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Feb 10, 20245 min read
The 80 / 20 PrincipleÂ
Ever since I first became familiar with the 80/20 principle, and other circumstances marked by Pareto distributions, I began to see...
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Jan 27, 20249 min read
Leadership Transitions - 10 Steps for Success
Many of us have been through several leadership transitions in our careers. It could be a new role in the same or different organization....
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Jan 13, 20245 min read
Best Security Movies (and some that haven’t been made yet)
Everyone has their list of favorite security movies and I bet some are on everyone’s list. There’s also a set of movies that aren’t...
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Dec 30, 20235 min read
Top Ideas and Posts from 2023
Thankfully I managed to keep up the pace of 1 post every 2 weeks throughout 2023. Just when I think I might be running out of ideas, and...
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Dec 16, 20233 min read
The Art of Influencing - 7 Steps
A critical measure of success for most security roles is the ability to influence. I’ve often found people think influence skills are...
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Dec 2, 202310 min read
The Danger of Comparisons (There’s Always One Level Above)
No matter what you experience, what level of achievement, results or status you attain there is always something that might be perceived...
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Nov 18, 20238 min read
Bug Bounty Programs
There are still plenty of organizations that don’t have a well defined and accessible bug bounty program. More surprisingly, there are...
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Nov 4, 20237 min read
Caricatures of Security People
The great thing about the security industry is it’s made up of a variety of roles and people from many backgrounds, disciplines, skill...
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Oct 21, 202312 min read
Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 2)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
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Oct 7, 202316 min read
Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 1)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
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Sep 23, 20237 min read
Is Complexity the Enemy of Security?
Since the last post about leverage points in managing complex systems I thought it would be good to revisit and update a post from a few...
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Sep 9, 202314 min read
Leverage Points - A Cybersecurity Perspective
Security is an emergent property of the complex systems we inhabit. In other words, security isn’t a thing that you do, rather it's a...
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