Secrets of Successful Security Programs - Part 2
As introduced in the last post, a successful security program is made up of two distinct elements: A series of episodic big bets that...
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- Jan 15, 2022
- 11 min
Secrets of Successful Security Programs - Part 1
A successful security program (although I imagine this advice could apply to any discipline) is made up of two distinct elements: A...
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- Jan 1, 2022
- 7 min
The Obvious CISO : Don’t Overlook the Simple
There is a great little book I read recently, “Obvious Adams - The Story of a Successful Businessman", it’s available on Amazon, but it’s...
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- Dec 4, 2021
- 8 min
How is the Security Profession Doing?
I spoke on a CIISEC panel a few months ago about the state of the information security profession. This post is based on remarks I made...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 4 min
Security Program Tactics - Updated
When starting or reinvigorating a security program, focus on a small number of meta-objectives that can have sustained outsize effects in...
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- Nov 6, 2021
- 6 min
Slipstreaming : Business Tactics for Security & Control Implementation
One of the most frequent cybersecurity binary thinking curses is that just because senior leadership in organizations won’t do every...
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- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
Conferences and the Wider Security Eco System Culture - Toxic or Not?
This could be part of another whole series on the curse of binary thinking so please read this in that tone. In other words, I’m trying...
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- Aug 14, 2021
- 9 min
Risk = Hazard + Outrage
There are four major insights that, above all others, have influenced my approach to security and risk management over the past decades....
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- Jul 16, 2021
- 8 min
Cybersecurity - The Board's Perspective
How Boards, especially public company Boards, oversee cybersecurity is a crucial but difficult topic. This previous post discussed how...
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- Jul 3, 2021
- 6 min
Cybersecurity and the Curse of Binary Thinking
Working in information/cybersecurity and technology risk is a fascinating and challenging career, as I’ve covered here. There is, mostly,...
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- Jun 19, 2021
- 7 min
The Actual Cybersecurity Workforce Challenge
We continuously hear about the millions of unfilled cybersecurity roles, although I’ve yet to see a study that actually supports that...
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- Jun 5, 2021
- 6 min
Relationship Management for the InfoSec Program
A key part of any security leader's role is relationship management. In my experience this is another one of those leadership skills that...
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- Apr 24, 2021
- 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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- Feb 27, 2021
- 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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- Dec 6, 2020
- 6 min
The Seat at the Table: Integrating Security into your Business
The success of a security program is largely determined by how well it is integrated into the fabric of the organization, in terms of...
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- Nov 29, 2020
- 3 min
Simple Rules of (InfoSec) Career Success - Updated
Over the years I've noted the behaviors I’ve seen from consistently successful people. In this context I define success as a balance of...
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- Nov 15, 2020
- 6 min
12 Step Guide on Escalating Risk and Security Issues
Escalating issues is part of the foundation of any good risk and security program. Unfortunately, human nature is such that most people...
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- Oct 10, 2020
- 4 min
Building Balanced Security Teams: The Rule of Thirds
As an industry we spend a lot of time talking about workforce development and skills shortages. We tend not to talk about how to organize...
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- Sep 27, 2020
- 5 min
The Most Important Mental Models for CISOs - Simple Steps for Outsize Effects
There are lots of problem solving techniques across many fields. These are often represented as mental models or behavioral short-cuts....
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- Aug 29, 2020
- 5 min
Security Budgets - Supply and Demand Thinking
How you obtain and manage a budget to drive an adequate level of security is immensely important. Yet, it is one of the least discussed...
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