The IT Security Myth Revisited
Many people when you ask them who protects them from a fire they will tell you the fire department does. If you ask them who protects them from crime, they …
Good Customer Service is Good Cybersecurity
Several years ago, I was working with a client and they were involved in multiple projects that included building out a proper e-commerce business. There were many problems with their …
Can You Reconcile The Differences In Our Changing Cybersecurity Landscape?
Scott Fitzgerald famously said: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability …
How Is Your Parachute Engaged?
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend a particularly interesting meeting of a national cybersecurity organization that I am a member of. The organization is called Infraguard and …
POP Quiz, The Benefits of Cybersecurity Procedures
Not a very interesting subject. Not necessarily the stuff you want to talk about with friends or at a party. Probably not too fun to talk about it even when …
This is What Gives Technology Power
Many times, we look at a project or a technology and we think there is something significant about this technology. But this is not necessarily so. Technology is important because …
The Revolving Door of the CISO
There is a particularly vexing problem that occurs within American business as it relates to the CISO position. It goes something like this. Management hires a CISO and puts them …
Willful Blindness
We all see things we don’t want to see and just look the other way. Sometimes it is too uncomfortable to see certain problems or situations. And the reality is …
Please Get Involved In Your Company’s Cybersecurity
If you are running a company and there is an initiative that involves all of the employees. Let’s say it is increase sales closure rate per contact with the customer. …
Put On Your Seatbelt
Let me ask you a question. By a show of hands how many of you put on your seatbelt every time you get in your car? Quite a few of …