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1500 words, 6 minutes. “For the sake of brevity, we will always represent this number by the letter e” - Leonhard Euler, Mechanica. 1736. Illustration Pub. 1881. What if you could understand and explain any breach 10x faster? Security breaches are a staple of mainstream news. In the past, details only emerged through technical analysis, research papers, and the forensic review of press releases. Occasionally we’d be gifted with a customer letter or the suspicious timing of a patch or update. »

1850 words, 7 minutes. …or, how the cave fish lost his eyes. Iranocypris typhlops - 1944, By B.Coad for Bruun & Kaiser. This post follows directly from the last. In that post, we learned that everyone could do something to reduce their attack surface and decrease the likelihood of a breach. I’m going to show you what that winning system looks like when taken to its ultimate logical conclusion. The logic goes something like this: »

1750 words, 7 minutes. Sketch by Sir William Rothenstein, 1933. “Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland. Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island. Who rules the World-Island commands the world." - Sir Halford Mackinder, Democratic Ideals and Reality. 1919. Do you work in technology, are you building a company? You should think about how your product or service fits with the wider world because aligning with large movements is a winning system. »

2500 words, 9 1/2 minutes. Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General. 1647 Engraving. Here I describe a lemma1 or helping theorem for technical compliance of IT with a focus on Information Security. It’s an approach for all compliance regimes whether regulatory or corporate. It doesn’t date, nor is it predicated on a technology or platform. It isn’t a trick. It doesn’t provide cover for inadequate security or incompetent staff. If you’re looking to evade compliance, disguise incompetence, or shirk accountability then you’re in the wrong article. »

1600 words, 8 minutes. Turning Up The Magnification Three lens microscope for simultaneous observations. 1882 This is the second of a short series of posts about the Cyber Security market. This market is interesting now because I believe it’s at a juncture where we can choose one of two possible futures. We being the product builders, investors, and customers. In the previous postI presented you with a choice. A choice between a beautiful fantasy, and practical reality. »