RISK & CYBERSECURITY

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,...

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

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...

At the risk of being too understated, 2020 was an interesting year. In this blog I’ve covered many topics across the range of strategy...

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...

The success of a security program is largely determined by how well it is integrated into the fabric of the organization, in terms of...

Scenario planning is one of the most underutilized techniques in security. Which is surprising given how effective it is in [good]...

Escalating issues is part of the foundation of any good risk and security program. Unfortunately, human nature is such that most people...

“For every metric, there should be another ‘paired’ metric that addresses adverse consequences of the first metric.” - Andy Grove We talk...

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,...

I have built up a disdain for cybersecurity budgeting benchmarks. To be fair, there are some good attempts amid a sea of haphazard...

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...

Truly excellent security programs deliver more than security risk mitigation. I know it is kind of ridiculous to say that when doing the...

There are lots of problem solving techniques across many fields. These are often represented as mental models or behavioral short-cuts....

One of the most successful techniques for enterprise security in many organizations is to create a universal baseline of controls that...

We know it is important to have good inventories across all of the assets we care about in an enterprise. For security purposes this is,...

How you obtain and manage a budget to drive an adequate level of security is immensely important. Yet, it is one of the least discussed...

In any sizable organization it is important to have some form of management steering group or committee to oversee your risk program. The...

It is sad that many security discussions are so binary: that is, if you’re not wildly for something then you must be wildly against it....

This is an update from a thread that became a post last year. Threat intelligence seems, at least to me, to get maligned too much. For...