This morning was shopping day since I really didn’t want to fight the lockdown surge that might materialize at the weekend…although I’m not sure why I think it’s going to be different since a good portion of the fellow would-be shoppers in Constantia seem to be sipping wine in their bathrobes from at least 11am, […]
Working smarter…or just trying to work at all?
No, this is not going to be some clever April Fool’s joke kind of email. Personally, I’ve always hated those, but then I don’t have pointy ears, yellowish skin nor am I an escapee from a Peter Pan novel either. Of course – and especially in light of what we’re seeing every day on the […]
Conference calls and crying babies
Welcome to the new reality of WFH, folks! If you were fortunate enough to be able to already have a routine of working from home before the pathogen hit the propeller, then you’re already well ahead of the curve. However, the reality is that for many people in many organizations – especially security teams – […]
Stepping in mythical maturity mud puddles
While this is something I’ve written about before, it’s not normally something that comes up quite so strongly and quite so often in the same day. That “something” is the myth of some magical level of maturity in your security program when “things will happen.” When we get [magical maturity level], then we can be […]
Effective action without the hits and misses of the 10,000 hour myth
Do you really want to become a world-class security leader or security architect, or do you want to set a different target? Because remember…“great” is often the enemy of “good enough.” We’ve all heard the magic 10,000 hour figure before. Malcom Gladwell popularized it in the book Outliers, and then you hear it in songs, […]
