As you may well know, in most parts of the world, today is Valentine’s Day. It’s a day with quite a mixed history and set of customs, but the one in particular that I want to highlight today is from Finland. Because in Finland, today isn’t about people you love, or you want to love […]
So you didn’t like my last email so much…
Ok. Fair enough. We’re all different, and that’s a good thing. So I’d like to touch on a couple of points of the diversity in the feedback from the last email. The first type of feedback I got was it wasn’t “security enough.” Well, maybe that’s true. However… If you want hardcore, traditional “security” or […]
How to create a productivity-sucking cesspool of fail
Click. And it was gone again. For the SECOND time today… Welcome to my world today. You see, in addition to last year’s Cape Town water crisis, South Africa also has a small issue with electricity generation. Ok. You’re right. It’s not so small. Yesterday marked the first appearance of Stage 4 loadshedding, which basically […]
Is your security program making you fat?
Did you know there’s far too much in common with yo-yo weight loss programs and your run-of-the-mill security program? Here’s the deal: Published psychology research points out that fad diets – you know, the ones that say you’re going to lose 21 pounds in 10 days or something like that – and *especially* repeated bouts […]
5 signs you have a security governance problem
This one’s short and sweet, but it still kinda surprises me how many people don’t really get what security governance is about. So let’s clear that one up first. It isn’t just do I have clearly defined roles and responsibilities and reporting structures defined for everything in my purview as a security leader. It’s also […]
