Security startup confessions: Limited funds and their impact on security
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
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Security startup confessions: Choosing a tech partner
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
Security CLTRe Toolkit: Build and improve security culture
Norwegian security culture startup CLTRe has announced today at CeBIT its Security CLTRe Toolkit. The SaaS-based toolkit will provide organizations from SMEs to large …
The state of cyber security in Thailand
Thailand – the land of smiles – invited me as a panelist to the CSA ASEAN 2015 summit. Bangkok, with its fantastic street food, smiling people and general …
Review: Build A Security Culture
Author: Kai Roer Pages: 124 Publisher: IT Governance Publishing ISBN: 1849287163 Introduction Kai Roer is one of the creators of the Security Culture Toolkit, a well-regarded …
What infosec can learn from the Greek elections
Sometimes disruption just happens. It occurs when something creates a dramatic change of direction, and examples are all around us: the introduction of the GUI, the iPod and …
How to learn information security
Learning is a skill. A skill that can be, well, learned. I am often approached by young people who ask me what does it take to move into the information security field, what …
What are the building blocks of security culture?
In order to understand how to create security culture, it is important to know what it is and how we define it, so that we can look beyond the basics. Taking into …
Hackers gather in Colombia for Security Zone 2013
The need for, the interest in, and the general knowledge about information security has grown exponentially in the past few years. All over the world, the need for competence, …
Dear CSO, do you know how to build security culture?
What do you really know about security culture? I am going out on a limb here and claim you know very little, if anything at all. Your day job is about security, and like most …
Trust me with your secrets
For little over a month, revelations about NSA wiretapping schemes have been hitting the news and and rattling the world. The fact that the NSA has access to so much data …
To hack back or not to hack back?
Many centuries ago, explorers came to the vast land of North America. Shipload upon shipload of dreamers, explorers, businessmen and farmers entered the harbors and spread out …