A Zero Trust Success Story, Risk Dashboards, and Brands and Politics
February 2023 Edition of Security with Allie
Hey there, Welcome to Substack! This is my first Substack article now that we have left Twitter/Revue. Thank you for your patience as I have been making this transition; while Revue was great, it was only a newsletter. This platform has the potential to be more engaging through chats, articles, polls, and podcasting. I can’t wait to engage with you in a more meaningful way here.
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Welcome to the February 2023 edition of Security with Allie.
“If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.”
Check out my insights from the past month or so in cybersecurity below – and let me know what you think on Twitter or LinkedIn. 🌟
Zero Trust Lives and Dies by Executive Support
A Forrester client, SaskPower, recently spoke to me on their Zero Trust story through a case study we released this past week: How Security And Enterprise Architecture Collaborated To Bring Zero Trust To SaskPower. SaskPower spent years understanding, collaborating on, and designing Zero Trust principles into its security program. In the full report, we explain how and what it took internally to make it happen. This is an amazing story I am so happy to share. Read the blog and check out the full report below.
Webinar on Brand and Politics for CISOs
Business leaders are recognizing the importance of shared values with their customer base. However, this presents a series of challenges for security leaders, whether it be disinformation, complying with government policies, or navigating the political landscape. To help, Mike Proulx, vice president and research director at Forrester and Dipanjan Chatterjee, VP Principal Analyst, shares how their research for CMOs on brands and politics applies to security leaders, too. Check out this fireside chat.
Cybersecurity Risk Dashboards: No Value, Extreme Liability
Over the last 12 months, “risk dashboards” have become all the rage in cybersecurity, with varied titles such as “risk index,” “security baseline,” “security posture,” and “risk posture.” These dashboards appear in a vendor’s user interface and purport to help security programs improve. Some even offer coveted “benchmark data” that leaders can share with boards and executives. A more accurate name for these displays, designed to make cybersecurity teams feel insecure, would be: upsell dashboards. These dashboards are more of a liability than a value generator, and it’s important to know that as a security professional. Read more on our blog.
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