RISK & CYBERSECURITY

Since I first wrote this back in 2021 (titled "CISO: Archeologist, Historian or Explorer?") it seems ever more true that complex and...

In this, fourth and final post in the series of Crucial Questions I’m going to focus on those from governments and regulators. This...

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...

Over the past few years I have done a lot of speaking at conferences, events and small group settings for Board directors and corporate...

I’ve been doing this blog for around 3 years, largely succeeding in posting every 2 weeks. I have learnt a lot in this process and I...

This can be an emotive topic for many people. It is one, I’ve found, colored more by dogma than nuance (as it seems with many things...

I often get asked for advice about careers and professional development. Unfortunately I don't have the time to do this in person, except...

For some reason there have been a few people already in or moving into highly regulated industries, like finance or healthcare, that have...

There’s a lot going on in the world from conflict, crime, economic and many other pressures. Many of these matters have security...

At every stage in your career and in every part of your role you are going to have to deal with organizational politics. By this, I don’t...

As introduced in the last post, a successful security program is made up of two distinct elements: A series of episodic big bets that...

A successful security program (although I imagine this advice could apply to any discipline) is made up of two distinct elements: A...

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...

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...

When starting or reinvigorating a security program, focus on a small number of meta-objectives that can have sustained outsize effects in...

One of the most frequent cybersecurity binary thinking curses is that just because senior leadership in organizations won’t do every...

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...

There are four major insights that, above all others, have influenced my approach to security and risk management over the past decades....

How Boards, especially public company Boards, oversee cybersecurity is a crucial but difficult topic. This previous post discussed how...

Working in information/cybersecurity and technology risk is a fascinating and challenging career, as I’ve covered here. There is, mostly,...