Articles on Communication

Below are my perspectives on Communication, drawn from my work as a security leader and practitioner.

• Leadership When Executives Reject Your Security Recommendations
  A rejected security recommendation feels personal, but it often reflects competing demands the security team doesn't fully see. Knowing how to act on that reality helps the CISO become someone the...
• Communication Interactive Replays of Conversations: A New Tool
  Conversation replays add an engaging dimension to training materials and docs. Save the conversation and your annotations in a data file, then use my tool to generate a self-contained HTML player you...
• Artificial Intelligence Write Good Incident Response Reports Using Your AI Tool
  I released an MCP server to give your AI expertise to write good IR reports from raw notes or to get constructive feedback on existing content. You can replicate my approach to codify your own...
• Communication How to Write Good Incident Response Reports
  Writing effective incident response reports is essential for communicating critical details, instilling confidence, and facilitating organizational learning. A good report should be concise,...
• Incident Response A Report Template for Cybersecurity and Privacy Incident Response
  Incident responders need to know which questions to ask and how to communicate the answers to a diverse set of stakeholders. A customizable report template gives the response coordinator that...
• Leadership Three Ways CISOs Can Drive More Meaningful Collaboration
  Modern CISOs must evolve from pure technologists into business leaders who actively collaborate with non-IT stakeholders. By gaining situational awareness, demonstrating how security supports...