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Books by Mir Akbar Khan

Books that make AI and cybersecurity make sense.

11 titles from our founder on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, OT and aviation security, leadership and wellbeing. Written for practitioners and decision-makers — and used alongside our training programmes.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence: Past, Present and Future

Invisibly Shaping the World

A clear, readable journey through the story of AI: where it came from, how today's systems actually work, and where the technology is heading next. It shows how AI already sits quietly inside the services we use every day, and what that means for work, society and decision-making.

Who it's for: General readers, students and professionals who want the full picture without the jargon.
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AI Risk

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence

Silent Dangers in a Smarter World

Sixteen chapters on the risks that rarely make the product launch: deepfakes and synthetic fraud, surveillance, bias, AI-enabled cyberattacks, privacy erosion, job disruption and the slow loss of human judgement. Each danger comes with practical ways for individuals and organisations to push back.

Who it's for: Leaders, security and privacy professionals, policymakers and anyone who uses AI daily.
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Artificial Intelligence

Mastering Artificial Intelligence: From Zero to Hero

A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding, Using, and Mastering AI in Work, Business, Learning, Creativity, and Everyday Life

A hands-on guide that starts from the very basics and builds real skill, one step at a time. Readers learn how to prompt well, check AI output, automate everyday tasks and apply AI to business, study and creative work with confidence.

Who it's for: Complete beginners through to busy professionals who want practical results quickly.
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Agentic AI

Agentic AI for Leaders

From Understanding Agentic AI to Leading Enterprise-Wide Adoption

AI that plans and acts on its own changes how organisations operate. This book explains what agentic AI is in business terms, where it creates value, how to govern autonomous systems safely, and how to lead adoption across an entire enterprise.

Who it's for: Executives, board members, transformation leads and senior managers.
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Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence from the Lens of a CISO

Written from the security leader's chair, this book walks through AI across eight core security domains: risk management, asset security, architecture, networks, identity, assessment, operations and secure development. Twenty-one chapters show where AI strengthens defences and where it opens new attack surfaces.

Who it's for: CISOs, security architects, auditors and IT risk professionals.
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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity for Leaders

A board-level guide in four parts and sixteen chapters: governing cyber risk, adopting zero trust, securing generative AI and RAG systems, and building resilience that holds up under real incidents. It turns technical risk into the decisions leaders actually have to make.

Who it's for: CEOs, board directors, CFOs, COOs and every C-suite leader accountable for cyber risk.
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OT Security

OT Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Protecting Cyber-Physical Systems, Critical Infrastructure and Business Operations in an Intelligent, Connected World

Plants, grids, pipelines and transport systems are now connected and increasingly AI-driven. This book explains the threats facing operational technology, how attackers move from IT into industrial control systems, and how AI can help defenders protect critical infrastructure.

Who it's for: OT and ICS engineers, plant managers, security teams and critical-infrastructure leaders.
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Aviation & AI

The Aviation AI Ecosystem

End-to-End Ground & Air Systems, Industry Use Cases, Benefits, and Cybersecurity Threats — From Cockpit to Cloud

A complete view of AI across aviation, from airports, ground handling and air traffic management to the cockpit, maintenance and cargo. It pairs real industry use cases and their benefits with the cybersecurity threats that come with them, through an ICAO-centred global lens.

Who it's for: Aviation professionals at every level, airport and airline leaders, and aviation security teams.
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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and Data Protection Challenges

Amid the Geopolitical Tensions in the Middle Eastern Region

How regional conflict and rivalry shape the cyber threat landscape in the Middle East: state-linked attacks, critical-infrastructure targeting, data sovereignty and the region's fast-growing data protection laws. A 262-page practical study for organisations operating in the GCC and wider region.

Who it's for: Security and compliance leaders, regulators and organisations operating in the Middle East.
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Leadership & Culture

The WOW Behaviors

Empowered by AI

Twelve workplace behaviours that build a high-performing culture, and how AI can help people live them every day. Practical, people-first and written to be shared with teams, it connects everyday conduct to the tools now changing how work gets done.

Who it's for: Managers, team leaders, HR and anyone shaping workplace culture.
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Wellbeing

Spiritual Practices Impact on Human Nervous System

An accessible look at how spiritual and contemplative practices affect the human nervous system: stress response, breathing, focus, sleep and emotional balance. It brings together tradition and modern science for readers seeking calm in a fast, always-on world.

Who it's for: Anyone interested in wellbeing, mindfulness and the science behind inner calm.
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For organisations

Bulk copies and book-plus-training bundles

Give every participant a reference they will actually use. We supply bulk copies for teams and pair books with our programmes — a briefing for the board with Agentic AI for Leaders, an awareness roadshow with The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence, or a security workshop with Artificial Intelligence from the Lens of a CISO.

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Speaking & book talks

Mir Akbar Khan speaks on AI risk, agentic AI, AI security and data protection for conferences, leadership offsites and university audiences.

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