Cybersecurity
without
the Enterprise
Budget.
A practical, no-nonsense field guide for protecting small and medium businesses from modern cyber threats. Frameworks, checklists, templates, and a deep treatment of AI: the attacks it powers, the defenses it enables, and how to govern your own use of it.
$39.00 · PDF, ePub + docx
Generative AI changed
the threat model.
This edition treats AI security as a first-class concern across every chapter, not a final-chapter afterthought.
Modern Threat Landscape
AI-powered attack tooling, deepfake-enabled BEC, and the new economics of phishing at scale.
AI-Generated Phishing
How AI has collapsed the trade-off between volume and quality of phishing, and what to do about it.
Data Classification in the AI Era
A four-tier classification scheme with concrete handling rules for which AI tools are permitted at each level.
AI Vendor Due Diligence
Training opt-out, retention, sub-processors, agent authorization boundaries, output guarantees, and customer obligations.
AI Governance Roadmap
Where AI policy, training, and monitoring fit in a 12-month security roadmap that an SMB can actually execute.
AI Acceptable Use Policy
A 14-section AI AUP template covering approved tools, prohibited data, agent permissions, verification, IP, and disclosure.
Inside this book
- 01Understanding the Modern Threat LandscapeAIP. 08
- 02Building a Security-First CultureP. 13
- 03The Anatomy of an SMB BreachP. 18
- 04Identity and Access ManagementP. 22
- 05Endpoint Security and PatchingP. 28
- 06Network Security for the Modern BusinessP. 32
- 07Email Security and Phishing DefenseAIP. 36
- 08Data Protection, Privacy, and EncryptionAIP. 42
- 09Backup and Disaster RecoveryP. 48
- 10Cloud Security EssentialsP. 53
- 11Incident Response: Before, During, and AfterP. 57
- 12Vendor and Third-Party Risk ManagementAIP. 63
- 13Compliance, Frameworks, and RegulationsP. 69
- 14Cyber Insurance: What You Need to KnowP. 74
- 15Building Your 12-Month Security RoadmapAIP. 79
- AAcceptable Use Policy TemplateP. 86
- BIncident Response Plan TemplateP. 90
- CVendor Security QuestionnaireP. 93
- DEmployee Security Awareness ChecklistP. 96
- ETools and Resources ReferenceP. 98
- FGlossaryP. 101
- GAI Acceptable Use Policy TemplateAIP. 104
- HSources and Further ReadingP. 108
You do not need to be the most secure organization in your industry. You need to be secure enough that attackers move on, and resilient enough to recover when prevention fails.
From Cybersecurity Without the Enterprise Budget
Three ways to read it.
Start from zero.
The business has no formal security program. The need is clear, but the starting point and priorities are not.
→ Chapters 1–4, then jump to 15Fix a specific problem.
Responding to a concrete concern: phishing attempts, an audit, a vendor requesting documentation, a recent close call.
→ Use the TOC to jump inMature an existing program.
The basics are in place. The focus is on harder questions: AI governance, vendor risk, compliance, and measurable maturity.
→ Focus on 7, 8, 12, 15, & Appendix GOne book.
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- 113-page PDF, professionally typeset
- 15 chapters · 4 thematic parts
- 8 templates and reference appendices
- Deep AI security coverage throughout
- AI Acceptable Use Policy template included
- 32+ term security and AI glossary
- Free updates to the 2026 edition
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Common questions.
Owners, executives, IT generalists, MSP customers, and operations leaders at businesses with roughly 5 to 500 employees. No prior security background is assumed.
Both. The field guide is written so a CEO or operations lead can read it cover-to-cover, while an IT lead or MSP can use it as a working reference.
A 113-page professionally typeset PDF, a Word (DOCX) version with a live table of contents and editable templates, and a print-ready cover.
Yes. Buyers of the 2026 edition receive any 2026-edition revisions and the next edition at a discount.
Yes, that is the point. The AUP, IR Plan, Vendor Questionnaire, Awareness Checklist, and AI AUP are provided in editable form.
Yes. If the field guide is not useful within 30 days, contact support for a full refund.