Zero Trust Playbook

Mark and Nikhil frequently speak about the Zero Trust Playbook series, how to apply it your daily work, how it applies to current events, and more.

These are your next opportunities to see them live and ask them to sign your book:

• The Open Group Security Forum Event (Washington D.C.) – Register (free)
  Sep 15-17 – Multiple talks:
  • A Unified Set of Standards for Security: Security and Zero Trust Body of Knowledge
  • Security is EVERYONE’S Job: The Security Roles and Glossary Standard
  • Who are They, and Why are They Attacking Us?: Building Realistic Requirements for Security with the Security Matrix Standard
  • Building Security into your Organization: Security Principles for Architecture and the Zero Trust Commandments
  • AI-Driven Attacks and Software Exploitation (Mythos, MDASH and More)
  • AI and Zero Trust
  • Speaking to the Board about Security
  • DevSecOps and Zero Trust
  • Making Decisions using CRQ: Applying the Open FAIR™ Methodology to Zero Trust Implementation

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Recordings and slides from previous talks

• Tampa BSides (2026)
  • Security is a team sport (and we are NOT playing like a team) (slides Only)
• BSides South Florida (2026)
  • What’s my job again? (slides only)
• Tampa Bay Cyber Resilience + AI (April 2026)
  • Bridging the Security Divide: Teamwork and Zero Trust in Modern Cybersecurity (slides only)
• The Open Group Summit (2025) | Slides
  • Security and Zero Trust Body of Knowledge
  • Security Roles and Glossary
• Tampa BSides 12 (2025)
  • What’s my job again? | Slides
  • Chef’s Tour of Microsoft Security Adoption Framework (SAF) (slides only)
• Tampa BSides 11 (2024)
  • The No BS SOC Story | Slides

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Other resources

Mark’s List of cybersecurity resources frequently sent to customers and colleagues.