24x7x366
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, […]