Cybersecurity 4/7

Oct 22, 20214 min read

Conferences and the Wider Security Eco System Culture - Toxic or Not?

This could be part of another whole series on the curse of binary thinking so please read this in that tone. In other words, I’m trying...

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Oct 9, 20213 min read

The Leading Indicators of a Great Info/Cybersecurity Program - Updated

As we see more incidents occurring, whether ransomware, data breaches or fraud, many thoughts turn to how to know whether those we do...

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Sep 25, 20214 min read

Cyber Deterrence : A Simple Perspective

Cyber deterrence is a topic that comes in and out of vogue. It is widely studied but often misunderstood. It also suffers tremendously...

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Sep 12, 20218 min read

If Accounting were like Cybersecurity

It has always struck me how well the field of finance and more specifically accounting has done to standardize on its terms. This...

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Aug 27, 20213 min read

Risk Management is not only about Reducing Risk - Updated

This is an update from a post of a couple of years ago prompted by some recent observations from a few different organizations. It seems...

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Jul 30, 20217 min read

CISO: Archeologist, Historian or Explorer?

We talk about attackers being the enemy. Sometimes we talk about insider threats. But one of our biggest enemies is pernicious...

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Jul 3, 20216 min read

Cybersecurity and the Curse of Binary Thinking

Working in information/cybersecurity and technology risk is a fascinating and challenging career, as I’ve covered here. There is, mostly,...

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Jun 19, 20217 min read

The Actual Cybersecurity Workforce Challenge

We continuously hear about the millions of unfilled cybersecurity roles, although I’ve yet to see a study that actually supports that...

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May 22, 20212 min read

Segmentation Technologies / Zero Trust

I first came across the notion of doctrine vs. structure in this depiction about the relative positioning of tanks from some blog or...

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May 13, 20211 min read

Cloud Security

In a few of my posts I've talked about the economy of scale of the cloud is fundamentally changing the game of security. The pace of...

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May 8, 20217 min read

Is Complexity the Enemy of Security?

One of the many pieces of accepted wisdom in information/cybersecurity is that complexity is the enemy of security. But is it? You...

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Apr 24, 20211 min read

Leadership, Business, Security and Risk Reading List

This is my list of favorite books across the various professional disciplines I’m interested in. I have a set of favorite books that are...

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Mar 27, 20215 min read

Cybersecurity : The Winner’s Game and The Loser’s Game

There is a seminal paper in finance by Charles Ellis called the The Loser’s Game which, in simple terms, foretells the move from active...

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Mar 13, 20214 min read

Return on Investment for Security

The concept of return on investment (ROI) for security has bugged me for a long time. Not because it isn’t a laudable goal. Of course,...

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Feb 13, 20214 min read

Research Challenges in Info/Cybersecurity - Part 2: “Carbon”

This is the second part of the post from 2 weeks ago, which explored research challenges in Info/Cybersecurity related to systems:...

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Jan 30, 20215 min read

Research Challenges in Info/Cybersecurity - Part 1: “Silicon"

This is the first of a two part post on research challenges centered on systems, computer science and engineering research challenges....

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Jan 17, 20213 min read

Situational Drivers of Cyber-Risk

Many years ago I wrote down a list of the drivers that create information / cyber-risk or that otherwise compel the need to mitigate this...

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Dec 19, 20205 min read

Privilege Management Program - Governance

I can’t recall having seen an overview of a systematized privilege management program. There are lots of great articles on specific...

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Dec 13, 20208 min read

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, 20206 min read

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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