I want to share a few thoughts on one of the biggest factors that has enabled my success in cybersecurity: Making friends. I won’t call it networking because that is too often reduced to a buzzword for job seekers and…
As I adapt to working as part of a global entity I’ve had to try and find tools to help me manage time zones. Here are a few things I’ve started using that have helped. I’m obviously still figuring this…
An individual security best practice that we don’t talk about enough: You should be using a special email address for your username and contact for your most sensitive sites like password managers & banking. This email should be: I use…
I thought I would share a tip to reduce email and make good use of colleague’s time. A former CEO taught all his direct reports this technique and it was so effective that we broadly adopted it as a team.…
The halcyon days of transferring significant amounts of risk to insurance carriers for bargain premiums are practically over. The latest indication comes to us via Fitch Ratings Cyber insurance direct written premiums for the property/casualty industry rose sharply 22% last…
If you are in the Cybersecurity or Compliance industry long enough you’ll likely encounter an Executive who would prefer to just “fix” what happened and not disclose, report, or notify affected parties of a data breach. It’s difficult to understand…
The dramatic power failures in Texas in recent weeks have highlighted their mostly unregulated energy market and in turn should cause us to assess the real purpose of regulations. Regulations are Protections. I spend a significant amount of time helping…