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Risk Registers Don't Work

Risk registers were designed for a world that changed slowly. That world is gone. We need to move from periodic risk assessment to continuous risk sensing, a live dashboard, not a quarterly…

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How AI Breaks Everything We Know About Cyber Economics

AI · · 6 min readFour kittens climbing out of a wicker basket on a lawn, with lilac bushes flowering behind them.

A No-Nonsense Guide to Governing AI Agents in Your Organisation

AI · · 7 min readA wrist wearing a brown leather chronograph watch, resting over a laptop keyboard on a dark wooden desk.

How I manage my tasks in Cyber Security

Ways of working · · 4 min readA black-and-white photograph of a chess board mid-game, a single pawn sharp in the foreground and the king and queen out of focus behind it.

Finding the Best Cyber Security Initiatives for Your Organisation

Strategy · · 6 min readAn aerial view of a green combine harvester cutting a clean diagonal line across a field, harvested stubble on one side and standing crop on the other.

No Bullsh*t Approach To Simplifying Cyber Supply Chain Risk

Supply chain · · 8 min readA leaf-covered path curving away through a dense green wood, with sunlight breaking through the trees ahead.

Developing an approach to Attack Path Analysis for Security Posture Management

Posture · · 7 min readTwo developers seen from behind at a shared desk, each working at a monitor filled with code; one is wearing headphones.

90% of ‘your’ software is not written by your people

Supply chain · · 5 min readTwo humanoid robots standing shoulder to shoulder, overlaid with the headline 'Your Organisation is Not Ready for AI Cyber Warfare.'

Preparing your Organisation for AI Cyber Warfare

AI · · 9 min readA screenshot of the vulnerability management cheat sheet: a dense three-column checklist covering situation assessment, defences and detection.

Critical Vulnerability Management Cheat Sheet

Vuln management · · 6 min read
Dave Ferguson

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I help dynamic organisations reduce cyber risk, by developing pragmatic cybersecurity functions that align with the business needs and have a proven track record of increasing simplicity and promoting accountable visibility.

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