Policies and Procedures Book Resources

Resources for the book: Policies and Procedures for Your Organization

Build solid governance documents on any topic ... including cybersecurity

By John Bandler

This page provides resources and links for policy and procedure work, and tracks my book and online course.

The table of contents is listed below, with relevant online resources and links for each chapter.

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Table of Contents of the book (with linked resources)

About the Author
- About
Acknowledgements

Part 1: A foundation for better policies and management

1. Why we need good policies and procedures (Introduction)

2. The Five Components for Policy Work

3. Internal rules (policies and procedures and other governance documents)

4. Mission: Business goals and business needs

Mission and Business Needs

5. External rules: Laws, regulations and other legal requirements

External Rules
Compliance
Law
Cyberlaw
Introduction to Law (Outline)
Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Part 1 (general legal overview and link to Part 2)
Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Part 2

6. Practice and Action. What organizations actually do

Practice and Action

7. External guidance. Best practices.

External Guidance

Part 2: Document project basics

8. The ideal governance documents and management tone

ENTER: Five Steps for Governance Documents

9. Project management basics

Project management

10. I don’t have time to plan: Planning, Shmanning

If you don't have time to plan, you don't have time for additional resources, so just read this chapter.

11. Document project planning basics

12. People

Part 3: Writing and finalizing your policies

13. Document project steps

Policy Project Planning and Execution
See subsequent chapters.

14. Analyzing what applies for your organization

Risk

15. Writing

Writing
How To Write a Paper
Artificial Intelligence, Writing, and Thinking
See policy checklist chapter 26

16. Managing the documents and their evolution

Version control

17. Gaining approval and finalizing the document

Approval and finalizing documents

18. Publication, training, implementation

Publication, training, and implementation

Part 4: Cybersecurity policy work

19. Cybersecurity laws and external rules

20. Cybersecurity external guidance

21. The Four Pillars of Cybersecurity

Bandler's Four Pillars of Cybersecurity

Part 5: Use and maintain your new policies

22. Use and maintain your new policies (review and update them)

Use and maintain policies

Part 6: Conclusion and resources (appendix)

23. Conclusion

24. Glossary

25. References and additional reading

26. Policy checklist

Policy Checklist

27. Quick start guide

28. My journey to write this book

29. List of diagrams

Within the book are over 30 diagrams to help illustrate important points. The diagrams are black and white in the print versions, and color for the eBook version.

30. Index

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Policies and Procedures FAQ

Details and ISBN

Title: Policies and Procedures for Your Organization: Build solid governance documents on any topic ... including cybersecurity
Author and Publisher: John Bandler
1st Edition, 2024
Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) 2024903943
- First edition (2024) ISBNs (current edition)
  - Paperback, ISBN 9781963435009
  - Hardcover ("hardback"), ISBN 9781963435023
  - eBook, ISBN 9781963435016