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In The CISO Evolution: Business Knowledge for Cybersecurity Executives, information security experts Matthew K. Sharp and Kyriakos "Rock" Lambros deliver an insightful and practical resource to help cybersecurity professionals develop the skills they need to effectively communicate with senior management and boards. They assert business aligned cybersecurity is crucial and demonstrate how business acumen is being put into action to deliver meaningful business outcomes.    

From hayrides, corn mazes, Jekyll n Hyde, warped games, witches, demons, and death personified, Autumn Nights: 13 Spooky Fall Reads brings together the very best in chilling tales to hear under a harvest moon. This audiobook is for those who get excited about Halloween and crisp fall weather (and yes, even pumpkin spice lattes). Are you the type to dream of windy nights and tumbling leaves even while summer days stretch on? Do you want scary bonfire stories with doses of humor and twists on classical tales? This collection is perfect for you.

Taya Raveen has been assigned a journalism project that's guaranteed to sky-rocket her career, a chance to see inside the infamous Blackfoot Werewolf Reservation. More a prison than a sanctuary, the reservation spans 1000 acres and is home to over 50 captive werewolves. No civilian has ever been allowed inside of the reservation, but Taya will get to glimpse it from an outsider's perspective, reporting her findings to the entire world.

Darkwood Forest is not known for being a friendly place. While Alex knows that werewolves are out there, avoiding them is a completely different story. When a pack gangs up on him, there's nothing that Alex can do but succumb to their desires or be killed for his reluctance.

In the kingdom of Fieldedge, prisoners sentenced to death are sent to Werewolf Island, a cursed place where giant beasts devour their human prey. Standing on the rocky shore, watching the ship sail further out of reach, Meera can't think of anything but the hopelessness of her situation. She's overweight, slow, and weak. Few people would make an easier meal for the wolves.

Taya Raveen has taken on the journalism assignment of a lifetime - the chance to spend a month in the infamous Blackfoot Werewolf Reservation, a government operated safe haven for werewolves that has never been seen by civilian eyes. Following a new detainee into the reservation, Taya will get a firsthand account of what it's like to be introduced to pack life.

Step beyond the veil into a world alive with wonder, danger, and untamed magic. Wyld Magick is a spellbinding collection of fantasy short stories where anything can happen—and usually does. Discover daring adventurers, mischievous fae, rogue wizards, and unexpected heroes caught in the wild currents of destiny. Each tale glimmers with heart, humor, and the thrill of the unknown.

Richard's allegiance to the pack has been severed with his first shift. After a fight with one of his pack mates, Richard decides to strike out on his own. But when he crosses the territory of a neighboring pack, Richard realizes he's bitten off more than he can chew.

Meg Connelly has heard a lot of interesting things as a psychologist, but none so interesting as the story of Remy West. At first, she thought his talk about being a werewolf was ludicrous, but clinical lycanthropy isn't such an uncommon thing. Wanting to be a good doctor, Meg decides to put all of her effort into helping Remy get over his wild delusions. But when she's brought face to face with the wolf, she learns that his delusions are the least of her worries.

It was said that when a werewolf found his mate, it hit him like a ton of bricks. Nothing could come between them. All he could think about was her. She would be the center of the world he revolved around, and nothing would stop him from claiming her.

Wanting to be a good doctor, Meg decides to put all of her effort into helping Remy get over his wild delusions of being a werewolf. But when she's brought face to face with the wolf, she learns that his delusions are the least of her worries.

After a failed attempt at feeding Victoria a vegetarian diet, Seth realizes he's bitten off more than he can chew. Gabe is now convinced that the vampire is dangerous, and he's not above going over Seth's head to take care of her. With both of their lives in danger, Seth must figure out what to do with Victoria. Can a werewolf train a vampire, or is she better off with her own kind?

Liam Oliver couldn't seem to accept the fact that he was a werewolf. He had spent his entire life rejecting everything that linked him to his pack. Finding a mate was no different. He had absolutely no interest in falling in love or starting a family. That was the wolf's way, but he was convinced that he had beaten his nature on that front as well.

Amber will do almost anything for money, including spending the night in the notorious Murdock House. Haunted to the core, not even a paranormal investigation team has been able to last a night in the house. But a paranormal investigation team isn't a hungry college student with a reputation to maintain. Spirits aren't the only things that lurk in the Murdock House though, Amber soon discovers. The creatures within bring a different kind of horror, and they're hungry for more than just a lost soul.

Karen was a disgrace to her pack. Every steadfast rule that her pack held dear, she insisted on breaking in an attempt to free herself from the bonds of a lineage that had been slowly dying out for centuries. Her brother, the alpha of the Needham pack, was having none of that, though.

Terry has spent the last several years lusting after his best friend Darrel, who has been happily dating an adorable blonde bottom since before they met. When Darrel's boyfriend is captured by alien tentacle monsters, he springs to action to save the love of his life with Terry at his side. Little do they know that the invasion will change everything.

Never trust a stranger. That's what Victoria's parents had taught her. People will try to hurt you and take advantage of you if they can. Had she only listened to that advice, she might not have ended up in a puddle of her own blood, her eyes frozen open in terror, the dark brown of them faded and icy from death. To die once was a horrible thing, but a second death, even worse than the first, loomed just ahead. When an unlikely stranger comes to Victoria's aid, she can't figure out if he's a savior or a devil.

When the queen is murdered, it's up to the tentacle monster arthro to choose another. But its method for selection is not for the faint of heart. The tentacle monster will only accept virgins of the purest quality, and when it doesn't like the offering, the girl ends up brutally murdered by the monster. While it normally takes a handful of maidens before the monster chooses the new heir to the throne, this time, its hunger cannot seem to be satiated.

Being a fledgling vampire is hard, especially when you want to eat everything with a pulse. It's time for Victoria's first feeding, and Harlow has taken it upon himself to teach her how to be a proper vampire. But what could a werewolf possibly know about being a vampire?

Carter has made the ultimate decision, to take Karen as his alpha mate. The council of regional alphas is not pleased. In fact, they're out for blood, determined to execute both Carter and Karen for their crimes against lycan society. When the couple flee the country looking for protection, they're introduced to a life far removed from what they were used to. Adapting is difficult, and protection isn't guaranteed.