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SOUNDING OFFICIAL IS EASY. BEING EFFECTIVE IS HARDER.
A satirical workplace comedy about cybersecurity, office politics and Britain’s worst CISO.
Some people rise through competence. Crispin had a different strategy.
Crispin Lockwood-Fetch never set out to become a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official.
From helpdesk hero to boardroom favourite, Crispin charts his accidental ascent through the world of cybersecurity, armed with little more than a sharp suit, an impressive collection of cybersecurity jargon and executive buzzwords, and an unshakable belief that most problems can be solved by clearing the cache and delivering a confident PowerPoint.
Interspersed with the increasingly exasperated logs of his Head of Security Operations, Lauren Barnell, this is the painfully plausible story of how one man mastered the art of looking like he knew what he was doing... right up until the ransomware hit.
Packed with governance theatre, risk registers, maturity assessments, strategic dashboards and increasingly creative forms of organisational reassurance, Certified in Sounding Official is a satirical workplace novel for anyone who has ever worked in technology, cybersecurity, compliance, audit, project management or corporate life in general.
If you've ever sat through a security briefing and wondered whether confidence was doing more work than evidence, this is the book for you.
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Certified in Sounding Official: The Accidental Rise of Britain's Worst CISO
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Hatchford Vale Press, 2026
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Some people rise through competence. Crispin Lockwood-Fetch had a different strategy.Crispin never set out to become a CISO. He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official.From helpdesk hero to boardroom favourite, Crispin charts his accidental ascent through the world of cybersecurity, armed with little more than a sharp suit, an impressive collection of buzzwords, a carefully maintained LinkedIn profile and an unshakable belief that most problems can be solved with a confident PowerPoint.As Crispin moves from IT support into security leadership, his talent for translating other people's work into reassuring executive language takes him ever upwards. Policies multiply. Teams acquire increasingly strategic names. Dashboards become reassuringly amber. And somewhere behind the presentations, his increasingly indispensable colleague Lauren Barnell is quietly doing the work that keeps everything functioning.Told through Crispin's supremely confident memoir and interspersed with Lauren's increasingly exasperated logs, Certified in Sounding Official is a workplace satire about cybersecurity, corporate culture, management jargon, professional credentials and the curious organisational power of looking as though you know exactly what you're doing.Then the ransomware hits.As a serious incident exposes the difference between security that sounds impressive and security that actually works, Crispin is finally forced to confront the consequences of a career built on presentation, proximity and plausible terminology.For anyone who has sat through a corporate briefing, endured an inspirational leadership email, watched a PowerPoint become a strategy, or wondered whether confidence was doing more work than competence, this may feel uncomfortably familiar. Adult satirical fiction and workplace comedy about Crispin Lockwood-Fetch, a self-important cybersecurity leader whose career rises through confidence, jargon, governance theatre and other people's competence. A dry corporate satire set in modern British business culture. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781066626106
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Some people rise through competence. Crispin Lockwood-Fetch had a different strategy.Crispin never set out to become a CISO. He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official.From helpdesk hero to boardroom favourite, Crispin charts his accidental ascent through the world of cybersecurity, armed with little more than a sharp suit, an impressive collection of buzzwords, a carefully maintained LinkedIn profile and an unshakable belief that most problems can be solved with a confident PowerPoint.As Crispin moves from IT support into security leadership, his talent for translating other people's work into reassuring executive language takes him ever upwards. Policies multiply. Teams acquire increasingly strategic names. Dashboards become reassuringly amber. And somewhere behind the presentations, his increasingly indispensable colleague Lauren Barnell is quietly doing the work that keeps everything functioning.Told through Crispin's supremely confident memoir and interspersed with Lauren's increasingly exasperated logs, Certified in Sounding Official is a workplace satire about cybersecurity, corporate culture, management jargon, professional credentials and the curious organisational power of looking as though you know exactly what you're doing.Then the ransomware hits.As a serious incident exposes the difference between security that sounds impressive and security that actually works, Crispin is finally forced to confront the consequences of a career built on presentation, proximity and plausible terminology.For anyone who has sat through a corporate briefing, endured an inspirational leadership email, watched a PowerPoint become a strategy, or wondered whether confidence was doing more work than competence, this may feel uncomfortably familiar. Adult satirical fiction and workplace comedy about Crispin Lockwood-Fetch, a self-important cybersecurity leader whose career rises through confidence, jargon, governance theatre and other people's competence. A dry corporate satire set in modern British business culture. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781066626106
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Some people rise through competence. Crispin Lockwood-Fetch had a different strategy.Crispin never set out to become a CISO. He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official.From helpdesk hero to boardroom favourite, Crispin charts his accidental ascent through the world of cybersecurity, armed with little more than a sharp suit, an impressive collection of buzzwords, a carefully maintained LinkedIn profile and an unshakable belief that most problems can be solved with a confident PowerPoint.As Crispin moves from IT support into security leadership, his talent for translating other people's work into reassuring executive language takes him ever upwards. Policies multiply. Teams acquire increasingly strategic names. Dashboards become reassuringly amber. And somewhere behind the presentations, his increasingly indispensable colleague Lauren Barnell is quietly doing the work that keeps everything functioning.Told through Crispin's supremely confident memoir and interspersed with Lauren's increasingly exasperated logs, Certified in Sounding Official is a workplace satire about cybersecurity, corporate culture, management jargon, professional credentials and the curious organisational power of looking as though you know exactly what you're doing.Then the ransomware hits.As a serious incident exposes the difference between security that sounds impressive and security that actually works, Crispin is finally forced to confront the consequences of a career built on presentation, proximity and plausible terminology.For anyone who has sat through a corporate briefing, endured an inspirational leadership email, watched a PowerPoint become a strategy, or wondered whether confidence was doing more work than competence, this may feel uncomfortably familiar. Adult satirical fiction and workplace comedy about Crispin Lockwood-Fetch, a self-important cybersecurity leader whose career rises through confidence, jargon, governance theatre and other people's competence. A dry corporate satire set in modern British business culture. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781066626106
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Certified in Sounding Official
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Hatchford Vale Press Jun 2026, 2026
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