Can you still Afford “not to afford” Cyber Security?
Expert Contributor and cybersecurity specialist Jean-Christophe Gaillard highlights the instability of the current security landscape. Specifically, h…
Does the role of the “Virtual CISO“ make any sense?
While this is better than doing nothing or relying blindly on the security of cloud providers, those externalised, part-time services – often delive…
In Defence of Maturity-based Approaches for Cyber Security
It does not make sense to oppose maturity-based approaches and risk-based approaches to cyber security: They are just different ways of managing, driv…
Towards a New Profile for the CISO
You don’t become a transformational leader overnight, in particular if your background, your skills and your core interests are centred around the m…
The Hard Truth Around Cyber Security Awareness Programmes
Culture and governance are key to drive change around cyber security behaviours, but too many awareness programmes focus simply on superficial technic…
Cyber Security maturity stagnates because CISOs are structurally prevented from looking beyond day-to-day firefighting
Clarity of roles and responsibilities across Security and IT, and a clear approach putting People and Process first ahead of ready-made Technology sol…
Cyber Security: A Look Across Two Decades
As we look towards the next decade, the industry must pivot towards a clearer execution focus: Security cannot be seen any more JUST as a matter of ri…
The Impossible Role of the CISO
Nobody can be reasonably expected to be GENUINELY and EFFECTIVELY credible from the board down, across all managerial and technical layers of the ente…
Cyber Security in the “When-Not-If” Era
Many large organisations now assume that breaches are simply inevitable, due to the inherent complexity of their business models and the multiplicatio…
Cyber security is becoming a matter of good corporate governance, good ethics, and quite simply – good business.
As every enterprise is becoming more and more data-driven, it is key for the Board to realize that cyber security is becoming a central tenet both of …
The Business Value of Cybersecurity
It is now becoming crystal clear that cybersecurity – beyond good practice and good ethics – is quite simply good business. As a recent Cisco stud…
Who wants to be a CISO?
Talent alienation is the biggest issue behind the cybersecurity management skills gap, but it shouldn’t be the case