“I am coaching and helping organizations to improve their security posture and cyber resilience.”
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 […]
Read More SECURITY STRATEGY – REALITY VS THEORYIf you do not know what value means for your organization from a business perspective, how will you be able to create it from a security perspective? Question:What does creating value mean for your organization from a security perspective?[I encourage you to contemplate this question for a couple of minutes before continuing to read this […]
Read More SECURITY STRATEGY – CREATING VALUEA broken compass is just that, a broken compass and it is hard to compensate for. Start with fixing the compass. Going in the wrong direction may fast lead you to a unwanted position or destination. The direction is more important compared to the speed. Make sure to dial in the right direction. Fix that […]
Read More SECURITY STRATEGY – DIRECTIONSecurity favors preparedness and planning. -Henrik Parkkinen “The plan looks challenging Henrik!”“Yes! If it do not challenge us, it will not make us grow as a team.”“Point taken!” Goals and a strategic plan shall be a bit challenging. At least how I see it. I am a firm believer that challenges are something that makes […]
Read More SECURITY STRATEGY – LONG TERM PLANIt 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 […]
Read More SPEAKING SECURITY. THE LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATIONThe term “strategy” is derived indirectly from the Classic and Byzantine (330 A.D.) Greek “strategos,” which means “general.” While the term is credited to the Greeks, no Greek ever used the word. The Greek equivalent for the modern word “strategy” would have been “strategike episteme” or (general’s knowledge) “strategon sophia” (general’s wisdom). One of the […]
Read More SECURITY STRATEGY – WHAT IS THAT?
Henrik Parkkinen 