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 …
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 …
Why the Facebook “Breach” is Not A Problem
Years ago, when I was young and just getting into the credit card market like all other consumers someone told me to be careful with your credit card. You need …
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. …
There Is a Skills Gap
The skills gap in cybersecurity is significant. In fact, there is such a serious problem that many believe the only solution is to look at cognitive solutions and AI. I …
There is No Zealot Like the Converted
I cannot think of a more appropriate field than cybersecurity to apply the above quote too. I have worked with many professionals before and after they were exposed to a …
Having Change Agents in Cybersecurity
There is one inevitability in life and that is change. There is always going to be change and it is sometimes going to happen when you least expect it. …
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
There is a story in the bible about the symbol of four horsemen that signal a foreboding of an apocalyptic event. It talks about these as signals of upcoming doom. …