What I want from my leader survey
This content was initially created by Garret Ledbetter, but in a webserver transition, the content was lost. I am posting here until we can get the content back up on his server. If you have ever worked for a great…
Listening to Learn
So many Cybersecurity professionals get caught in a trap when asked a question. The trap is that we immediately begin thinking about an answer, instead of being curious about what we could learn from the person we are talking with.…
Do you know what your employees want from their leader?
I have been talking with Garrett Ledbetter over at The Leader Effect about what our experiences have been with leaders throughout our careers. We both had great bosses as our first experience and have had a variety of different experiences…
Become the Department of K-N-O-W, not the department of N-O
Cybersecurity professionals have an important role in organizations to help manage risk. However, many have gone down the path of saying "NO" to everything because we have to meet all of the Best Practices and "secure all the things all…
SecureWorld presentation – Pivoting your Information Security Program to be ready for the future
Ready to present for this virtual event on Thursday, August 13 at 12:30PM CDT. In these uncertain/unprecedented/difficult/challenging/trying times, our Information Security programs and teams are under extreme pressure to continue to protect our systems and our data in the face…
A model for Information Security Spending Analysis
I have been in several discussions recently where the idea of analyzing Information Security spend has been a topic. The ideas have either been wildly different, or have used a model that is difficult to understand and not replicable by…
Knowing yourself in Cybersecurity
Yaron and Jeff talked about CliftonStrengths in this podcast. I completely agree with the concept that we need to build our Cybersecurity teams around the strengths of the individuals. I have been doing this for the past several years and…
The importance of Empathy in Cybersecurity
If you are a Cybersecurity leader, one of the most important podcasts to subscribe and listen is the Cyber Security Leadership podcast with Yaron Levi and Jeff Snyder. They are talking about a lot of issues that Cybersecurity leaders need…