SECURITY STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #5

fairy tale, wonder tale involving marvellous elements and occurrences, though not necessarily about fairies. The term embraces such popular folktales (Märchen, q.v.) as […] britannica[.]com FAIRY TAILS FROM REALITY There are no silver bullet solutions out there that will “fix” your organization and make it 100% secure. That defensive or offensive security solution that fixes everything […]

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 STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #4

Icarus, in Greek mythology, son of the inventor Daedalus who perished by flying too near the Sun with waxen wings. britannica[.com] BALANCE Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to help many organizations out with operational, tactical, and strategic security things. From hands-on technical operational stuff such as vulnerability management, patch management, identity & access management, infrastructure security, […]

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 STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #3

The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology. According to legend, Achilles was extraordinarily strong, courageous and loyal, but he had one vulnerability–his “Achilles heel.” Homer’s epic poem the Iliad tells the story of his adventures during the last year of the Trojan War. www[.]history[.]com INGRESS One of the least talked about and […]

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 STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #2

MYTH: A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Source: dictionary[.]cambridge[.]org INGRESS Security favors preparedness and preparedness comes in a couple of different forms. To simplify stuff, I would say that there are mainly two forms: They […]

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 – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #1

MYTH-BUSTER: A person, book, etc. that shows that something generally thought to be true is not, in fact, true, or is different from how it is usually described. Source: dictionary[.]cambridge[.]org INGRESS One of the powerful things about having been a consultant for many years, in my case +20, is that you get to see many […]

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 […]