The Art of Influencing - 7 Steps
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 2, 202310 min read
The Danger of Comparisons (There’s Always One Level Above)
No matter what you experience, what level of achievement, results or status you attain there is always something that might be perceived...
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Nov 18, 20238 min read
Bug Bounty Programs
There are still plenty of organizations that don’t have a well defined and accessible bug bounty program. More surprisingly, there are...
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Nov 4, 20237 min read
Caricatures of Security People
The great thing about the security industry is it’s made up of a variety of roles and people from many backgrounds, disciplines, skill...
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Oct 21, 202312 min read
Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 2)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
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Oct 7, 202316 min read
Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 1)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
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Sep 23, 20237 min read
Is Complexity the Enemy of Security?
Since the last post about leverage points in managing complex systems I thought it would be good to revisit and update a post from a few...
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Sep 9, 202314 min read
Leverage Points - A Cybersecurity Perspective
Security is an emergent property of the complex systems we inhabit. In other words, security isn’t a thing that you do, rather it's a...
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Aug 26, 20236 min read
Security Budgets - Supply and Demand
Unless you’re doing continuous or quarterly budgeting, which some organizations do, then you’ll no doubt be getting ready for the long...
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Aug 12, 20234 min read
Building Balanced Security Teams - Updated
As an industry we spend a lot of time talking about workforce development and skills shortages. However, we tend not to talk about how to...
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Jul 29, 202314 min read
Confessions of a Public Speaker - Tips for Security Practitioners
Many of us have to regularly speak in public at a range of events large and small, public and private, staged and ad-hoc. As your career...
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Jul 15, 202313 min read
Resilience Engineering - Step by Step
Resilience Engineering: Concepts and Precepts is an excellent collection of standalone essays, woven into a consistent whole on the...
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