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May 31, 2020

Finding leverage as a small security team

While being a bit buried up to my eyeballs in going through some industry statistics and reports today (which is why this is significantly later than “usual”), I came across some indicators as to why you and your team might be struggling to keep up with everything that shows up in your inbox for a […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Leverage, Statistics Leave a Comment

May 30, 2020

If you can’t talk about the problem…

It doesn’t happen too often, but it happens enough to be something I want to mention today. The thing about problems – and especially problems we’re trying to solve as security professionals – is that it’s very easy to hide behind the veil of confidentiality as an excuse to avoid solving the problem. Because, if […]

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May 29, 2020

So, what is it you’re doing every day?

Over time, I’ve learned to ask the above quote pretty early when I start working seriously with a security team. And the main reason I ask it is that, once pressed to answer, almost every security team I’ve ever met is surprised by the answers they find. Yesterday – well, in the wee hours of […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Security Architecture, Security Automation, Security Strategy, Security Unicorns Leave a Comment

May 28, 2020

Forging your own Security Avengers

Wanna find a blueprint for a truly effective cybersecurity team? You could do a lot worse than watching the original Avengers movie a few (dozen) times. Over the weekend, my kids (5 and 3) were on a bit of superhero kick, and I realized again how brilliant the first Avengers movie was—not just in the […]

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May 27, 2020

The horse called Architecture is gonna race, no matter what

One of the things I saw recently was a clip from the 2017 Royal Ascot race where a horse called Growl somehow unseated his jockey in the starting gate, yet he ended up running the whole race solo. It’s kind of an amusing story, and one that shows the power of constant training, repetition and […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, SABSA, Security Architecture Leave a Comment

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