The Field Manual Series

Reference you can carry into the field.

Eight pocket manuals distilling the tools, commands, and tradecraft of modern security work — from purple-team operations to Linux, containers, and CISSP. Written by a career operator. Built to be grabbed mid-engagement.

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man field-manuals

The reference, always within reach.

No browser. No man pages. Just the commands and tactics you need, organized to find fast — the way every operator wishes their notes were.

~/ops — field-manuals
tim@ops:~$ fm list --series
tim@ops:~$
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A complete reference shelf

One series. Every side of the fight.

Offense, defense, and the systems they run on — each manual a focused, carryable reference. Pick your domain.

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Eight manuals, one shelf.

Color-coded by domain. Every title links straight to its Amazon page.

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About the author

Written by a career operator.

Tim Bryant is a senior security executive and U.S. Air Force veteran — currently SVP of Information Security at Hilltop Holdings, and formerly Technical Director of the Cyber National Mission Force at U.S. Cyber Command. The manuals grew out of the references he wished he'd had in the field.

CISSP GCIA GCFA USAF Veteran MBA, Texas A&M
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