After over six weeks of some kind of lockdown here in the UK, and similar amounts of time elsewhere in the world, it has become very obvious to me that many companies out there are simply ill-equipped to deal with the change in lifestyle the lockdown demands. By ill-equipped, I don’t just mean from a …
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Shameless Coronavirus Special Promotion – Risk Edition!
Many, many moons ago, my good friend and learned colleague Javvad Malik and I came up with a way to explain how a risk model works by using an analogy to a pub fight. I have used it in a presentation that has been given several times, and the analogy has really helped people understand …
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The Lost CISO who?
And why am I being spammed with Twitter and LinkedIn about him all the time at the moment? I came up with the concept of The Lost CISO when I was working late in the office one night. I decided to start writing and doing something about it straight away, and even created the banner …
Keeping It Supremely Simple, the NASA way
Any regular reader (hello to both of you) will know that I also follow an ex NASA engineer/manager by the name of Wayne Hale. Having been in NASA for much of his adult life and being involved across the board he brings a fascinating view of the complexities of space travel, and just as interestingly, …
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Price versus Value; Why it is Important in Information Security
Running my own business now means I have to work out how much I am going to charge for my services, and if the market (or client) is going to be willing to pay me that price. It makes for an interesting internal dialogue, especially as I have always been told to not sell myself …
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Waving, Not Drowning
I have just stepped off the stage at the Pulse Conferences CISO 360 Congress in Rome having presented on “The True Cost of Security, A Personal Story”, recounting my experience of poor mental health. I published my life threatening experiences in my Blog, Drowning not Waving, published a few months ago, and those of you …
RSA 2019, and women finally had to queue for the toilets…
If the streets of San Francisco are becoming more cluttered as the homeless problem gets worse year after year, the conference itself seemed to take a clear shift towards a more friendly and inclusive event. The redesign of the conference wasn’t just limited to the Moscone Centre itself. To be sure , the revised layout …
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A Lot of Talking…
One month in and (TL)2 Security seems to be attracting a fair amount of interest which is very heartening. What I am not used to however is projects just disappearing. In my old day job, if i decided to pursue a project we got onto it and did it until it was finished or I …
Opening a New Door of Opportunity
As many of you have worked out by now I am no longer in full time employment and have decided to open the doors on my own business; I give you (TL)2 Security Ltd: Originally intended to fill a gap on my CV while I find a full time job, and allow me to take …
Drowning, Not Waving…
Last week I attended The European Information Security Summit 2019 and spoke on the closing keynote panel at the end of the second day. The topic was “Unacceptable personal pressure: How senior Cyber Security Executives safeguard their own mental health, and those of their teams”, and as a panel we were surprisingly open about our experiences. …
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