Category Archives: Risk

ICYMI – Mega ISACA Update – Data Breach Costs and Hanlon’s Razor

I recently coauthored an article for the ISACA Journal with a coworker about imputing the cost of a data breach from record count. We also recorded a podcast based on the article. You can read the article here and listen or watch the podcast. I also authored a piece for the @ISACA newsletter on theContinue reading “ICYMI – Mega ISACA Update – Data Breach Costs and Hanlon’s Razor”

ICYMI – Interviewed on CISO Insiders Podcast

I had a great time talking with Ben Ben-Aderet on the CISO Insiders Podcast. He asked really interesting questions about not only information security but also caused me to reflect on myself and what I learned during my time in the industry. You can check it out here (he bookmarked different topics so you canContinue reading “ICYMI – Interviewed on CISO Insiders Podcast”

Learning From Other’s Mistakes

I wrote this piece after I read one person’s take on the relationship between near misses and audit findings. I wanted to reflect my thinking on the matter in a way that gave risk organizations a useful function to pursue after an incident. You can read about the role that your near misses (and other’s)Continue reading “Learning From Other’s Mistakes”

Cyber Insurance Market Analysis

I wrote this piece as an analysis of what Marsh is experiencing in the marketplace. I wanted to have a cyber risk analyst’s take on the same data and to see where we could learn from their analysis and apply that in our practice. One edit, it looks like I made a typo. The lineContinue reading “Cyber Insurance Market Analysis”

Rise of the Chief Trust Officer

I wrote a piece for ISACA about how the rise of the Chief Trust Officer role is changing the landscape for cyber security and cyber risk leadership. Borrowing from the CISO, CSO, CPO, CIO, and digital transformation roles, the Chief Trust Officer can become the go to role to govern technology and ensure customer’s trustContinue reading “Rise of the Chief Trust Officer”

The Future of Quantitative Cyber Risk Reporting

In my latest piece for the @ISACA newsletter, I address the US SEC’s interest in enhancing the cyber risk reporting requirements. The SEC has asked for feedback on this matter from the public. I used my feedback to them in the writing of this piece.

Cyber Risk Warehouse – 2022 April YTD ICYMI

I have a “warehouse” full of good cyber risk things to share with you below: Here is an ISACA piece I was asked to write about things Cyber Risk professionals need to focus on in 2022 This ISACA column I wrote speaks to the role that bias plays in how cyber news is fed toContinue reading “Cyber Risk Warehouse – 2022 April YTD ICYMI”

NACD Post: Connecting Cyber Ratings and Credit Ratings

My piece for the NACD was published today. Here I outline the connection that is being made by ratings agencies between cyber risk and business risk. For those of us in cyber risk, this will seem obvious but it’s profound that it is now gaining traction in business ratings.

Featured on CISO Series – Hacking Cyber Risk Quantification

I had the pleasure of doing a live session on David Spark and Spark Media’s CISO Series with Nick Esponosa. Things got wacky but we also had a good time discussing with CRQ is and how it can help companies make better decisions. You can check out the highlights reel here and the full videoContinue reading “Featured on CISO Series – Hacking Cyber Risk Quantification”