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...
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- 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...
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- Nov 29, 2020
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Simple Rules of (InfoSec) Career Success - Updated
Over the years I've noted the behaviors I’ve seen from consistently successful people. In this context I define success as a balance of...
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- 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]...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
Cybersecurity Macro Themes for the 2020’s - Updated
There will be 6 major themes that differentiate great security programs, products, features and processes. These are different from...
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- 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...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Vulnerability Management - Updated
It still surprises me that much of the tone of vulnerability management is about patch/bug fix vs. detecting broader configuration and...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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