Climb every mountain
A CISO or any security leader must base actions on reality. This means no rose-tinted glasses, but…
Less is more
One of the most fundamental principles of cyber security is to reduce the attack surface. You just need…
Extreme prejudice
“Zero Trust”. This sounds harsh at a time when it is important to us to manifest values such as freedom,…
Beyond the purple cow
As very young child to my astonishment I learnt that adults do not always refer to objects by the correct…
In the thick of it
There is an old joke about a party of travelers that manage to lose their way. To get to their intended destination they…
Know-the-system (No Chasing Shadows)
It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” and with this pretext I set the…
Listen, trust and verify
One of the many benefits of working as a cybersecurity specialist is the diversity of people that you can…
Don’t stop at the lights
Dealing with risk is not always the simple topic that we would like it to be. On the face of it, most…
Operational resilience and business continuity
Years ago, when business continuity plans were formulated the risks that needed to be controlled were high in…
Think once, think twice, think data!
It has always been about data! Security specialists from across the globe even when they were making their first shaky…