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May 25, 2020

Man vs. machine: where are you going to put your faith?

Yada, yada, yada…AI…big data…security tools…ever increasing threats…AI for good and evil…keeping ahead of the bad guys…yada, yada, yada. That’s a pretty good summary of the security “news” I get in my inbox most days, but on this particular day, I was told that “advanced, AI-based security tools are the only way to plan your defense […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Risk Management, SABSA, Security Architecture, Security Strategy

May 24, 2020

Getting past the possibility (or why threat-based security will get you nowhere)

Yesterday, I was re-reading the FAIR book,  Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach, and something jumped out at me that I’d forgotten the first time I’d read it. The notion of getting hooked on the possibility of an event. Of course, the FAIR book poo-poos all over the qualitative risk assessment – and, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, FAIR, Risk Assessment, Risk Management

May 23, 2020

Boys, wolves and Chicken Little

Folktales and fables are ways to make sure we learn life’s essential lessons both easily and at an early age. And two of the ones that I think  are most relevant to what we do as security professionals are The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Chicken Little. Quick refreshers might be in order, so here […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Folktales, Risk Appetite, Risk Management, Risk Tolerance, Stakeholder Credibility

May 22, 2020

Staring down the red-eyed monsters

Tonight I watched my son have a white-hot meltdown. It’s never happened before, but then again, he’s never been stuck in the house with the rest of us for going on 7 weeks now either. So, I have little doubt that a lot of the frustration and fears about what’s happening came out all at […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Fear, Risk Assessment, Security Architecture

May 21, 2020

“Good math” vs. “bad math” in risk assessments

A long time ago, I heard someone say: “Lottery tickets are a tax for people who are bad at math.” Which is pretty accurate. Have I ever bought one? Well, yeah—but as a conscious choice in a game of “Wow, wouldn’t it be really funny if I won $18 gazillion,” rather than, “I can’t pay […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Accuracy, Agile Security, Risk Assessments, SABSA

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