and it just keeps getting worse.

The approaches and methodologies in this book are crucial for anyone looking to protect themselves or their business by mitigating the risk of cybersecurity threats and ransomware. Show less

Contributed Sections on Church Security and Physical Security (Section Pages: 121 &204)

Winner of ASIS International’s 2015 Security Book of the Year Award

Terrorist attacks occur daily and are increasingly being aimed at civilian populations around the world. Battlefield lines have been redrawn to include churches, schools, hospitals, and malls. This breach of moral boundary is shocking and invokes fear―two primary goals of terrorism.

Although there is an increase in soft… Show more

Contributed Sections on Church Security and Physical Security (Section Pages: 121 &204)

Winner of ASIS International’s 2015 Security Book of the Year Award

Terrorist attacks occur daily and are increasingly being aimed at civilian populations around the world. Battlefield lines have been redrawn to include churches, schools, hospitals, and malls. This breach of moral boundary is shocking and invokes fear―two primary goals of terrorism.

Although there is an increase in soft target activity―or attacks on places of worship, study, and leisure―there is hesitation to explore such susceptibility in the United States. Soft Target Hardening: Protecting People from Attack starts the national dialogue by providing case studies, best practices, and methodologies for identifying soft target vulnerabilities and reducing risk in the United States. Offering deterrence and mitigation techniques from more than 275 sources, this comprehensive book:
Explores U.S. cultural nuances contributing to the country turning a psychological blind eye toward soft target threats
Assesses the attractiveness of soft target threats presented by foreign and domestic terror groups and drug trafficking organizations
Analyzes the unique vulnerabilities of churches, schools, hospitals, malls, sporting and recreational events, and other soft targets
Gives an overview of soft target hardening tactics from global hotspots, including first-person accounts and photographs
Introduces the concept of effects-based hardening, derived from the military model of effects-based operations
Discusses emerging soft target challenges such as insider threats, kidnapping, and use of human shields
Evaluates the likelihood of the use of weapons of mass destruction against civilian-centric venues
Soft Target Hardening: Protecting People from Attack is a must-read for those who secure, own, and operate soft target facilities, and for citizens who want to protect themselves and their families from attack. Show less