Risk & Cybersecurity

How to Tell if You Really are an InfoSec Professional

Some of you in the US, and maybe others, might be familiar with the ongoing, somewhat self-deprecating, Jeff Foxworthy skit of “You might...

Grand Challenges or Grind Challenges

How much of your work that you would like to describe as a “grand” challenge is really more of a “grind”? As an industry we like to talk...

Field Guide to the Various Communities of Security

Which part of the security community are you in? Often, when one part of the security community talks about the overall community they...

Essential Attributes of Security Leadership

Since I first wrote this back in 2021 (titled "CISO: Archeologist, Historian or Explorer?") it seems ever more true that complex and...

Crucial Questions from Governments and Regulators

In this, fourth and final post in the series of Crucial Questions I’m going to focus on those from governments and regulators. This...

Crucial Questions from CISOs and Security Teams

In this, third in a series of Crucial Questions posts I’m going to focus on the questions from CISOs and security teams. This builds on...

Crucial Questions from CIOs and CTOs

In the last post I covered the crucial questions from Boards and executives. Here I will cover the questions I’m asked by CIOs, CTOs and...

Crucial Questions from CEOs and Boards

Over the past few years I have done a lot of speaking at conferences, events and small group settings for Board directors and corporate...

3 Year Review

I’ve been doing this blog for around 3 years, largely succeeding in posting every 2 weeks. I have learnt a lot in this process and I...

The Reporting Line of Security Teams / CISOs - Updated

This can be an emotive topic for many people. It is one, I’ve found, colored more by dogma than nuance (as it seems with many things...

Are Security Analogies Counterproductive?

Do analogies actually help us or do they set back our ability to drive change? On the face of it they are a useful explanatory tool, as...

Career Advice and Professional Development

I often get asked for advice about careers and professional development. Unfortunately I don't have the time to do this in person, except...