From Pain to Gain:  Turning Rigidity and Toil into Security Wins The delicate balance between security, operational efficiency, and user experience has long eluded many organizations. Cybersecurity solutions, designed to safeguard enterprises against evolving threats, often come with hidden costs. These costs, manifesting as rigidity, friction, and toil, slowly erode productivity, delay time-to-market, and stifle […]

““security vanity” metrics. They simply don’t provide the full picture of organizational security but rather lure practitioners into thinking they understand because quantification feels like real science—just as shamanism,  humoralism, and astrology felt in prior eras.” (An excerpt from the O’Reilly’s Security Chaos Engineering Book written by Kelly Shortridge and Aaron Rinehart) Cybersecurity is a […]

In the fast-paced environment of software development, particularly for customer-facing applications used by millions daily, the margin for error can be thin. Near misses—those moments when a potential issue is detected and resolved before causing harm—offer unique opportunities to improve security, build resilience, and foster a culture of safety. Borrowing from the aviation industry, where […]

The rapid proliferation of security and privacy policies within enterprises has led to significant inefficiencies, technical debt, and an undue compliance burden on employees and organizations. This paper argues for the introduction of a framework akin to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)—adapted specifically for enterprise privacy and security policies. By applying the principles of the […]