Winning Systems & Security Practitioners 1. Introduction

1100 words, 4 1/2 minutes. Introduction “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton If you’ve read my previous postyou’ll know that to get beneficial, long lasting, low-maintenance results in Information Security, you need winning systems. Not skills. If you like grinding monotony punctuated by periods of extreme stress and being able to tell people how busy you constantly are, you can safely return to your to-do list. »

Forget Solving The Cyber Security Skills Shortage

1100 words, 4 minutes. This post is one of a short series on structural and systemic things the Information Security industry does wrong, and what we might do about them. Disclaimer: I advocate lifelong learning, that includes professional training, product training, workshops, online or in-person courses, and academic study. The professional trainers I know who author and deliver their own material are among the most mentally agile people I’ve ever met. »