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  1. ConFUSED: Unraveling Verbal Nuances for Everyday Words

    ConFUSED: Unraveling Verbal Nuances for Everyday Words

    This blog post is an attempt to capture & clarify the differences and unique nuances between everyday used words.

  2. 10 Must-Have Meta-Skills for CISO & Security Leaders

    10 Must-Have Meta-Skills for CISO & Security Leaders

    "Meta skills" refer to higher-order skills that enable a person to utilize and manage other,

  3. Threat Modeling Methodology: STRIDE 🤝 DREAD

    Threat Modeling Methodology: STRIDE 🤝 DREAD

    A cybersecurity expert gazed at the screen filled with a list of threats, his face resembling that of an artist pondering a blank canvas. But instead of a masterpiece waiting to emerge, he was faced with a digital jigsaw puzzle where every piece was a pot

  4. Have you ever wondered why ISMS is referred to as a System, rather than a framework, guidelines, or standard?

    Have you ever wondered why ISMS is referred to as a System, rather than a framework, guidelines, or standard?

    The ISMS is not called a system by coincidence or convention; it's named for its inherent ability to unite, guide, and empower. It's the core of a security strategy that resonates with purpose, function, and integrity.

  5. Understanding How Digital Signatures Work?

    Understanding How Digital Signatures Work?

    Digital signatures are a crucial aspect of cryptography, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of digital data. Non-repudiation is a security feature that prevents a sender from denying a message they have sent.

  6. Cyber, (Mis)Adventures Issue #2 - MOVEit, Cyberattacks for hire in India, SMS Pumping Fraud Explained, Spotlight on LLM's

    Cyber, (Mis)Adventures Issue #2 - MOVEit, Cyberattacks for hire in India, SMS Pumping Fraud Explained, Spotlight on LLM's

    Cyber, (Mis)Adventures Issue #2 - MOVEit, Cyberattacks for hire in India, SMS Pumping Fraud Explained, Spotlight on LLM's

  7. Cyber, Seeded #2 May 2023 Edition

    Cyber, Seeded #2 May 2023 Edition

    In May 2023, 54 Companies raised approx. USD 1,518,098,805 (1.5 Billion) across 15 Funding Types and across 14 Countries.

  8. Threat Modeling Designing For Security by Adam Shostack

    Threat Modeling Designing For Security by Adam Shostack

    Anyone can learn to Threat Model. Threat Modelling is as fundamental as version control. Threat Modelling helps you look at the big picture. You can threat model almost anything from a piece of software to a business and all the way to a country's economy

  9. Why Knowledge Management is Fundamental for a Successful Information Security Program?

    Why Knowledge Management is Fundamental for a Successful Information Security Program?

    This imbalance is evident in the widespread presence of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), while roles dedicated to Knowledge Management are conspicuously absent.

  10. Brain On Security #1 April 2023 Edition

    Brain On Security #1 April 2023 Edition

    Welcome to the Brain On Security #1 April 2023 edition

  11. Cyber, (Mis)adventures #1 April 2023 Edition

    Cyber, (Mis)adventures #1 April 2023 Edition

    Project 2: 🤯 Cyber, (Mis)adventures. Read more about this project here. If there is one thing you need

  12. Cyber, Seeded #1 April 2023 Edition

    Cyber, Seeded #1 April 2023 Edition

    Cyber, Seeded April 2023 Edition

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C² (Chaotic) Clarity

C² (Chaotic) Clarity

(Noisy) Signal

There is no signal, without noise. Only silence.

(Noisy) Signal

(Dis)Mental Models

to take something to pieces; to separate something into the parts it is made from

(Dis)Mental Models
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(Predictive) Hindsight

Prediction is difficult, it not impossible. Hindsight is inevitable. But, what about predicting the hindsight?

(Predictive) Hindsight
1 min

(Second) Principles

Unlike "first-principles thinking" (which breaks a problem down to its most basic, fundamental truths and builds up from scratch), second principles means starting with established norms, industry standards, or "best practices" as your starting point.

(Second) Principles

(Information) Security

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Threat Modeling Methodology: STRIDE 🤝 DREAD

Threat Modeling Methodology: STRIDE 🤝 DREAD

A cybersecurity expert gazed at the screen filled with a list of threats, his face resembling that of an artist pondering a blank canvas. But instead of a masterpiece waiting to emerge, he was faced with a digital jigsaw puzzle where every piece was a pot

4 min Read article

Understanding How Digital Signatures Work?

Digital signatures are a crucial aspect of cryptography, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of digital data. Non-repudiation is a security feature that prevents a sender from denying a message they have sent.

Understanding How Digital Signatures Work?
2 min

Cyber, Seeded #2 May 2023 Edition

In May 2023, 54 Companies raised approx. USD 1,518,098,805 (1.5 Billion) across 15 Funding Types and across 14 Countries.

Cyber, Seeded #2 May 2023 Edition
8 min

Why Knowledge Management is Fundamental for a Successful Information Security Program?

This imbalance is evident in the widespread presence of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), while roles dedicated to Knowledge Management are conspicuously absent.

Why Knowledge Management is Fundamental for a Successful Information Security Program?
3 min

Communicate

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ConFUSED: Unraveling Verbal Nuances for Everyday Words
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ConFUSED: Unraveling Verbal Nuances for Everyday Words

This blog post is an attempt to capture & clarify the differences and unique nuances between everyday used words.

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“How to Read a Book” The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren - Book Summary
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“How to Read a Book” The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren - Book Summary

Opinion

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  1. Be A Monster

    Because a harmless man is not a virtuous man. Honesty is not a learned skill. We are all born honest.

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  2. The habit of Ferocity by Steven Kotler - Course Review

    The energy with which Steven Kotler talks, I can feel his energy and enthusiasm; it was almost the most exciting and captivating course.

    8 min

Privacy

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Complete Guide to Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Complete Guide to Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

This article is in the Brain On Security Series, and the topic is Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA)

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Be A Monster

Because a harmless man is not a virtuous man.

Honesty is not a learned skill.

We are all born honest. Honesty is our default state. Our biology works in our favour when we speak the truth. Lying, however, is on the other end of the

The habit of Ferocity by Steven Kotler - Course Review

About The Course

The “Habit of Ferocity” course by Steven Kotler on the Mindvalley platform is 5 hours long and consists of 35 Lessons. Over 143885 people have enrolled as of October 16, 2021.

These lessons are spread over 15-20 minutes each over five

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