As organisations come to terms with the impact of digital transformation, there have been louder calls for security teams to stop being the Department of No. In general terms, this is a positive trend but there is a danger for security teams as the ‘shift left’ of digital transformation exposes…
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Stifling, Suffocating, Security?
Security risk management requires balancing a number of stakeholders needs. The risk owners, ultimately a board of directors of an institution, set a risk appetite (whether implicitly or explicitly) , the business managers and leaders then seek to operate within that appetite to drive growth or deliver their mission. There…
Talking Up Security
A keynote I gave to GDSCon 2017 on how security practitioners should engage with senior executives. Talking Up Security from Phil Huggins FBCS CITP
Strategic Security Management Challenges
I was recently asked by a consultancy firm to provide a keynote talking about the challenges I had faced as a security leader during my career and how the consultancy could start thinking about how to help people in my position. I appreciated the customer-first orientation they were adopting, refreshing in…
The Future of Security Automation.
It is entirely possible I am about to have a flying car moment. Recently I have been asked by a variety of product vendors and security consultancies for my opinions on the future direction of security and where they should be focusing their innovation efforts. I’m honestly not sure why…