6 Truths of Cyber Risk Quantification
I wrote the original version of this post over 4 years ago. In revisiting this it is interesting to note that not much has actually...
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- Aug 24
- 6 min
Ethics and Computer Security Research
If we are to keep advancing the fields of information / cybersecurity, technology risk management and resilience then we need to apply...
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- Aug 10
- 16 min
Security Training & Awareness - 10 Essential Techniques
Security training is often considered a bit of a waste of time. Maybe this is unfair, but unsurprising in the face of the worst forms of...
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- Jul 27
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33 Computer Programs That Changed the World
This is a slight departure from my normal security and risk management topics, but is something I’ve been getting more interested in....
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- Jul 13
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Why Good Security Fails: The Asymmetry of InfoSec Investment
One of the many paradoxes of security is that when you have invested appropriately (sometimes at significant expense) and you have less...
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- Jun 29
- 10 min
Human Error
Several years after writing the first version of this blog I still see a repeated pattern of problematic events attributed to human...
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- Jun 15
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Going Faster: Isochrones and “Time to Hello World”
When you strip away all the fluff, security succeeds when: You are moving quicker than attackers - mitigating specific attacks ahead of,...
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- Jun 1
- 8 min
Incentives for Security: Flipping the Script
We’re getting it wrong on the messaging for incentives to do security - and people are pretending it’s landing when it isn’t. There are 5...
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- May 18
- 4 min
The Crucial Test of Security Leadership: A-grades vs. Pass/Fail
A major success marker of great security leaders and their teams is one simple prioritization technique: the ability to know what needs...
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- May 4
- 10 min
Where the Wild Things Are: Second Order Risks of AI
Every major technological change is heralded with claims of significant, even apocalyptic, risks. These almost never turn out to be...
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- Apr 20
- 10 min
Security and Ten Laws of Technology
There are many well known, so called, laws of technology. Moore’s law being particularly emblematic. Let’s look at some of them and see...
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- Apr 6
- 6 min
A Letter from the Future
A few weeks ago The White House published our PCAST report on cyber-physical resilience. Thank you for all the positive reactions to...
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