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A Framework for Measuring InfoSec as a Business Function

John McClurg
John McClurg
February 2, 2020

In my December column, I ended with the observation that many CISOs struggle when it comes to first determining and then actually communicating the business value of the security options out there.


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New Year Prognostications: A Perennial Guide for the Perplexed

John McClurg
John McClurg
January 1, 2020

2020 heralds a few major shifts that will transform cybersecurity: ransomware attacks, artificial intelligence, facial recognition and mobile cybersecurity.


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Expense-in-Depth: Total Cost of Controls Reconsidered

John McClurg
John McClurg
December 1, 2019

What is a Defense-in-Depth strategy, and why has it come to be acknowledged as Expense-in-Depth? How can CISO's communicate the business value of this strategy?


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"Trust" Revisited: The Birth of Continuous Authentication

John McClurg
John McClurg
November 1, 2019

The Philosopher Hericlitus once opined – “You can’t step in the same river twice,” implying that no concept remains static but is always churning and evolving.


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AR and VR: How Immersive Technology Is Bringing Cybersecurity Scenarios to Life

John McClurg
John McClurg
October 1, 2019

While VR and AR have different fortes, both enhance and accelerate experiential learning that can help manifest and reinforce a culture of cybersecurity across industries. It is technology implications like this that will help propel cybersecurity awareness into a state of mass awareness.


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How Sense of Privacy Threatens Facial Recognition's Protective Power

John McClurg
John McClurg
September 2, 2019

Anxious feelings towards facial recognition can, if unchecked, reach a point where they undermine common sense and our ability to leverage new technologies in the protection of the innocent and prosecution of the guilty.


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The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: a Lesson from the Past

John McClurg
John McClurg
August 1, 2019

On a recent trip to Australia, I appeared on a National morning news show. It wasn’t long until the hosts were trying to get me to weigh in on a debate that was then raging in their legislature.


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Privacy: The Age of Context – Ensuring the Benefits of Sharing Outweigh the Risks

John McClurg
John McClurg
July 1, 2019

The confluence of social media, digital mobile devices, sensors and location-based technology is generating unprecedented volumes of information about society and individuals.


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Artificial Intelligence Changes Everything in the Security Industry

John McClurg
John McClurg
June 1, 2019
During my years at Dell, we would share what we serendipitously found in the way of a good read.
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Machine Learning: How It Works

John McClurg
John McClurg
May 1, 2019
Machine Learning leverages a four-phase process: Collection, Extraction, Learning and Classification.
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