The 6 Fundamental Forces of Information Security Risk
I first posted this as a Twitter thread in 2019. These forces still seem very much current - perhaps even more so. It is interesting to...
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- Jan 14
- 12 min
Ceremonial Security and Cargo Cults
There is a lot of conventional security that is based on established ceremonies and an unquestioning faith that if we keep doing these...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 7 min
Simple Ways to Communicate Successes
It’s that time of year when you’ve inevitably written notes to your organization and leadership about all your team’s achievements over...
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- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
Dangerous Embedded Assumptions
There is a notion I keep coming back to thanks to this article from a few years ago. The essence is that there are things that have...
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- Dec 3, 2022
- 8 min
The Uncanny Valley of Security - Updated
Since I first wrote this post 2 years ago I keep seeing it reinforced. The basic premise is that, sometimes, advanced levels of security...
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- Nov 19, 2022
- 13 min
A New Way to Think : Review
I typically don’t do book reviews, but this book was impressive and it resonated with many information security and risk management...
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- Nov 5, 2022
- 4 min
How to Tell if You Really are an InfoSec Professional
Some of you in the US, and maybe others, might be familiar with the ongoing, somewhat self-deprecating, Jeff Foxworthy skit of “You might...
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- Oct 22, 2022
- 10 min
Grand Challenges or Grind Challenges
How much of your work that you would like to describe as a “grand” challenge is really more of a “grind”? As an industry we like to talk...
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- Oct 8, 2022
- 7 min
Field Guide to the Various Communities of Security
Which part of the security community are you in? Often, when one part of the security community talks about the overall community they...
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- Sep 24, 2022
- 6 min
Essential Attributes of Security Leadership
Since I first wrote this back in 2021 (titled "CISO: Archeologist, Historian or Explorer?") it seems ever more true that complex and...
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- Sep 10, 2022
- 13 min
Crucial Questions from Governments and Regulators
In this, fourth and final post in the series of Crucial Questions I’m going to focus on those from governments and regulators. This...
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- Aug 27, 2022
- 23 min
Crucial Questions from CISOs and Security Teams
In this, third in a series of Crucial Questions posts I’m going to focus on the questions from CISOs and security teams. This builds on...
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