SECURITY LEADERSHIP – LEADING LEADERS

“Leadership is an action, not a position.” Donald Mcgannon You have now reached a point where you as a security leader have accomplished to lead yourself, individuals and teams. You are at a point where you can make sure that you and those individuals and the team around you succeed in their roles. You have […]

SECURITY LEADERSHIP – THE TEAM

Team on me, team on 3!1, 2, 3TEAM! You decide to or were maybe appointed to lead a team. And now you ask yourself the questions: I think the rabbit hole of questions can become endless. And for some security leaders, or leaders in general independent of the domain where they lead, there are very […]

SECURITY LEADERSHIP – WHERE TO START

You do not need to have a title or rank to be a leader. You do not need to have a certain number of stripes on your shoulder or badges on your chest to be a leader. You do not need to have loads of different achievements to be a leader. So, what do you […]

SECURITY LEADERSHIP – THE JOURNEY & CREATION

lead (v.1)“to guide,” Old English lædan (transitive) “cause to go with oneself; march at the head of, go before as a guide, accompany and show the way; carry on; sprout forth, bring forth; pass (one’s life),” causative of liðan “to travel,” from Proto-Germanic *laidjanan(source also of Old Saxon lithan, Old Norse liða “to go,” Old High German ga-lidan “to travel,” Gothic ga-leiþan “to go”), from PIE *leit- (2) “to go […]

SECURITY STRATEGY – REALITY VS THEORY

In theory, theory and practice are the same.In practice, they are not. -Albert Einstein […conversation…] Henrik: OK, why did you base the coming <#> years on these activities? Customer: This is the direction of where our vendors’ technologies are heading! Henrik: I understand. But is this where your business and organization are heading? Customer: What […]

SPEAKING SECURITY. THE LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION

It is hard to pick ONLY one skill for security leaders (CISO, Information Security Officer, Cyber Security Risk Manager, etcetera) that I consider the most important. Leadership, independent of whether it is related to security or not, is not about only one thing. A leader needs to be versatile. And I have mentioned this several […]

A DAY AT WORK AS A CISO – PART #3 [EXTENDED]

“The best way to explain it is to do it.” Chapter III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)” This quote says a lot. In many cases leadership, as a CISO or similar roles within cyber and information security or in business management, the best way to lead is to explain. […]

A DAY AT WORK AS A CISO – PART #2 [EXTENDED]

Cat: Oh by the way, if you really like to know, he went that way. Alice: Who did? Cat: The white rabbit. Alice: He went that way? Cat: Who did? Alice: The white rabbit! Cat: What rabbit? Alice: Didn’t you just say? Cat: Can you stand on your head? Alice: ???<gets mad>??? What if Alice […]

A DAY AT WORK AS A CISO – PART #1 [EXTENDED]

Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go. The quote is from Alice in Wonderland. And the role as a CISO, Chief Information Security Officer, is in many ways starting out […]