Risk & Cybersecurity

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...

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...

Risk Megatrends - Updated

Megatrends are long-term, large-scale forces that shape the world around us. They are the driving forces that have tactical consequences...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Leading Indicators of a Great Info/Cybersecurity Program - Updated

As we see more incidents occurring, whether ransomware, data breaches or fraud, many thoughts turn to how to know whether those we do...

Cyber Deterrence : A Simple Perspective

Cyber deterrence is a topic that comes in and out of vogue. It is widely studied but often misunderstood. It also suffers tremendously...

If Accounting were like Cybersecurity

It has always struck me how well the field of finance and more specifically accounting has done to standardize on its terms. This...

Risk Management is not only about Reducing Risk - Updated

This is an update from a post of a couple of years ago prompted by some recent observations from a few different organizations. It seems...

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....