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The two faces of the end of the year—which are you?

[This post was originally sent to the Archistry email list on 2-Nov-19. If you want to avoid the lag, you can subscribe and get these in real-time by using the pop-up, the box on the left or the form at archistry.com – Ed.] What I just realized today was that we’re exactly 61 days from […]

Is your security architecture as useless as tits on a boar hog?

One of the other big problems I see when I’m working with clients and customers that’s a lack of discipline with how they structure their risk assessments. They’re all over the place, and they smack of all the problems we talk about during the SABSA Foundation course: They’re highly subjective They vary greatly in structure […]

Dispelling the mists of SABSA misperception

It was a dark and stormy ni—well, not really. Here in Cape Town, it’s kinda still bright, it’s warm, with a light breeze, and the trick-or-treaters are walking the streets, scooping up their treasures from the rows of houses in our neighborhood. My son’s super excited because he has “customers” come to the door, so […]

Seat belts save lives, but does the CSF?

According to the WHO, the effectiveness of seat belts in worldwide studies is about 50% in avoiding the loss of life during a car crash. This is pretty concrete, and the studies have been validated since the ‘60s in some form or another, so there’s a pretty high confidence in that probability. However, our friend, […]