Security Books by Jim McConnell

Practical, metrics-driven guidance for security professionals at every level — from standing up a new program to optimizing a mature one.

Security & Safety Books

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What Readers Are Saying

Converged Security Metrics — Reader Reviews

Jim’s writing style distills his decades of converged security expertise into an entertaining and accessible manual for security programs at any stage of their maturation. Whether you are just starting out on bringing together various disparate security functions, maybe standing up a new security function from scratch, or even a converged security expert in a state of continuous optimization, this book will have something for you to take away and make your program better and improve your ability to serve your stakeholders. Highly recommended.

★★★★★ — Amazon Verified Purchase

Perfect read for all levels and incorporates perspectives from a variety of people across multiple industries. This book is a great tool with thought leadership to secure and protect organizations while maturing security practices. There is a variety of security topics including (non-exhaustive list) cyber, loss prevention, assessment, threat management, M&A, fraud, background, physical, vulnerability, training, and more.

★★★★★ — Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a must have book for any security team or executive who wants to learn how to effectively report on their overall security program across their organization. It provides guidance and a framework on all key aspects of security including cyber, physical, personal, supply chain, executive. Whatever you need to protect this book will give you a solid baseline to work from and build upon.

★★★★★ — Amazon Verified Purchase

A few months back, a member of my executive leadership team asked if our Insider Risk program was winning or losing. He wanted a scorecard to show how my program was maturing. I gave him the typical answers like “well, we’re trying to prove a negative” and “there are no numerators and denominators to gather relevant stats.” He obviously didn’t buy the excuses, and he challenged me to do better. Through LinkedIn, I was introduced to Jim McConnell’s book. I was blown away. This book gave me a new perspective on how to capture the hard work my team was doing and put it in numbers that made sense for decision makers. My scorecard has never looked better! Highly recommend if you’re struggling to come up with metrics that matter.

★★★★★ — Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is destined to be a ‘must read’ for security professionals. The author lays out 25 Security Metrics that are essentials in creating and developing a professional security organization. There is no longer a difference between the virtual and the physical world. We need to train forward as opposed to training to yesterday. We need leaders that appreciate how radically different the global landscape and the pace of change is. The author fully understands this concept and delivers a metrics based approach to ensuring corporate resilience and senior management understanding.

★★★★★ — Amazon Verified Purchase