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May 24, 20206 min read
Resilience is about Capabilities not Plans
Resilience can be thought of as the ability to absorb shocks, adjust as needed and continue operation in the face of adversity. In other...
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Mar 22, 20202 min read
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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Dec 15, 20191 min read
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, 20193 min read
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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Nov 17, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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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Oct 5, 20192 min read
The Stress and Joy of Security Jobs
A few months ago there was this whole thing about the stress of security roles, CISOs self-medicating, and a whole range of burn-out...
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Sep 15, 20193 min read
Security Program Tactics
When starting or reinvigorating a security program, focus on a small number of meta-objectives that can have sustained outsize effects -...
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Jun 9, 20193 min read
The Reporting Line of Security Teams / CISOs
Having read many people’s strong-held views on this topic I thought I’d add to the mix. Despite a lot of people now inevitably thinking...
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May 24, 20193 min read
Cybersecurity Workforce Development
It is still somewhat frustrating that most of the dialog about the skills shortage in cybersecurity focuses, perhaps inevitably, on the...
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May 14, 20191 min read
Time Management
It never ceases to amaze me the opportunities and interesting work that stem from the multitude of connections that come from being...
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