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take three analysts per day . . . . . . and their families! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . “Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”                    —Lois McMaster Bujold So for my […]

The Four Basic Truths of System Security

System Security and Cybersecurity are not the same thing. . . Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Regarding “information security,” the last thirty years have seen an evolution of frameworks, laws, and assessment approaches which intimidate the management team with their complexity.  […]

Patrick

And the false sense of security Another metaphor Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Today is my youngest brother’s birthday. He came home in a Christmas stocking, and his five older brothers and sisters have been telling stories about “The Legend of […]

I as Intelligence

Wordplay as in Boilerplate Announcing our AI Policy Boilerplate Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Yes, the title of this Dan’s New Leaf post is indeed another play onwards. Just like the last word of the last sentence . . . . […]

State of the Leaf

Filter? Or more noise Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Last spring, I turned over yet another new leaf, and declared that I would start blogging weekly. Since then I actually missed one week, but blogged through several vacations, several on-sites, and […]

The Why

NG Boilerplate Another New Leaf Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . First, let’s remember why we called this article Dan’s New Leaf.  Back in 2004 or so, we decided it would be a good idea to blog about Information Security, so that […]

Thankful For

And proud of A Thanksgiving DNL Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Let me start this Thanksgiving edition of Dan’s New Leaf by thanking our employees, our Clients, our partners, our families, even our competition . . . but not malicious cyber […]

AI to Fight AI

Busting through meta-risk From one poet to another Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . We all recently read the news of the executive order on artificial intelligence. I actually have read a few articles by Joy Buolamwini who apparently helped the administration write […]

Using GPT

Make it a tool Not a replacement Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . We encourage our employees to use AI as a tool.  And we make sure they understand:  if you learn to USE AI as a tool, it will not replace […]

WWIII

Who will it be? A short new leaf Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Today’s new leaf makes my point with one question.  To drive home the point, let’s make it a multiple choice question: If there is a World War Three, […]