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Top IT security certifications for critical infrastructure — by sector
With the rising need for skilled cybersecurity professionals across all 16 critical infrastructures, here's an easy reference to infrastructure-specific certifications in cybersecurity. This is based on conversations with...
What I learned about risk on my summer vacation
10 homework assignments CSOs can give their teams to keep their bosses safe (and stay out of the principal's office!)
Keep the change: 9 steps to adapting to IT security
Changing the way we look at "security" could make the difference in how successful we are. Here's a step-by-step process CSOs and their teams can implement to integrate any type of GRC or Infrastructure Security change initiative into...
Keeping security (and alerts) in context
Complexity is the primary security problem, demonstrated by the degree to which misconfiguration and misalignment of protection are leveraged in cyber attacks. One way to change the game is via context. We need to know more about 1)...
How to gain the trust of the board
One of the keys that can make a good CSO presentation a great one is by ensuring the data being reported actually has relevance on specific business risks the organization is most likely to encounter (rather than assembling a...
How to present security to the board
Part of the DNA of any CEO is in how well he or she can deliver quarterly reports (good and bad) to a Board of Directors, with the usual flair of just enough excitement to keep everybody upstairs interested, all the while keeping them...
It’s hunting season but who’s the prey?
There’s a trend in security operations to work to close the gap between discovering a breach after the damage has been inflicted, and delving deeper into the infrastructure to evaluate the “What/Where/When/How” in an effort to advance...
How to make mergers and acquistions work
When tech companies "Merge and Purge" their IP, organizations on both sides of the trades can get nervous. Here's one recent deal that could actually mean a better set of solutions for everybody concerned.
Black Hat basics: Ruminations on 19 years of Black Hat Briefings
As this is my first venture into the world of blogs for CSO, the timing coincides with one of my favorite summer activities—traveling each August to the American desert, to roast in the Nevada sun, and attend the Black Hat Briefings....
