I believe that most people in the computer-using community (which now is just about everybody in the developed nations) want to do the right thing, and can do the right thing. They just need to know what the right things are, and how to do them.
There is a lot to talk about with regard to technical security controls, aka the “sexy stuff” like firewalls and IDS. So rather than bore you with technobabble (in Scrappy Information Security, I start with packets, headers, ports & MACs as a way of introducing how the Internet works), I will instead focus on an explanation of encryption.
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When teaching “InfoSec 101,” I reflect back on my early career as a reporter, and focus on answering the standard questions: who, what, why, where, when, and how. Since this is a Scrappy Book, let’s throw caution to the wind and take them out of order…
We’re adults, and we like to know “why.” I would like to share some of the whys of information security, so that you can understand why the infosec guys can be so darned stubborn.
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To wrap-up this week on being a change leader, here’s my short list of what to be and what to
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There’s one significant characteristic of a leader that I have not mentioned: Be a model for those behaviors and traits
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So far I’ve covered the concepts that change leadership requires a vision and trust: Vision to provide direction Trust so
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Yesterday I covered 3 points for change leadership and project management: 1. You implement change everyday in your role as
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We’ve all experienced change. In fact, we lead and manage change everyday as project and program managers. Anita Wotiz did
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It sort of pains me to even have to write about #4 on my list of mandatory practices (see Tuesday’s
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That requirements will change is a given. How you plan for and manage that change is crucial. Think about what
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