I’d originally planned to write a different email today, but in doing some quick research to make sure I wasn’t being loopy, I found something I wanted to share with you. The excerpt below is one of many recollections of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF, I ran across: === In 1957 I was flying B-52’s […]
The shift from “map SABSA” to “use SABSA”
I’ve been having quite a number of conversations recently with people about their experiences with putting SABSA in practice. I know I did this in 2017-2018, but these are new conversations, so some new insights are emerging. An interesting conversation I had yesterday with a couple of people highlighted a pretty big perception problem. And […]
Psychology, safety and SABSA domains
As much as we like to deny it, our primal, animal brains control a lot more of our life than the average person who considers themselves civilized and educated would care to admit. And if you doubt this, just look at the TV news, or especially scroll through social media feeds or read the comments […]
Is your SABSA stuck in the mud?
During the research I did last year reaching out to SABSA practitioners, one of the things that kept coming up over and over again was that people were having a really hard time trying to get started with SABSA in their own environments. And this isn’t just with people who take the course and try […]
Tossing the DevSecOps zombies over the waterfall
I get what the whole DevSecOps movement is trying to accomplish. I really do. Because they’re right: The “traditional” approach to security is well and truly broken. We have proof of this every day from the trenches, let alone the headlines. And so, we need to “Shift left!” “Shift left…shift left…shift left…” It’s a mantra. […]