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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...

1,124 views

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,...

3,948 views

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:...

681 views

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...

1,608 views

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...

837 views

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...

2,696 views

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...

1,516 views

Nov 22, 2020
5 min

Scenario Planning - The Best Technique You Might Not Be Using

Scenario planning is one of the most underutilized techniques in security. Which is surprising given how effective it is in [good]...

1,323 views

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...

1,262 views

Nov 8, 2020
4 min

Principles for Cybersecurity Metrics

“For every metric, there should be another ‘paired’ metric that addresses adverse consequences of the first metric.” - Andy Grove We talk...

1,628 views

Nov 1, 2020
7 min

The Uncanny Valley of Security (or Why We Might Never Finish Anything)

The uncanny value is a famous term in robotics. It is used to describe how we accept robots that don’t attempt to look too human, but,...

1,611 views

Oct 18, 2020
3 min

Why Cybersecurity Budget Benchmarks are a Waste of Time

I have built up a disdain for cybersecurity budgeting benchmarks. To be fair, there are some good attempts amid a sea of haphazard...

1,636 views

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...

1,504 views

Oct 4, 2020
4 min

Security for More than Security’s Sake - The Need for Adjacent Benefits

Truly excellent security programs deliver more than security risk mitigation. I know it is kind of ridiculous to say that when doing the...

662 views

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....

1,527 views

Sep 13, 2020
4 min

Raise the Baseline by Reducing the Cost of Control

One of the most successful techniques for enterprise security in many organizations is to create a universal baseline of controls that...

652 views

Sep 6, 2020
3 min

Taking Inventories to the Next Level - Reconciliation and Triangulation

We know it is important to have good inventories across all of the assets we care about in an enterprise. For security purposes this is,...

694 views

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...

1,603 views

Aug 16, 2020
6 min

Tips for Running a Risk Committee

In any sizable organization it is important to have some form of management steering group or committee to oversee your risk program. The...

1,919 views

Jul 25, 2020
4 min

Compliance vs. Security

It is sad that many security discussions are so binary: that is, if you’re not wildly for something then you must be wildly against it....

1,795 views

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RISK & CYBERSECURITY

Thoughts from the Field