The Law of Legacy: A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession. My life sentence is, “I want to add value to leaders who will multiply value to others.” Most people simply accept their lives – they don’t lead them. Someday people will summarize your life in a single sentence. My advice: pick it now!… Read More
Juris Doctor 120 of 161 – AKA Beer Breach
I have a natural passion for keeping people safe and secure as many of you know. I also have a real passion for technology law which might be evidenced by the doctoral pursuit in law. I also follow the news looking for cases that have been adjudicated and what the verdict or in most cases,… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 20
The Law of Explosive Growth: To add growth, lead followers – To multiply, lead leaders. Becoming a leader who develops leaders requires an entirely different focus and attitude from simply attracting and leading followers. It takes a different mind-set. Leadership development compounds. The more you invest in people and the longer you do it, the… Read More
Juris Doctor 118-119 of 161
While I was doing some research on consumer protections in my Cyberspace Law class, I encountered the following policy that is certainly on the horizon for consumer protections. You can find the original press release here: Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework, The Department of Commerce internet policy… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 19
The Law of Timing: When to lead is as important as what to do and where to go. If a leader repeatedly shows poor judgment, even in little things, people start to think that having him or her as the leader is the real mistake. When the right leader and the right timing come together,… Read More
Congratulations Your New Expinfo Account is Approved.
I received a confirmation message this morning though email from a company called Expinfo. Dear MICHAEL D, You have successfully registered with Expinfo Inc. Following are your Login details. I’ve never done business with, contacted, or knew these scoundrels existed but apparently, my alter impersonated expinfo-ego created an account and emailed me the credentials. This… Read More
Mobility Madness: Securely Extending Commerce to Mobile Users
With any emerging information technology, particularly those that interweave financial transactions, such as commerce and banking, one of the first concerns should be security. With an exponentially increasing number of consumers using mobile payment technologies, there is increased scrutiny of the precautions retailers are taking to guard these transactions. For retailers with mobile commerce sites… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 18
The Law of Sacrifice: A leader must give up to go up. The heart of good leadership is sacrifice. Sacrifice is an ongoing process, not a one-time payment. If leaders have to give up to go up, then they have to give up even more to stay up. This is certainly a subjective point of… Read More
Your Personal CISO on Linkedin.com
Your Personal CISO is now an open group on Linkedin.com. You can find it here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Your-Personal-CISO-3790361?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
The Weakest Link
I recently ran across a memorandum by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) that states: “Narcissistic tendencies in many people fuels a need to have a large group of ‘friends’ link to their pages and many of these people accept cyber-friends that they don’t even know. This provides an excellent vantage point for the… Read More
Juris Doctor 117 of 161
I am definitely having fun with my Cyberspace Law class this term. The course concludes this December so I have the rest of the year to immerse myself into a synergistic subject area. It is widely held that in general, lawyer’s knowledge about computers, and predictions they make about new technology, are highly likely to… Read More
CISO FYI 2011021001
Security through Encryption Overview: As many companies begin the migration of their internally hosted email to cloud providers such as Google, several items that need to be discussed come to my mind to ensure your corporate privacy and security is maintained. There are plenty of crossover implications for personal privacy and security as well. Encryption… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 17
The Law of Priorities: Leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone. I suppose that some of my economic training will shine through right now but, not being one of my strong suits, please excuse my rudimentary comments. The division of… Read More
Domestic Terrorism
According to a recent analysis conducted by Akamai, out of the all the cyber-attacks observed originating from the 209 unique countries around the world identified, the United States was the top attack traffic source, accounting for 12% of observed attack traffic in total. Russia and China held the second and third place spots respectively, accounting… Read More
Somebody is watching me.
I’m sitting in an airport right now with time to kill essentially and inevitably, my mind wanders. Big surprise right? Well I decided to sit down on one of several chairs flanking several ATM kiosks when I can of course plug my laptop in. I bear witness to the multitude of users inserting their card… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 16
The Law of the Big MO: Momentum is a leader’s best friend. Why is momentum a leader’s best friend? Many times momentum is the only thing that makes the difference between losing and winning. Momentum is like a magnifying glass; it makes things look bigger than they really are. Even average people can perform far… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 15
The Law of Victory: victorious leaders possess an unwillingness to accept defeat. The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them. When the pressure is on, great leaders are at their best. Whatever is inside them comes to the surface. The team doesn’t win a championship its players are working from different agendas. Leaders who… Read More
B.S. in Best Practices
Have you ever sat in a meeting with auditors or other third party professionals who will include the phrase “best practices” in their argument or report? I have no idea how many times security practitioners have tossed this phrase about to bolster their position. I’ve read that phrase countess times in articles published by reputable… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 14
The Law of Buy-in: People buy into the leader, then the vision. The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream. People don’t at first follow worthy causes. They follow worthy leaders who promote causes they can believe in. Every message that people receive in filtered… Read More
Social Confessions
I am never surprised, but always intrigued by the apparent need by the larger percentage of the population to disclose, to reveal, to make confessions. So much of this is done to near or complete strangers. Social networks have provided a global forum for confessions (disclosures) to occur. Where once a person who felt so… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 13
The Law of the Picture: People do what people see. Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical. The leader’s effective modeling of the vision makes the picture come alive. Followers may doubt what their leaders say, but they usually believe what they do. The… Read More
Now Reading: Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – 12
The Law of Empowerment: Only secure leaders give power to others. Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others. The number one enemy of empowerment is the fear of losing what we have. To push people down, you have to go down with them. Enlarging others makes you larger. I certainly… Read More
How E-Commerce Apps Are Putting Your Site at Risk
Article Reprint: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/How-E-Commerce-Apps-Are-Putting-Your-Site-at-Risk-70964.html?wlc=1286281687&wlc=1286300892 Many developers do not overlook security on purpose; it’s just that the focus is usually on feature and functionality, not the nuts and bolts of building a secure software application. These technical oversights can leave a relatively easy opening for attackers to leverage. Cross-site scripting or data source injection are the most… Read More
Gearing Up for the Holidays? So Are Cyber-Criminals
Article Reprint: http://risnews.edgl.com/retail-best-practices/Gearing-Up-for-the-Holidays–So-Are-Cyber-Criminals40304 The holidays typically are the peak season for merchants. Yet at such a critical time of year many retailers still leave themselves vulnerable to significant e-commerce fraud – and the corresponding lost revenue and damaged brand reputation — because they don’t enforce or implement information security best practices throughout the year. While… Read More