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May 20, 2020

The key to demonstrating security value

One of the toughest challenges we face as security professionals is proving the value of what we do. I mean, so many people have the attitude that basically, “We get paid when nothing happens.” And, to a point, that is true. If we’re doing our jobs correctly, then things will go smoothly. However, things going […]

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

May 19, 2020

Should we really “always look on the bright side” of risk?

There’s a pretty big divide between “risk managers” and people who actually take risks about the whole “risk and opportunity management” vibe at the heart of ISO 31000 and everything related to it—including SABSA. We spend time in the Foundation course talking about you need to have a balanced view of risk, and without taking […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, ISO31000, Risk Assessment, SABSA

May 18, 2020

Risk assessments: not my job

It always kinda surprises me when I meet a new security team, or even a new security professional, who balks at the notion that risk assessment is a core part of what they do. In some cases, this attitude is institutionalized as team dynamics, so that if the designated “risk  team” gets even the slightest […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Risk Assessment, SABSA, Security Architecture, Threat Modeling

May 17, 2020

Hare we go: arguing the shape of the risk-assessment world

When I was a kid, twern’t no Netflix or even DVDs. If you wanted to watch something, you had 4 stations on the TV (ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS) or you could go to the cinema. I even remember when they built the first multiplex in Mattoon: it had 3 screens all under one roof. […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Bugs Bunny, Risk Assessment

May 16, 2020

Sorting sacred risk assessment cows

One of the things I haven’t talked too much about over the last year or so I’ve been writing these emails is risk assessments. Hopefully, just because I haven’t talked about them much hasn’t led you to believe I don’t think they’re important. They are. And, they’re firmly at the heart of the whole SABSA […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Risk Assessment, SABSA, Threat Modeling

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