Merriam-webster.com defines oxymoron to mean a combination of contradictory or incongruous words, such as, jumbo shrimp or lead ballon. We enjoy oxymorons so much: many websites exist just to collect examples that enable us to use these figures of speech to illustrate irony, sarcasm or the unexpected, such as, Mike and Phil as leaders are…
For the last year, my partner Ed Moyle and I have been writing a book that we wish we’d had when we were starting out in our careers. A practical, no-nonsense guide to security architecture. As experienced technical architects, we know the value of a strategic plan. One way we learned that value, was the…
Facebook and Equifax Privacy Failures Put Businesses and Consumers On Notice In The Beginning In 2018, the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation GDPRÂ laid the cornerstone for all other jurisdictions to build similar legal and regulatory data usage and privacy frameworks. GDPR’s global scope set a new level of usage obligations and privacy…
“Trans-Atlantic commercial arrangement is worth 7.17 trillion dollars.”                    —-Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Why did the European Court’s High Court dismantle a trillion-dollar economic arrangement between the European Union and the United States? In response,…
The COVID-19 crisis wave now is in the U.S. phase 2 of Board of Directors pandemic planning, governance, and management. The CEO’s pandemic planning playbook continues into crisis management action for safer financial positions with the Board. The Board is in the perfect spot to assist in reshaping a pandemic crisis management playbook. Boards must…
After many years of dithering the Fed is seriously investigating creating digital money – a “digital dollar”. Not bitcoin, but digital dollars backed by the United States government. Why? What does this mean to me?
A Blockchain-based add-on can increase the value of Coronavirus contact-tracing apps and other smartphone software. It may concern you.
During the enforced isolation and “social distancing” of March 2020, I began to post more often to sites such as Forbes.com, Peerlyst, (where I am an advisor), LinkedIn, and The Analyst Syndicate. In doing so, and with a recent mindset of recording history, thanks to the February 2020 publication of Security Yearbook 2020: A History…
6 weeks of research on the coronavirus epidemic (COVID0-19) with a strong focus on guidance to readers.
Your business continuity plan did not foresee the true impact on the workforce of a pandemic. Now what? Leaders of businesses and other entities that continue to operate through the pandemic must take charge now with a tactical plan of attack to protect the workforce while also maintaining productivity. To manage Covid-19 workforce risks: Consult…
