The best advice is holistic in nature, not a pitch that plays to your professional strengths.
Continue ReadingC.R.E.A.M. IoT Edition
We can go round and round about what’s going to drive improvements in computer security writ large, but when you boil it down it’s really only about one of and/or two things: money and bodies.
Continue ReadingThe Wolf is Here
This week we learned that those shepherd boys crying ‘wolf’ all those years weren’t playing us for fools, they were just too early.
Continue ReadingCyber Security Through the Lens of an Election
In that sense politics is a lot like cyber security: you prepare for the worst, you assume every day is going to be rocky, but sometimes you get pleasantly surprised.
Continue ReadingSave Yourself – Delete Your Data
If an era when remedying computer security failures is cheaper than calling in computer security experts is even remotely realistic, we need to collectively get on board with some new ways of doing things.
Continue ReadingCyber Responsibility: The Trickle-Down Effect
Regardless of your leadership style remember one thing: people will focus on whatever they are rated on or compensated for.
Continue ReadingWe Learn From Death
Cybersecurity will get better when people die in sufficiently large numbers.
Continue ReadingBetter Design, Better Security Participation?
he less users have to think about making sound security decisions, and the easier it is for them to take action, the less likely they are to become victims.
Continue ReadingGood Cyber Security is Not Glamorous
Advancing cyber security starts with promulgating the message that like most things in life: success is about the grind.
Continue ReadingIntelligence Agencies Are Not Here to Defend Your Enterprise
The way to reduce the chance that someone can crack your computer code is to write better code, and test it faster than the spooks can.
Continue Reading