“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding” ~ Leonardo da Vinci I wanted to write and I wrote. Then I held the “delete” key on the top of my keyboard. I said this to myself. “I need to be a better listener.” I have read a lot about listening. Critical if people in your life do not speak much, often the…

Cloud Risk was one of the top-level Enterprise Risks for the Company, and we were not alone in identifying that as the top-level risk. Here is a story that will bring this closer to home, a true story. Alex: I cannot believe that they would do that? Sasha: Do what?? …

The light-colored font encourages the writer to tell a story. But some stories cannot be told. They are understood, they are cherished, they are loved, and they are held tightly, never to be shared or spoken. Social constructs encourage averages, what is reasonable — they ask, “is it reasonable?”. In…

There is one certainty in life — uncertainty. As long as you know what you want you will find a way… Knowing what you want is important as it will be your guide when you are upside down. I am sitting here in this room, I mostly stay here, I…

Melissa: Chief Information Security Officer Noah: Security Engineer Amber: Head of Assurance and Compliance Melissa: How can we get a list of all Cloud deployed applications? Noah: We don’t have any capability. …

Executive Strategy Meeting Angela: CEO Jim: VP Engineering Tanya: Head of Security Chidi: Legal Matt: Application Security Lead Jim: We are two weeks away from our next product. We have kept it quiet for competitive reasons, but this is our next billion-dollar bet. It is a social media app with…

Debbie: What is our Threat Modeling backlog? Mark: We have about 30 new applications in the backlog and 90 older ones that need a review. Roughly 120 — we might add more. Debbie: How quickly are we going through the backlog? Mark: To be honest, not quickly enough, between scheduling…

Every transformation requires energy. Creation of the Universe, a new life, carbon crystalizing into a diamond. On a tundra, where there is minimal energy, everything remains static, and even the dead do not decompose. We, humans also need the energy to transform into something new, something different. Usually, the impetus…

It is hard. Perhaps I had too much coffee today. Not an outlier. I drink 6 to 7 cups of coffee by noon. Black, no sugar, the best way to get most out of those coffee beans. …