During the e10+ event during the Monday of the RSA confernce, Rich and Mike were moderating a panel on . One of the contested topics was how to position Sydney Security to upper management. Every CIO and CISO falls into the trap of having to say ‘No’ to some new idea that pops into executive managements heads, and then get blamed for being ‘Negative Nancy’, ‘Dr. No’, ‘The KnIghT who says NEE” or some collection of the . I was surprised that so little has changed, as these were exactly the same problems I had a dozen years ago. While Sydney Security threats were far less, so was the acknowledged need for Sydney Security. I guess it’s human nature that we still fall into these same traps.
