5 Ways To Boost Cyber Resilience in 2024
Cyber Resilience is more important than ever in 2024. In the past, hackers would mostly target large enterprises and organizations. Now new forms of attack — and hacks carried out on behalf of nation states — are putting organisations of all sizes at risk from cybercrimes that can easily turn the entire operation upside down. […]
5 reasons why even experienced CISOs struggle in the job
You might think that to be a good CISO, the most important skill is technical expertise. But that’s just one aspect of what it takes to be a successful CISO or head of cyber security. Even CISOs with years of experience in the security industry sometimes struggle to be effective and end up feeling stressed […]
What can you do to become a more effective CISO (and not burn out)?
Even CISOs with years of experience in the security industry sometimes struggle to be effective in the role and end up feeling stressed and anxious. They face common challenges such as: Burnout is common and, on average, CISOs move on to a new role — perhaps hoping things will be different this time — every 18 to […]
How can CISOs succeed with Positive Intelligence for Security Leaders?
Cybersecurity is often viewed as technology problem. It’s true that today’s organisations are dealing with an ever-increasing attack surface, thanks to technology-enabled developments such as cloud computing, remote working and digital transformation, and face new methods of attack from malicious actors. Yet when security leaders talk about their top concerns, what emerges is that their […]
More to better: security optimisation is the key to a broken industry
Cybersecurity is sometimes described as an arms race, as malicious actors find new and faster ways to attack, while security teams strive to mount a more effective defence. But for many CISOs and heads of security, it can feel more like they’re being asked to jump on a hamster wheel designed by Kafka. The security […]
6 steps to using security optimisation to counter a broken industry
We’ve previously explored why a broken security industry is pushing businesses to spend more on technology and people while still allowing the number of breaches to go on rising. We clearly need to move from doing “more” to doing “better”. As a CISO working in a single organisation, you can’t fix the whole industry on your own. […]
How can we help you tackle the security optimisation challenge?
In the first post in this series, we talked about the ways the security industry is broken. We then looked at 6 steps every CISO can take to help their organisation operate more securely without driving up their security budget. These 6 steps are to: Taking any of these 6 steps on its own will […]
What is a cybersecurity mesh and why do you need one?
Many businesses have turned to Zero Trust Network Architectures (ZTNAs) to help them handle the challenges thrown up by these complex environments. With ZTNAs, you’re authenticating, authorising and validating every user or entity every time they want to access network resources. While it’s a significant step forward from the old “castle and moat” approach to […]
The Death of the VPN?
It has never been more clear that remote operations are here to stay. After all, if the past few years have taught us anything, it’s the importance of being agile and open to evolution and growth. It’s the only way you can guarantee continued success. But as organisations have moved the bulk of their data, […]
The Red, Blue or Purple Pill
The Things You Don’t Know About Purple Teaming You’ve heard of red teaming and blue teaming. But have you heard of purple teaming? Even the colour theory novices among us will know that red and blue make purple- so you may be able to hazard a guess what purple teaming entails. You guessed it – […]
