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May 2, 2020

How to take the “high road” by making decisions based on…risk

So there’s kinda a few interesting things happening at the moment. But, actually, when you stand back far enough and squint, you can recognize that the outline is basically the same: Over-excited FUD-slinging. You see, fear – as you might’ve remembered me talking about once or maybe 20+ times before – is a pretty powerful […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, FUD, Psychology, Risk-Based Security, Security Architecture, Tribal Leadership, Zoom

March 28, 2020

Cloud, schmoud…let’s quit kidding ourselves

This morning, a lovely little promo “predictions” video from FireEye popped up in my LI feed whose basic premise was this: “The job of a cybersecurity professional is getting more difficult due to the amount of cloud being used.” “Woop…woop…woop…woop” is the sound of the BS detector going off, and it’s just one of the […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Cloud Security, FUD, Security Architecture

March 27, 2020

The cost of standing still

An old Chinese proverb popped up in my inbox yesterday that’s worth thinking about: “Many a false step was made by standing still.” It can apply to many different areas of your life for sure, but – unsurprisingly – what I want to talk about is in relation to your work as a security professional generally, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Security Architecture, Security Skill Development

March 26, 2020

Easy security reporting recipes

When it comes to security reports, we often tend to take a page out of the book of W.C. Fields: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshite.” …at least that’s how a lot of them are received by their audience, anyway. Of course, weeee don’t think they’re bullshite. They make perfect […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, SABSA, Security Reporting

February 29, 2020

Why you need to become “besties” with policy exceptions

If there’s one thing that I think causes the most conflict between security and “the business”, it’s trying to figure out how to deal with policy exceptions. Now, in some cases, organizations have this pretty well dialed out—but based on my observations, I’m not really sure they truly understand why this is the case. So […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Security Architecture, Security Policy

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