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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Dec 15, 2019
1 min

Non-Technical Books. Recommended List

For some reason, first at a TAG_Cyber event and then coincidentally at 2 other events, the question of what books security people should...

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Dec 7, 2019
3 min

The Art of Influencing

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 1, 2019
3 min

Insider Threat Risk - Blast Radius Perspective

The management of insider threats is a complex and often under-thought process - people who work on it appreciate the subtlety and...

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Nov 24, 2019
2 min

Alternative Risk Management Strategies.

Much focus of risk mitigation is about implementing controls: preventative, detective and reactive. This is necessary in most cases, and...

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Nov 17, 2019
2 min

Simple Rules of (InfoSec) Career Success

Over the years I made note of what behaviors I’ve seen from successful people. By success, I mean getting results, increase span of...

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Nov 10, 2019
1 min

Shrines of Failure

I was at an event recently where one participant talked passionately about a disaster they had that they have since preserved artifacts...

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Oct 26, 2019
1 min

Career Longevity & "The Don't Fire Me Chart"

To fix anything sustainably requires long term action. This is especially true in technology risk and cybersecurity. The trouble is this...

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RISK & CYBERSECURITY

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