Collaborate Disseminate
As I wrote in my book Connecting the Dots, trust is one of a company’s two most important assets (the other is information). For a company looking to lead a market transition, establishing trust is a bit like the old chicken and egg dilemma:… Continue reading The importance of trust in leading a market transition
By John Chambers, Founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures and former CEO and Chairman of Cisco
As a mentor, investor, and longtime player in the tech industry, I’m frequently asked which market segments I’m betting big on over the coming decad… Continue reading The Piece of Hardware at the Cutting Edge of Cybersecurity
On July 31, 2018 I attended the first National Cybersecurity Summit at the US Customs House in lower Manhattan. The building itself was constructed around 1902 1907 in order to collect tariffs. Teddy Roosevelt was President and tariffs were a subject o… Continue reading The First National Cybersecurity Summit
Two recent privacy laws GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (AB 375) focus more attention on protecting digital privacy of individuals. Both laws will require that security professional up their game. In this post I will cover some of the secu… Continue reading New Privacy Laws Require Security Professionals Up Their Game
Yesterday DHS and the Commerce Department released their most recent workforce report Supporting the Growth and Sustainment of the Nation s Cybersecurity Workforce . The report was commissioned by the Trump administration in May 2017. Having studied th… Continue reading Cybersecurity Workforce Development: Real or Imagined Problem?
In this digital era, anything can be faked; followers, news, experts, emails and so on. The possibilities are limited only by the imagination of the faker. It turns out that these issues were addressed back in 1996, by Carl Sagan, the world famous astr… Continue reading Antidote for Fake Everything
The recent government shutdown got me thinking about budgets and information security. Having just submitted a proposal to a small business myself, I am asking the question: What is best practice for small or mid sized business (SMB) information securi… Continue reading Managing Information Security On a Limited Budget
There are many posts on corporate directors responsibilities toward the organizations where they are board members. In fact, corporate directors themselves may be targets for hacktivists or cybercriminals and need to make sure they have adequate protec… Continue reading Cybersecurity Risk Management for Directors