Articles on Communication

• Leadership How to Achieve Work-Life Balance in Information Security?
• Communication The Need to Deal with Internal Politics for Security Professionals
  Nearly half of security professionals report internal and political issues consume most of their time. Rather than viewing this as red tape preventing real work, accept that navigating organizational...
• Communication The Lure of Notoriety for Information Security Experts
  If an expert makes a discovery that improves security, can they make a difference if no one hears about it? On-line presence builds professional reputation, but pursuing notoriety diverts attention...
• Incident Response Tips for Starting a Security Incident Response Program
  Create a hierarchy of incident response documents: brief executive-level policy, detailed procedures for technical managers, and guidelines/checklists for responders. Keep them succinct using bullet...
• Social Engineering How the Scarcity Principle is Used in Online Scams and Attacks
  The scarcity principle—people value less available opportunities more—powers online scams: fake expiration countdowns, CAPTCHAs before malware downloads, and login screens blocking desired content....
• Communication Getting to Know Larry Seltzer (Not Lenny Zeltser)
  Larry Seltzer broke the story of 'domain front-running,' where companies registered sought-after domain names soon after people looked them up. He recounts uncovering it, how he keeps pace with...