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3 days ago
7 min

Is Complexity the Enemy of Security?

One of the many pieces of accepted wisdom in information/cybersecurity is that complexity is the enemy of security. But is it? You...

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Apr 24
1 min

Leadership, Business, Security and Risk Reading List

This is my list of favorite books across the various professional disciplines I’m interested in. I have a set of favorite books that are...

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Apr 10
6 min

Security Leaders Guide to Managing Stress

Security is a tough job. But it is not uniquely so. Our colleagues in risk, safety, compliance, privacy, and many other disciplines have...

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Mar 27
5 min

Cybersecurity : The Winner’s Game and The Loser’s Game

There is a seminal paper in finance by Charles Ellis called the The Loser’s Game which, in simple terms, foretells the move from active...

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Mar 13
4 min

Return on Investment for Security

The concept of return on investment (ROI) for security has bugged me for a long time. Not because it isn’t a laudable goal. Of course,...

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Feb 27
3 min

"Hell Yes, or No" vs. "Soft Yes, and Fast Quit"

I am a big fan of the concept of saying, “Hell Yes, or No” to decide whether to do something or not. Derek Sivers has written well about...

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Feb 13
4 min

Research Challenges in Info/Cybersecurity - Part 2: “Carbon”

This is the second part of the post from 2 weeks ago, which explored research challenges in Info/Cybersecurity related to systems:...

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Jan 30
5 min

Research Challenges in Info/Cybersecurity - Part 1: “Silicon"

This is the first of a two part post on research challenges centered on systems, computer science and engineering research challenges....

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Jan 17
3 min

Situational Drivers of Cyber-Risk

Many years ago I wrote down a list of the drivers that create information / cyber-risk or that otherwise compel the need to mitigate this...

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Jan 2
1 min

2020 Short Review

At the risk of being too understated, 2020 was an interesting year. In this blog I’ve covered many topics across the range of strategy...

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Dec 19, 2020
5 min

Privilege Management Program - Governance

I can’t recall having seen an overview of a systematized privilege management program. There are lots of great articles on specific...

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Dec 13, 2020
8 min

Security Ratings: Love, Loathe or Live With Them?

Security ratings services tend to be loved or loathed. Loved if you consume them and it makes your job easier, especially if you have no...

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RISK & CYBERSECURITY

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