PlaybooksFree board-level briefs

Board-level playbooks, free to read.

Free board-level playbooks on data resilience, OT cyber security in water, and AI control. Each is a self-contained brief for board or committee use.

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Six playbooks

Playbooks: 6
Pages each: 28 to 40
Read time: 18 to 28 min
Access: Email-gated, GDPR compliant

The library

Six playbooks, each a self-contained brief.

Written for the people who sign off the decision: boards, audit committees, CISOs, OT leaders and senior partners.

Sector playbook

Motorsport: 2026 Playbook

Teams, manufacturers and suppliers.

28 pages · 20 min read · By Mark Fermor and David Bailey
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Board-level briefing

The Leaders’ Playbook

Boards and non-executive directors.

28 pages · 18 min read · By Mark Fermor
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Deployment guide

Control for Water: Deployment Playbook

Water boards, CISOs, OT leaders and network architects. Maps Firebreak® Layer 1 path control and Offline Secure Storage® recovery copies to the Purdue model.

28 pages · 22 min read · By Mark Fermor and David Bailey
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Infrastructure blueprint

A Control Blueprint for AI: 2026 Playbook

Boards and audit committees. Covers AI infrastructure, open weights, agents, kill-switch design and operational recovery.

40 pages · 28 min read · By Mark Fermor
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Legal and compliance

Close the File. Protect the Record.

Managing and senior partners of UK law firms. Covers file closure, retained legal records and offline custody.

28 pages · 20 min read · By Mark Fermor
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Sector blueprint

A Control Blueprint for Aerospace and Aviation

Cyber security engineers and OT architects. Covers communication pathways, ground and mission segments, and assured recovery.

28 pages · 22 min read · By Mark Fermor
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Go deeper

Four tools, one instance.

Each playbook points to a Control Blueprint or an Offline Secure Storage® product you can see working.

Control BlueprintsNine deployment patterns, CP-01 to CP-09, each built from the nine Control modules.Explore the Blueprints

AI Kill SwitchPhysically disconnect AI systems on a defined network path, while the system stays powered for investigation.Explore the AI Kill Switch

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Offline Secure Storage®Dedicated hardware, physically disconnected at the hardware level until you ask for it.Explore #OSS

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