CISM Governance: Security as a Business Decision
Security governance starts with a deceptively simple question: who is allowed to decide how much risk the business will carry?…
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Security governance starts with a deceptively simple question: who is allowed to decide how much risk the business will carry?…
A security risk register is not valuable because it contains rows colored red, yellow and green. Its value lies in…
Security programs often fail in the space between a policy and an operating service. The organization approves a statement that…
When a ransomware event interrupts a hospital’s appointment platform, the first unanswered question may not be how to remove malware.…
A security dashboard can be full of impressive numbers and still leave executives unable to make a decision. It might…
Leading an AI transformation is not the same as being the best person in the office at writing prompts. An…
Companies rarely lack ideas for applying generative AI. They lack a reliable way to decide which ideas deserve investment. Sales…
“We need an AI agent” can mean very different things. One manager wants help drafting a weekly update; another wants…
A knowledge assistant can produce a convincing answer to the wrong policy. The model may be fluent, the summary well…
A promising AI assistant becomes a different kind of business system when it starts changing records. Summarizing a customer case…
A penetration test can be technically impressive and professionally indefensible at the same time. If testers touch an unapproved system,…
Before an authorized tester can evaluate a weakness, the team must establish what actually exists. That sounds straightforward until a…
The difficult part of vulnerability discovery is rarely obtaining a long list of possible flaws. It is deciding which observations…
The word “exploitation” can make penetration testing sound like a contest in breaking into systems. In a professional engagement, the…
Gaining access to an authorized test system is not the end of a penetration test. It is the point at…