The cynical definition of a “hero” is one I remember spouting off in meetings not so many years ago. I was a bit more jaded then. Maybe I had a reason, but maybe I didn’t. Looking back on it now, I’m actually not sure. But I do remember what I said about heroes on more […]
Smashing the security silos of strategy and operations
Almost every security team I’ve met that was larger than 2 people had silos. Sure, sometimes the walls are thicker than others, but there’s a phenomenon that I’ve seen play out over and over, embedded deep within your brains, and the way it tends to manifest once you get more than one person in a […]
Giving yourself permission
If you dig into psychology a bit – or read any “Rah, Rah, You’re Awesome!” blog post – one of the key things that keeps us sane is being able to manage the conversations we have with ourselves in our heads. Unfortunately, this is one of the things in the “easier to say than do” […]
Hell, no! I don’t care about your security policies!
Ever get the feeling that this is really what your business and IT customers are saying to you whenever you’re sitting in that last-minute security review and you catch them in violation of the security policies you know have been published for at least 6 months—and which they’ve had to go through (probably mind-numbing) mandatory […]
