InfoSec Governance- Security Maturity vs Risk Based Security 24 March, 2024
- Mandatory versus Guidelines: A story of FUD 21 November, 2022
- A Little Tech – Reset Troubles with MFA 18 October, 2021
- The Fear Mongers 11 August, 2021
- Better Late than Never: My First Foray into Real Metrics 3 August, 2021
- Three Key Patterns for Information Security Programs 2 August, 2021
- The Fallacy of Permanence 16 June, 2021
- DevOps is dead, long live Dev! 7 August, 2020
- I Love the Subject of Change Control 17 December, 2019
- Unicorns (and how the Gene Kim challenges us yet again…) 27 November, 2019
Category Archives: IT Risk Management
The Quantum Vulnerability Tunneling Effect
I know I had promised to talk about how to implement a risk management program in your small organization, but bear with me for a blog (or two). Given that my brain has been wrapping itself carefully around risk management … Continue reading
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Accuracy vs. Precision – My Risk Epiphany
Did you ever have a moment where a concept you have never been able to figure out or understand suddenly clicks in your head? I had long struggled to understand a key element of Risk Management – how to perform … Continue reading
BSides San Francisco Presentation
So I did a little talk at BSides San Francisco 2012. Its a pre-quel to my book “So You Want to Be the CSO…” The talk was recorded so you can view it at your leisure. Just pity the poor … Continue reading
#SecBiz or The Better Answer to Martin’s Question
I had the good fortune of a long drive (12 hours to be exact) which allowed me time to catch up on four months of backlogged Martin McKeay’s Network Security Podcasts. My fortune improved when I listened to the June … Continue reading
Do you have SOCD? (Security Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Are you SOCD? You have it if: You feel the constant need to force drastic security measures. You say: “This company really needs to revise all the (SOX) controls. There’s absolutely no reason to have management involved in the process.” … Continue reading
Handing Back Responsibility for Security
There is a great lesson that unfolded at one of my customer’s sites during an audit. It is a great story to tell, but more importantly, it lets me illustrate that as Security Professionals, we need to design security to … Continue reading
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Data Facts vs. My Bias…how I am losing (and why its good)
I have to admit as I listen to the sages on collecting data (Alex Hutton, Mike Dahn, Josh Corman…) I am getting more and more conscious of my own biases about security (guilty as charged!). Ever since Alex’s post a … Continue reading
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Model for Building PCI Control Objectives
Maybe it’s the excitement of getting re-Tweeted today, or maybe it’s just the outpouring of love and emotion I felt when I watched the video of the Mike+Josh hug, but I thought I’d provide a bit more thought around how … Continue reading
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The One-Hundred-Zero-Fifty Rule
I had a employee in a security department that I was running come to me and say “We have a problem, and we need to take care of it right away!” Now we were in the midst of several major … Continue reading
Revolution or Evolution
I recently had a meeting with a well placed Security Officer. He made a comment that I thought really summed up the view that I hold as well regarding transformation of Information Security at a company…. “When I started working … Continue reading