security
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Humanity is not as far removed from trading three chickens for a sack of flour as we would like to believe. The international economy works because everyone has agreed, more or less, that some amount in one currency is worth some other amount in a different currency. Central banks from the USA, UK, EU, Japan,…
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Security owes part of its DNA to finance. Financial management decisions are all about risk management. This makes logical sense: We must consume time, money, and raw resources to create a product or service of value. This is inherently risky if the final product is not more valuable than the sum of its parts. Finance…
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Houston, security has a branding problem. People hate us. We’re the no people. The people that hold up procurement. The people that ask nosy questions. The people that spend money. How do we change the vibe? Marketing offers us a path forward. There’s two groups – the P’s and the C’s – with four points…
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Finally, a class with a familiar subject: analyzing data. The methods were kept fairly high level, as this was a class for business students, not engineering students. I certainly appreciated that, as I only passed engineering statistics with the help of my now-late ex-husband. The tools were kept to the ubiquitous accessible Excel, with the…
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Like my strategy class, I went into “Managerial Leadership & Productivity” completely blind. The course description helped little; it mentioned “organizational behavior and human motivation in the workplace”. Seven weeks later: You know how people keep saying security needs “people skills”? The textbook is “Developing Management Skills” by David Whetten and Kim Cameron. You know…
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Hack To The Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers Overall: Should be required reading for anyone in the field. I’ve followed Hacking History for some time, and I preordered this book months ago. It does not disappoint. It reads like a political thriller … except it’s all true. I’m a big fan…
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I really didn’t know what to expect from a class titled “Strategy Formation and Organizational Design”. There wasn’t even a textbook. Instead, we had a course pack of articles from the Harvard Business Review. I ended up liking this setup, not least because it was a solid $100 cheaper than a textbook. My biggest lesson…
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Overall: Excellent reference! Reading and understanding the theory behind lock-picking is no substitute for practicing. I picked up No Starch’s Locksport book at BSides Seattle, directly from one of the authors. Matt and the technical reviewer, Peter, were kind enough to sign my copy! The organization is excellent, and it’s easy to find what you’re…
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Title: The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer Author: Perry Carpenter, Kai Roer Overall: Worth reading! I haven’t found a lot of books talking about security awareness — from either the content or administration side, and that’s a shame. There’s a glut of technical books, and…
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This is another failure turned opportunity. I originally submitted this as a conference talk. That talk was rejected, but I was offered a webinar instead. Then I saw a call for a similar topic in another forum, so out of the one rejection, I gave the talk twice. The good news for my schedule was…
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