Moving Away from VMware: A Practical Migration Strategy
Broadcom’s changes to VMware licensing and product packaging have prompted many organisations to reconsider their virtualisation strategy. However, moving away from VMware is not simply…
Cybersecurity Is Not a Technology Problem—It Never Was
For over two decades, organizations have invested heavily in cybersecurity—billions upon billions globally—yet the same structural weaknesses persist and breaches keep happening. This raises a…
From Certification to Trust and Resilience
Why Cybersecurity Needs to Move Beyond the Compliance Mindset For decades, certification has played an important role in cybersecurity. Whether driven by customer expectations, regulatory…
Towards a new leadership narrative for the modern CISO
Cybersecurity Isn’t Underfunded — It’s Undermanaged Quote a lot of the narrative I come across online around cybersecurity budgets revolve around convincing the Board…
Why Continuous Security Validation Is Becoming a CIO Imperative
Insights from the CIO Watercooler Digital Boardroom hosted by @TrustSystems For many CIOs and CISOs, the uncomfortable truth is this: despite years of investment in…
Why Most CISOs Never Make It to the Strategy Table
Cybersecurity leadership is earned through influence, not expertise—and most leaders get it wrong from day one I have had a very interesting discussion with…
Building continuous pen testing into the CIO operating model
From static security checks to an always-on assurance program Recognising the need for continuous penetration testing is the easy part. Making this operational is where…
Why CIOs need to move from periodic to continuous pen testing
Continuous Pen Testing: The missing layer in Digital Transformation CIOs are measured by speed and reliability. The business expects rapid innovation—new applications, better customer experiences,…
Can We Really Put a Price on Data Breaches?
Cybersecurity is not just a numbers game — it’s about leadership, execution, and resilience. There is an old recurring topic in the cybersecurity industry revolving…
Cybersecurity: The “What”, the “How” and the “Who” of Change
The time has come for top leaders to own the problem back and address it as they would any other business challenge Cybersecurity budgets appear…
The CISO, the CSO and the Future of the Cybersecurity Organization
For many firms, it is a cultural transformation that is required, not just the implementation of some new tools. Recent surveys continue to paint the…
Teaching the Board to Talk to CISOs
Without a sense of context, the CISO cannot be expected to communicate meaningfully towards the Board You don’t have to go far online or on…