Best Of Last Week As A vCISO

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2023 Okta Hack Deep Dive

A 3000+ word article that went into how to prevent the occurrence or impact of such a hack.

Step 0: Create A Risk Register

This topic had a lot of comments on LinkedIN. Sometimes we need to just start with the basics.

30, 60, 90 Day Plan for CISO’s

Written some time ago, but still good, is a plan for CXO hiring security leaders to use as a guide for putting their own 30, 60, 90 day goals.

Broken Authentication & How To Prevent It

When you see multiple instances of something, you then realize there is a larger root cause to the problem. Broken auth is such a rampant and ignored problem, I decided to frame it as a disease.

DEF CON: A Beginner Guide

DEF CON is overwhelming for the beginner. Every time I meet a new DEF CON attendee, they always say they WISH there was a guide to the con. Well, here it is. I mean, take a look at the TOC! There’s also an updated part 2 at the end.

50 Shades of Gray

A philosophy I’ve been using this past year is that Infosec is not black and white, it’s 50 shades of gray.

A Story On Three CISO’s

A small fictional, but realistic, portrayal of how three different CISO’s can approach security in a starkly different way.

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-Ayman

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