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August 9, 2019

Breaking both your arms?

Today I needed a little “pick-me-up” so I decided I’d go hunting for some of my favorite stand-up. Now, I’m old, which means, I’m kinda “old school” about this, so one of the clips I found was a classic Steven Wright quip: “I woke up this morning, and I was folding my bed back into […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Stakeholder Credibility, Stakeholder Engagement

August 8, 2019

The curse of the cyber hype

One of the subtler challenges of security is actually knowing the scope of your job. And it’s made trickier by this “cyber” hype disease we’ve collectively caught as an industry over the last few years. I think it’s actually sort of a function of the crisis of definition over the roles in a security program […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Cybersecurity, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Interviewing

August 6, 2019

Unlocking the “Mega Powers” of stakeholder interviewing

When I was in High School, there wasn’t Netflix, or Amazon Prime or even Cable TV the 5 miles outside of the nearest town in East-Central Illinois where I grew up. And this was the late ‘80s, so the options were limited to the 5 broadcast options we had: ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and one […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / AgileSecurity, Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage, Mega Powers, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Interviewing

August 5, 2019

Whaddya mean, “You don’t know what you want??!!”

One of the biggest complaints I hear over and over again about talking to stakeholders as part of a requirements gathering exercise is: “They’re just lazy! They won’t just tell us what they want!” Which is… ridiculous. Now, if it’s around lunchtime, and your belly is grumbling and the smell wafting through the open window […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Requirements Gathering, Stakeholder Engagement

August 4, 2019

That time Ken Thompson made me coffee

I got my Computer Science degree from what was then called the University of Missouri-Rolla a long time ago. Now it’s called the Missouri University of Science and Technology for reasons I don’t remember other than it’s more correct and obvious since Rolla is a tiny, tiny little town in the middle of the state […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Bell Labs, Imposter Syndrome, Ken Thompson, Plan 9, Stakeholder Engagement

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