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Tag Archives: information security
Information Security and Tanks
Not too long ago my good friend, Michael Farnum, invited me to be the closing speaker at HouSecCon. I told him I would love to … then he asked me to give a talk that involved my military experience and … Continue reading
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Recently a CEO that I worked for in the past reached out to me. Like many successful CEO’s, he has “retired”. But do you ever really retire at that point? John now sits on the board of a few companies … Continue reading
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April 6, 2015
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Do The Security Basics Well ….. AGAIN (and again, and again)
I’m not really sure what it is going to take for people to do Information Security basics well. Just how many multi-million credit card breach, PLA attacks a hospital company, hacktivists use insider to breach you headlines is it going … Continue reading
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Tagged Board of Directors, CEO, information security, security basics
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The Threat & Vulnerability Management Maturity Model Arrives
If you follow my blog, you know the Threat & Vulnerability Management Maturity Model has been in the works for a while now. I’m happy to report the full model has finally been published in Core Security’s latest white paper. What’s … Continue reading
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Building CISO Relevance: Written For BitSight
BitSight is a very interesting security startup that is trying to do something we all have wanted for a long time. Their goal is to find ways to actually quantify risk in a measurable, objective way. If they achieve anything … Continue reading
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