RISK & CYBERSECURITY

I’ve been using variants of these principles for many years in many contexts, both for security and broader risk management teams. I have...

Disagreement arises in many situations. It is an inevitable part of any work in any organization, or life in general. It is especially ap...

I see regular waves of articles and commentary that assert : “We are spending more and more on security but security incidents / breaches...

Resilience can be thought of as the ability to absorb shocks, adjust as needed and continue operation in the face of adversity. In other w...

Let’s assume general purpose quantum computers that can operate usefully at scale are coming. I think a reasonable timeframe is 15 years....

Chesterton's Fence is a cautionary tale to make sure that before you change things you actually understand their purpose. This is particu...

Risk quantification, in any field, is not an end in itself. It exists to compel some action. That action might be to drive decisions or s...

Not all risks are possible to fully mitigate in every context, so you need to record and manage those residual risks. These are often put...

The codebreaking and overall intelligence success of Bletchley Park in World War II is legendary. Ultra, along with broader Allied signal...

In most organizations you are constantly upgrading your security controls. This is for many reasons, including: New threats induce higher...

It can be irritating to receive e-mails from vendors during a time of crisis, like now, with the spin that their products can help. It is...

I have run organizations, large and small, local and remote, for many years. I have been the beneficiary (and victim) of many management ...