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 …
The Cost of Replacing A CISO
I was working on a project recently and it came to my attention that the previous person in the CISO role had been let go. In fact, I knew the …
Awareness vs Participation
Just because someone is aware of something does not mean they will participate in it. I have a quote that I came up with a few years ago and I …
Taking Responsibility for Your Cybersecurity.
Years ago, when the tech boom was going strong there was an air of invincibility about people in the industry. Including the people investing in tech companies. There was this …