CISO - The Keel

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Find the Shortcuts by Investing in Professional Relationships

As an introvert, it’s easy for me, when under pressure to prioritize a heads-down, intense work mode, which can be powerful (e.g., Cal Newport's Deep Work and Pomodoro Technique). After enjoying yesterday's HMG CIO Summit, I was reminded that building professional peer relationships is

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Technology Strategy for Early Stage Companies

I recently presented to Academy Investor Network's AINVentures on principles and some recommended software tools by technology category for early stage companies. AIN is a great pre-seed and seed-stage focused venture fund, with a focus on connecting U.S. Military Academy graduates and investing in dual-use (Government and

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CyberWarCon 2022

Last week's CyberWarCon was a great event (it was so nice to go to an in-person event and connect with people), all about Cyber War. John Hulquist started and runs the annual conference, which I found especially fun as I've been listening to the audiobook Sandworm,

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iDEAFest2020: Lessons Learned Building an Enterprise Security Program

iDEAFest2020 is a great new virtual conference, which is a new two day event that started yesterday and will end later today (April 21-22, 2020). It's a diverse set of speakers talking about Agile, process improvement, cyber security, customer experience, leadership, and many other domains. While it'

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Join me for iDEAFest2020 on April 21-22: Agile, Leadership, and Cyber Security

With so many in-person conferences and events cancelled, I'm excited to be presenting at iDEAFest 2020, a virtual (all online) 2 day conference on April 21 and 22. The two-day event will be all online, and only costs $99 to attend. Speakers will include: * Ty Schieber, Chair of

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DoD CMMC Cyber Standard Released Today

The Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was released today (Version 1.0), and is available on DoD's OSD website here. This is a cyber security standard, with 5 maturity levels, created in partnership between the SEI Institute and the DoD. The DoD has announced that

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2019 Gartner Security and Risk Summit

I recently went to the 2019 Gartner Security and Risk Summit in National Harbor (outside of DC). This was my second Gartner conference, and so far they're 2 for 2 at delivering high-quality, impactful, intense 5 day conferences. The event was jam-packed with great sessions, roundtables, workshops, and