Books by Dr Jason Edwards
Books for certification study, cybersecurity leadership, and professional practice.
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Explore →Cybersecurity LeadershipBooks for leaders, managers, risk professionals, and practitioners working through governance, culture, decision-making, and organizational security.
Explore →Published Professional BooksProfessionally published cybersecurity, privacy, auditing, cloud, AI, and control references written or co-written by Dr Jason Edwards.
Explore →Careers & Cybersecurity EducationBooks for cybersecurity professionals, hiring managers, instructors, and educators building the next generation of defenders.
Explore →Cyber Safety & Cyber HistoryApproachable personal cyber-safety guidance and case studies that preserve the lessons of changing digital threats.
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ISC2 CISSP
Free audio course · Study guide · FlashcardsISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
Free audio course · Study guide · FlashcardsCompTIA Network+
Free audio course · Study guide · FlashcardsAzure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Free audio course · Study guide · FlashcardsAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
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Cybersecurity Leadership
Move beyond the control list.
These books examine governance, risk, culture, operating friction, decision-making, and the leadership work required to make security effective.

The Cybersecurity Guide to Governance, Risk, and Compliance
A practical guide to connecting governance, risk, compliance, controls, assurance, and organizational decision-making.
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The Attack Surface Is Calling
A leadership-focused examination of the decisions, incentives, exposure, and operating realities that shape cybersecurity risk.
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Killing the Security Bureaucracy
A direct look at reducing unproductive friction while keeping security accountable, practical, and connected to the mission.
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Cybersecurity, AI, privacy, auditing, cloud, and controls.
Professionally published references for practitioners, students, instructors, leaders, auditors, and risk professionals.

Adversarial Machine Learning
A professional reference on attacks against machine-learning systems and the practices used to evaluate and defend them.
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A Comprehensive Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
A practical guide to understanding and applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0.
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Building Effective Privacy Programs
Guidance for building, governing, and improving organizational privacy programs.
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The Cybersecurity Control Playbook
A practical reference for selecting, organizing, explaining, implementing, and improving cybersecurity controls from foundational concepts through advanced strategy.
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Cybersecurity Auditing
An applied guide to planning, conducting, and communicating cybersecurity audit work.
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Cloud Security Fundamentals
A foundation in cloud responsibilities, architecture, controls, risk, and operational security.
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Cyber Defense
A practical introduction to defensive cybersecurity concepts, operations, controls, and response.
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CIS 18 Controls
A practical treatment of the CIS Critical Security Controls and the operational decisions required to implement and improve them.
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Mastering Cybersecurity
A broad professional foundation covering threats, cryptography, networks, applications, cloud, privacy, forensics, risk, and incident response.
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Careers & Cybersecurity Education
Build careers, teams, and future defenders.
Resources for professionals, hiring managers, instructors, and educators.
The Hiring Manager's Guide to Cybersecurity
A practical guide for defining roles, evaluating candidates, conducting defensible interviews, and building cybersecurity teams around real organizational needs.
The Professional's Guide to Cybersecurity Careers
A career guide to cybersecurity roles, skill development, professional growth, job searches, and long-term career planning.
Advanced Cybersecurity Teaching Strategies
Teaching strategies and tools for undergraduate, graduate, and adult cybersecurity learners.
Empowering Cyber Educators
A guide for educators building engaging, inclusive, and durable cybersecurity learning experiences.
Practical Strategies to Teach Cybersecurity in K-12
Practical strategies for introducing cybersecurity concepts to K–12 learners and helping educators build confident, age-appropriate instruction.
The Art and Science of Cybersecurity Assessments
A guide to cybersecurity assessment design, including practical exercises, capture-the-flag activities, gamification, and evidence of learning.
Cyber Safety & Cyber History
Learn from daily decisions and the events that changed defense.
Personal cyber-safety guidance and case studies from the changing threat landscape.
The Year the Perimeter Died
Fifty cybersecurity stories from 2025 and the defensive lessons they reveal about identity, cloud services, resilience, and a disappearing perimeter.
Cyber Safety
Approachable guidance for safer digital habits, personal information protection, online awareness, and responsible technology use.
For Children & Families
Meet Darwin the Cyber Beagle.
Darwin introduces online safety through approachable stories created for children, parents, caregivers, and educators.
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CompTIA Security+ Study Guide
CompTIA Security+ Flashcards
ISC2 CISSP Study Guide
ISC2 CISSP Flashcards
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) Study Guide
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) Flashcards
CompTIA Network+ Study Guide
CompTIA Network+ Flashcards
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Study Guide
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Flashcards
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Flashcards