During one of the recent live Q&A calls for our ongoing “Building an Effective Security Program with SABSA®” pilot course, someone asked the following question: “Now that we have some tools and frameworks to help us understand what the organization’s customers really want, how do we really use these with security customers [the “business”] so […]
Would YOU have said “yes” to this credibility killer request?
As many of you already know, we spend a lot of time in Cape Town South Africa. It’s a great city, and doubly so if you like nature, food and wine. For me, I go for 2 out of the 3 since I kinda got my fill of “the great outdoors” for the sake of […]
Why Your Cybersecurity RCA Isn’t Working
Recently, I was having a discussion with a customer we’re working with to restructure their IT Security department and adopt SABSA end to end. Doing this will more effectively manage their cybersecurity risks and keep them directly focused on supporting business execution, not just doing security for security’s sake. The Problem One of the problems they […]
Laptop Ban: 3 Leadership Lessons from Emirates President Sir Tim Clark
If you had the “pleasure” of flying yesterday from Dubai Airport (DXB) to the US, you had a front-row seat in Emirates’ live Market Leadership 101 course for CEO’s. Saturday, 25th of March was the first day of the US #LaptopBan impacting the Gulf carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar as part of the latest terror hysteria. […]
Security — What does that mean?
Security isn’t really a thing—it’s more a feeling you get when you believe things are the way you expect them to be. You expect things you care about to be “ok”, but most of the time, we really don’t think about what that means either. Maybe it means that something is “safe”, e.g. free from […]