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May 3, 2020
5 min

Cyber Risk Quantification

Risk quantification, in any field, is not an end in itself. It exists to compel some action. That action might be to drive decisions or s...

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Apr 26, 2020
5 min

Are You Managing Your Risk Register Effectively?

Not all risks are possible to fully mitigate in every context, so you need to record and manage those residual risks. These are often put...

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Apr 19, 2020
4 min

Intelligence Failures - “The Distortion of Retrospect”

The codebreaking and overall intelligence success of Bletchley Park in World War II is legendary. Ultra, along with broader Allied signal...

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Apr 5, 2020
3 min

Prioritizing Security Improvements - A Deceptively Simple Way

In most organizations you are constantly upgrading your security controls. This is for many reasons, including: New threats induce higher...

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Mar 22, 2020
2 min

Selling into a Crisis (Rights and Wrongs)

It can be irritating to receive e-mails from vendors during a time of crisis, like now, with the spin that their products can help. It is...

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Mar 8, 2020
15 min

Management 101 (+ remote working)

I have run organizations, large and small, local and remote, for many years. I have been the beneficiary (and victim) of many management ...

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Mar 1, 2020
3 min

Cybersecurity Macro Themes for the 2020's

In this coming decade there will be 5 major themes that differentiate great security programs, products, features and processes. These ar...

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Feb 9, 2020
3 min

Risk : Mega Trends

I've been thinking more about mega trends applied to risk, specifically operational risk (people, process, technology & external events)....

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Feb 2, 2020
5 min

Dealing with the Deluge of Vendors

Everyone is deluged with approaches from product and service vendors, small and large. Even vendors struggle to keep track of who their c...

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Jan 24, 2020
2 min

The Leading Indicators of a Great Info/Cybersecurity Program

It can be hard to effectively assess, with a suitable degree of rigor, the security of your suppliers, counter-parties or companies you a...

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Jan 20, 2020
4 min

Operational Resilience

The Bank of England has recently released a sequence of consultation papers, after an earlier discussion paper, laying out a framework f...

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Jan 1, 2020
3 min

Predictions and Calls to Action

It’s that time of year for all the predictions of what to expect for the next year, and now - the next decade. I’m generally not a fan of...

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RISK & CYBERSECURITY

Thoughts from the Field