#C-level

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4 ways to advance your global security operations center - CyberTalk

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4 ways to advance your global security operations center - CyberTalk

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

If your organization maintains a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), ensure that you’re not heavily reliant on legacy systems and processes. In this article, find out about how to strategically advance your operations, enabling you to effectively prevent threats and drive more sustainable business outcomes.

What is a global security operations center?

In the early days of computing, a Security Operations Center (SOC) functioned as a physical ‘command center’ for security analysts. SOCs were comprised of rooms where staff sat shoulder-to-shoulder, looking at screens showing details from dozens of different security tools.

Large organizations with multiple Security Operations Centers (SOCs) began to consolidate them into Regional Security Operations Centers (RSOC) or a Global Security Operations Center, leading to faster remediation, reduced risk and a stronger cyber security posture overall.

In terms of function, a global security operations center monitors security, addresses threats before they become disruptive issues, responds to incidents, and liaise with stakeholders.

What are the benefits of a global security operations center?

A global security operations center allows an organization to contend with diverse security threats at-scale. Specific benefits include continuous monitoring, centralized visibility, increased efficiency and reduced costs. A global security operations center can also oversee and coordinate regional SOCs, network operations centers (NOCs) and operational teams.

What makes a good global security operations center?

For any global security operations center, access to timely and relevant threat intelligence is critical. GSOC staff need to remain updated on emerging cyber and physical security threats, as to stay ahead of potential risks.

Highly trained staff who can collaborate effectively with all stakeholders are also invaluable assets for a global security operations center.

Top-tier GSOCs have built-in redundancies of all kinds; from communication to data backups.

All GSOCs need to ensure that their organization adheres to industry regulations and compliance standards.

4 ways to advance your global security operations center

1. Ensure that the cyber security strategy aligns with business objectives. GSOCs need to know what the business aims to achieve, and must understand the corresponding threats and vulnerabilities that could hamper progress. Risk assessments should include both cyber security and business stakeholders, who can assist with the identification of resources that require protection.

Security policies and standards should also meet customer expectations. To gain insight around this, cyber security leaders may wish to join business planning meetings. Attendance can also assist with awareness around any upcoming business changes and implementation of appropriate, corresponding security measures.

2. Global security operations centers should shift towards the zero trust model. Zero trust is designed to reduce cyber security risk by eliminating implicit trust within an organization’s IT infrastructure. It states that a user should only have access and permissions required to fulfill their role.

Implementation of zero trust can be tough, especially if an organization has numerous interconnected and distributed systems. Organizations can simplify zero trust implementation through vendor-based solutions.

Tools like Quantum SASE Private Access allow teams to quickly connect users, sites, clouds and resources with a zero trust network access policy. In under an hour, security teams can apply least privilege to any enterprise resource.

Security gateways also enable organizations to create network segmentation. With detailed visibility into users, groups, applications, machines and connection types, gateways allow security professionals to easily set and enforce a ‘least privileged’ access policy.

3. Advance your global security operations center by mapping to industry standards and detection frameworks. Explore the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Standards like NIST and ISO27001 can also assist with identifying and reconciling gaps in an organization’s existing security systems.

4. Consider deploying a tool like Horizon SOC, which allows organizations to utilize the exact same tools that are used by Check Point Security Research, a leading provider of cyber threat intelligence globally.

Horizon SOC offers 99.9% precision across network, cloud, endpoint, mobile and IoT. Easily deployed as a unified cloud-based platform, it has powerful AI-based features designed to increase security operations efficiency.

Further thoughts

Strategic updates to global security operations centers not only enhance cyber security, they also enrich overarching business resilience – an increasingly common point of discussion among C-level stakeholders and the board.

By implementing the suggestions outlined above, organizations will maximize their opportunities for business longevity and continued business success.

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[percexe]

that one image of the mom beating the mario level. you know the one

[csuitebitches]

Level Up Pyramid.

I will never stop yapping about how important it is to get your basics right. If your base routine is not solid, no matter what you add on to it, it will never be sustainable.

most of us get motivated in the middle of the night, build an elaborate routine that we’ll follow for less than 2 days and we’re back to square one.

I get so many asks about girls getting stressed over their routine and how they should solve the issue. If your routine is stressing you out, you need to cut. It. Down.

this is a pyramid that will teach you to get the basics down and in what order.

if your foundation is strong, your base routine will be an unshakeable of your life. if it is an unshakeable part of your life, you will slowly but surely get better at those things. as you get better at those things, your confidence will increase. as your confidence increases, you will be ready and motivated to take on more challenges.

[timothypagliara]

A Guide to Obtaining a C-Level Position

C-level positions require a wide range of skills and experience and a certain amount of personal commitment. Getting a C-level job is a personal goal, and there are various milestones that you need to reach to secure this type of position. Let’s discuss what a C-level executive is, how you can position yourself for this role.

C-Suite

The term “C-suite” refers to an organization’s top executives. These individuals are known for their extensive field experience and strong management skills. They also serve as leaders who help guide their companies toward their goals. In addition to leading their organizations, these individuals also play a vital role in developing corporate strategies.

How To Get A C-Level Job

One of the most effective ways to get a C-level job is networking with other individuals in your industry. This will allow you to develop and showcase your skills to help you land a position in the C-suite. Although it is very challenging to get a C-level job, there are many ways that you can improve your skills and experience to reach this level.

1. Gain Experience

Although getting a C-level job from within an organization is not always possible, many high-level managers can still pursue management roles. To succeed in this type of position, you need to impact the company’s culture and develop strong leadership skills. Aside from developing your leadership skills and management abilities, you must also develop a vision for the company’s success. This can be done through various forms of networking and publications.

2. Take the Lead with Company Changes

Due to mergers and acquisitions, many individuals can take on new roles as executive leaders. These positions can be very beneficial for individuals looking to expand their scope of experience and develop their leadership skills. If you can demonstrate that you can lead effectively, you can be considered for a future C-level position.

3. Offer Consultative Help

Consultants can gain valuable experience working at various companies within a single industry, which allows them to position themselves as experts in their field. This type of work can also help prepare them for potential C-level positions. If you plan on taking on a consultant role, then make sure you have a well-defined path ahead of time. Before you start working at a company, ensure you have the necessary skills and experience to connect with the industry’s biggest names.

4. Try and Become a Board Member

As a board member, you can gain valuable experience in various areas, such as management and decision-making. This type of position can also help prepare you for potential C-level positions.

5. Be An Entrepreneur

If you are a startup founder, consider becoming a C-suite candidate if you are also focused on developing strong leadership and management skills. Before you start thinking about a potential C-level position, ensure you have the necessary skills and experience to navigate the organization’s political and cultural issues.

[pleucas]

irresponsible illegal getaway drive

[ranticore]

more trying to figure out a nice way to draw roan with whatshisface and a redesign of anja of 2016 fame with the tiger colours extending all the way up

i will have to start designing clothing for them otherwise u won't believe me when i say they have an extreme modesty culture

[sophsun1]

Interview With The Vampire – 2.03: No Pain

[gloriousmonsters]

love when you can ask the Narrator why the Princess is a Princess and he's like 'well i uhhhh YOU did that. maybe it's because uh... something something about her being above you... but still approachable... look i don't want to analyze or anthropomorphize your--' my guy. i am a primal being of Order and Eternity and Shaping. You're the one who convinced me I was some dude and were quite willing to take credit for shaping my view on the world through narration five seconds ago. Are you gonna look me in the eye and tell me the desire to interpret something worthy of adoration and more powerful than me as a dommy princess is written in the very nature of the universe or are you going to show me your browser history like a man

[god-i-hope-so]

I don't know, man, there's something so sweet and simple with Buck and Tommy. Even if it started with a small drama, Tommy is so stable and level-headed (so far at least), it feels good even as a viewer. There's no push-pull bs, and it lets Buck understand himself in peace. Even with the whole jealousy thing, Buck was safe all along. They're just two nice men gently falling for each other.

[h-doodles]

i need to bite. I NEED TO KILL.

[somegrumpynerd]

Killer's nightmare

He has many, but the one he has most often is of coming out of stage 3 and finding he's killed his new family too alone again. Or maybe worse, that he'll never quite be without someone from his past.

Luckily, it is just a nightmare, and he has a different Nightmare he can see to help him calm down.

[jcmarchi]

3 Questions: Technology roadmapping in teaching and industry

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3 Questions: Technology roadmapping in teaching and industry

Innovation is rarely accidental. Behind every new invention and product, including the device you are using to read this story, is years of research, investment, and planning. Organizations that want to reach these milestones in the fastest and most efficient way possible use technology roadmaps.  

Olivier de Weck, the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and professor of engineering systems, taps into his expertise in systems design and engineering to help company leaders develop their own path to progress. His work has led to an MIT graduate course, two MIT Professional Education classes, and the textbook “Technology Roadmapping and Development: A Quantitative Approach to the Management of Technology.” Recently, his textbook was honored with the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The textbook not only serves as a guide to students but also to company leaders. Aerospace design and manufacturer Airbus, defense technology laboratory Draper, and package delivery giant UPS have implemented de Weck’s methods. Here, De Weck describes the value of technology roadmapping. 

Q: What is technology roadmapping, and why is it important?

A: A technology roadmap is a planning tool. It connects current products, services, and missions to future endeavors, and identifies the specific technologies needed to achieve them. 

Let’s say an organization wants to build a spacecraft to explore an asteroid in the farthest reaches of our solar system. It will need a new kind of electric thruster technology so that it can travel to the asteroid faster and more efficiently than what is currently possible. A technology roadmap details several factors, such as the level of performance needed to meet the goal and how to measure progress. The guide also links various responsibilities within an organization, including strategy, product development, research and development (R&D), and finance, so everyone understands the technologies that are being funded and how they will benefit the company. 

Technology roadmapping has been in use for over five decades. For a long time, it was taught in business schools in a more general and qualitative way, but the practice has evolved over the years. The technology roadmapping I teach and write about uses quantitative engineering analysis and connects it to strategic thinking. From 2017 to 2018, I used and refined this approach for Airbus, which has a $1 billion R&D budget. Together, we developed over 40 technology roadmaps, which included a plan to build ZEROe, a commercial aircraft that will run on hydrogen fuel, by 2035. 

Q: Are technology roadmaps used widely in industry today, and what gaps in knowledge/processes does your approach address?  

A: Colleagues from the University of Cambridge and the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and I recently conducted an industry-wide survey about technology roadmapping. Of the 200 companies that participated, 62 percent said they use technology roadmaps to make strategic investment decisions and 32 percent update them yearly. Yet only 11 percent of firms plan technologies 10 years out. This is a bit concerning because technology does not move as fast as many people believe. Using Airbus’s ZEROe aircraft as an example, it is important to think 10 or even 20 years ahead, not just within three to five years. 

My approach to technology roadmapping uses a method I call Advanced Technology Roadmap Architecture (ATRA). It provides a step-by-step methodology to create a technology roadmap that is more rigorous and has a longer time horizon than traditional roadmaps. ATRA asks four essential questions: Where are we today, where could we go, where should we go, and where we are going? Instead of technologies, I want people to think of these questions as a guide to their retirement investing. You could invest in some high-risk mutual funds, low-risk bonds, or an index fund that will follow the market. You would pick investments that reflect your future goals and risk tolerances. ATRA works in the same way. It enables organizations to select the right mix of R&D based on different scenarios and different risk tolerances. 

Q: Can you share how you designed your book and the courses, including 16.887/EM.427, to help students understand and apply technology roadmapping?  

A: My time at Airbus allowed me to implement and battle-test technology roadmapping and ATRA. When I returned to MIT in 2019, I had already drafted chapters of the book and MIT students provided great feedback, which allowed me to refine and improve the book to the point where it would be useful and understandable to future MIT engineering and business students, industry practitioners, and C-level executives. 

An important feature of both my textbook and class that may not be obvious is my focus on history. With innovation moving as fast as it is, it is easy to claim a never-been-done-before technology. That is often not the case — for example, one student did a technology roadmap of virtual reality headsets. He realized that people were doing virtual reality in the 1960s and 70s. It was super crude, clunky, and the resolution was poor. Still, there is a 60-year history that needs to be understood and acknowledged. My students and I have created a library of nearly 100 roadmaps on wide-ranging technologies, including superconducting nuclear fusion, lab-grown meat, and bioplastics. Each one traces an innovation’s history.

[lunacchi]

FELIBERN NATION WE STAY WINNING

[csuitebitches]

Crafting a Personality and Capitalising on it

How do we craft a personality that is socially charming yet true to our roots?

How do we mingle and meet new people without feeling awkward or shy about it?

How do we not lose ourselves while following all these blah blah etiquette rules?

Welcome to part 2 of my Chic Girl Mentality series. 🤍

Today, we will focus on crafting a personality that is still you but better.

First, let’s talk about people in social settings. You’ll meet people who are confident, secure and socially charming. You’ll meet quiet people who may be equally socially charming or just very shy and conscious. You’ll meet the braggers and the doe-eyed followers. There’s a lot of different types of people in the world and knowing how to gracefully navigate most of them is nothing but a learned art.

People, regardless of their bank balance, are insecure of what they do not have yet. This can be looks, money, experience, lifestyle, and so on. How do we capitalise on this without exploiting or manipulating anyone?

By knowing how to tell a story.

That doesn’t mean that you need to become a public speaker or politician, it just means that you need to be able to craft intriguing stories about yourself, using your own life and experiences, to “sell” an interesting version of you socially. We’re all interesting people but only a few of us know how to say that we’re interesting without saying that we’re interesting.

Experience 

People, even those with money, will always be more attracted to those who have experiences, especially, unique ones. Whether it’s travelling to exotic locations or trying new culinary destinations, or wearing unknown designers, knowing obscure artists or writers, or being at the top of your industry… experience is the most important thing to cultivate first.  You already have experience. If you went to school, high school, college, joined clubs, your first job, any travelling, etc - these are all experiences.

Make a list of 5 of the most interesting experiences you think you have.

Hobbies and interests 

Have a couple of lowkey hobbies that you feel enthusiastic about. Whether it’s doing some charity work on Sundays, or cooking, or pottery, whatever it is, keeping a hobby is healthy. 

There should be something to you that an acquaintance can remark about: “CSB? Oh yes, I’ve heard that she’s a great dancer.” 

Vulnerabilities 

Certain vulnerabilities must never, ever be shared. It will 100% be used either as gossip or blackmail. 

However, coming across as someone with no weaknesses is rather untrustworthy- it makes the other person feel that you’re clearly hiding something. 

Make a list of vulnerabilities that are small and you don’t mind sharing. These should be vulnerabilities that will never ruin your reputation in any form but can be used as a form of bonding with empathy. 

And make a list of hard core vulnerabilities you know you should never share with anyone. Keep it memorised rather than written down. 

Experience + Hobbies or Interests + Safe Vulnerabilities = Personality

Storytelling 

Now that you have some experience, hobbies, interests, and your “safe” vulnerabilities sorted even if it’s limited - what will make it stand out is the art of storytelling. Some storytellers can make even the most mundane experiences sound magical - it’s all in the words and delivery. There’s a reason why every Holy Book is a story, packed with lessons and morals - it’s impactful, easy to remember and recall and relatable. Craft your experiences into stories. Use those 5 experiences that you noted down and start writing them down as stories.

Take up an online storytelling class or watch videos. Start honing this skill by writing and reading good literature. 

Refine your 5 experiences further. Run it through chatGPT, say them out loud and most importantly- start testing them out on people. See what makes them chuckle and what doesn’t; what makes them empathise and what doesn’t.

A famous comedian whose name I can’t remember does the same thing. He creates his set. He goes to a small pub and tries it out on the audience there. And the first set is always the first. The audience may not laugh at his jokes, they might boo him or sometimes, he might get a laugh out of them. But every time, he goes home and refines his set further. Once his set is fully refined, and he accomplishes his goal of the audience peeling with laughter at every joke, that’s when he goes on national TV / on tour etc etc.

The most important thing is to craft your stories of your experiences in a way that it delivers the value you want the person to remember about you.

For instance, if I want to be seen as creative and innovative, I won’t tell the person in front of me, “oh, I’m soo innovative and creative!”

Rather I will weave that into a story. “When I was 24, at my first job in the advertising space, we were losing clients left and right. And one weekend, I was on a trek on the mountains - it’s one of my hobbies - this idea hit me, and I suddenly knew exactly how to get our clients back. My team was hesitant about my idea, and we got a lot of pushback, but we went ahead. The night before my launch I was so nervous, I got hardly sleep. And you won’t believe it, but the idea worked! The response was fantastic.”

Let the other person come to the conclusion of you being innovative and creative. Human beings love to deduce things and jump to conclusions and provided you set the context the right way, you should be able to project the version of you that is the best part of you.

Vocabulary 

A sign of a good education- even if you don’t have it - is a diverse vocabulary. I’ve always had a little more respect and awe for those who are articulate, can speak smoothly and speak confidently. I’ve noticed that my American friends, for instance, tend to talk fast with lots of filler words, and sentences tend to end with a pitch up instead of down, which to me indicates hesitation or indecision. Speaking slower, ending your sentences with pitch going down to indicate a full stop rather than up makes you seem like a refined speaker even if your subject is utterly stupid. 

Body language and mannerisms, social interaction 

Watch old classic Hollywood movies to really understand this - especially romantic ones. Choose ones with a femme fatale or siren-like female lead, and watch how she enraptures the male lead or the audience around her. 

A combination of fantastic storytelling and body language will take you places beyond your dreams. Some of the biggest frauds, scammers, politicians, criminals are also some of the best storytellers. Humans are attracted to stories, we pick up body language intuitively, we can sense when someone is nervous or isn’t. Unfortunately the world isn’t a kind place and will not necessarily help you out of your shyness- in fact, that might just make you the best target for exploitation. 

Storytelling + Vocabulary + Body Language = Your Best Personality

[sandboxer]

Phoenix’s decision to become a lawyer in part to save Edgeworth often is interpreted along the lines of “Phoenix changed his life to save Edgeworth because he’s gay for him.” and while I don’t think this is necessarily untrue, I think a much more compelling and realistic interpretation is that Phoenix’s reaction to seeing somebody he loves in trouble revealed to him his deep-seated desire to protect the innocent from injustice, so he became a lawyer.

Edgeworth has, in the grand scheme of things, very little to do with why Phoenix is a lawyer. he was, however, a catalyst for Phoenix unlocking that part of himself (along with Mia!). and, to me, the sentiment that love reveals who you are is much more romantic than the idea that Phoenix made a sacrifice only to save the man he loves. loving Edgeworth brings Phoenix closer in line with his true self, and it’s through his love that he sees the potential of who he could be. even if he couldn’t save Edgeworth or if he never even came face-to-face with him again, Phoenix would remain changed by his love and would stay on this path he’s realized he’s so well-suited to. becoming a lawyer was never a sacrifice for Edgeworth; it was the realization of who Phoenix is: a protector. that he realized this through his feelings for Edgeworth is almost immaterial.

[primonizuto]

Dan Stevens as Noah Dorfman in CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES (2015)