tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57445672024-03-24T03:10:22.027-04:00Operational Risk Management...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-69483032386798179882024-03-22T17:04:00.001-04:002024-03-22T20:42:06.227-04:00Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM): Be Proactive…What are three major questions that most CxO executives and Boards of Directors need to answer when confronting information security issues:Is your security policy enforced fairly, consistently and legally across the enterprise.Would our employees, contractors and partners know if a security violation was being committed?Would they know what to do about it if they did recognize a security Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-13687969698460520232024-03-15T18:09:00.001-04:002024-03-15T18:09:53.774-04:00OSINT 2: When is it Time?Wonder why some companies don't have a more proactive OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) operation inside their own institution, looking at and analyzing potential “Threat Intel” across their global domains?While there are very expensive services that can package up exactly what you are looking for, sometimes it just takes a little more time and the right “Sources."You could get a service at Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-51083180631716218272024-03-09T08:18:00.010-05:002024-03-09T12:40:07.354-05:00SPRINT: Folin Lane to Cislunar...It was the year 1997 and there was another client meeting at the headquarters of Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia.Traveling through Tysons Corner on Route 7, the Spring colors from Dogwoods were in full bloom. The Navy Federal HQ was tucked away in the woods just a short ride down Chain Bridge Road (123) past Westwood Country Club then a left onto Folin Lane.The IBM Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-2545551919559353862024-03-02T08:01:00.001-05:002024-03-02T12:03:06.049-05:00Critical Infrastructure Protection: Resolve to be Ready...CxO’s in corporate enterprises are ever more concerned about emergency preparedness and the continuity of their enterprises.Now that threats to government and business operations are becoming ever more prevalent, organizations must plan for every type of business disruption from hardware and communications failures, to natural disasters, to internal or external acts of terrorism.Being forced is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-73665573395800635612024-02-23T08:09:00.002-05:002024-02-23T16:29:09.523-05:00CERT: Make a Difference in this World...Since the beginning of time, weather has been unpredictable. So has man.When was the last time you witnessed the aftermath of a natural disaster?When was the last time you saw the devastation from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons?The continuous examples of risks to our world could generally be put into two major categories, 1) those we as humans can control and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-64565042939345573952024-02-17T08:55:00.003-05:002024-02-17T19:25:43.823-05:00Antares: Innovation from Country Roads to Cislunar...It was early February 1971 and three High School best friends consistently car pooled to do a little early morning “Country Roading”, in the white Pontiac LeMans on the way to school.This was just a circuitous route down tree lined roads and around vast farm lands in the Midwest USA.We were always set to arrive in the school parking lot, just in time to make it to our locker and then to 1st Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-46244639274914501632024-02-10T08:02:00.001-05:002024-02-12T10:57:23.935-05:00Analytic Priorities: Crossing the Digital RubiCON...The governance of information within the government enterprise or the private sector enterprise remains very much the same. Both are subjected to a myriad of laws to help protect the civil liberties and privacy of U.S. citizens. Yet the data leaks, breaches and lost laptops keep both private sector and government organizations scrambling to cover their mistakes and to keep their adversaries from Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-1128005748674073002024-01-26T08:50:00.002-05:002024-01-26T15:14:04.767-05:00Operational Risk: Volatility of Change...What is volatility and how could this be an operational risk in your particular institution or organization?
The threat of "Volatility" depends on what is being measured. The stock price. The return on capital. The key is that you want to reduce volatility in most cases.
It scares some people. Long term investors, employees and customers.
Volatility is the standard deviation of the change in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-9180238389858523052024-01-13T19:37:00.002-05:002024-01-13T19:37:15.802-05:00Trust Decisions: "Lake Anne to Davos"...The 2024 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland kicks off January 15-19. Are you traveling this weekend on your way to attend?The 54th event theme this year is “Rebuilding Trust”.On Jan 18 at 11:00 CET the session titled “Technology in a Turbulent World” will include CEO panelists from OpenAI, Salesforce, Accenture and Pfizer.Why?Flashback to Reston, Virginia Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-32238230669920667152024-01-05T08:05:00.000-05:002024-01-05T12:24:43.715-05:00Global Risk Economy: Follow the Money...Operational Risk in the global economy is migrating to places that 10 years ago would not have been easily forecasted.New countries, financial institutions and software technologies have changed the playing field for our risk management executives.Why is this happening?One example is the movement of employment to more emerging markets where corporate tax rates are lower and the supply of talentedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-4900905106663476192023-12-15T08:03:00.001-05:002023-12-18T17:05:09.803-05:00Acknowledgement: Who or What & Why in Your Life...Approaching the end of another challenging year in your particular life, there are many opportunities for acknowledgments.The real question is, how many have you given in 2023? How many have you received?Acknowledgement1a: the act of acknowledging something or someone.b: recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement.2: a thing done or given in recognition of something received.As you Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-39465248703665521952023-12-08T08:07:00.001-05:002023-12-08T14:30:11.472-05:00Homeland Security Intelligence (HSI): The "New" Ecosystem…It was the late Spring of 2011 in the Northern Virginia suburbs when it was gaining momentum.Our small non-profit council group would meet almost weekly after our respective daily roles in the NCR.Our INSA conference room was located off North Stuart Street in Arlington and there together, we would collaborate for a few hours face-to-face.Depending on what direction you were coming from, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-71570007099722946042023-12-02T08:07:00.003-05:002023-12-02T18:22:43.675-05:00Extraordinary: Always Be Ready...The G700 private jets were taking off from Winchester Regional Airport (OKV) and they roared just overhead as we approached the small business park off Front Royal Pike & Airport Road.It was a another glorious Virginia Fall week, with the Maple and Oak trees in full colors.The next training course was scheduled to begin at 08:00 sharp and you could feel the butterflies in your gut Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-44991169388129160892023-11-25T08:03:00.001-05:002023-11-26T11:25:31.238-05:00Thanksgiving 2023: Anticipate, Listen, Act…After an airline travel day home after the Thanksgiving Holiday with family, you too may be feeling exhausted.Yet how will you grow from all that you have learned this past week?Leadership traits are found across our companies, our agencies, our government and also within our respective families.In the spirit of the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving this past few days, some may have Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-14520980945258257932023-11-17T08:08:00.001-05:002023-11-17T15:19:56.036-05:00Entrepreneur Innovation: An Infinite Game...Our Teams were all selected by their Senior Leader for the Fall Cohort. Each Team of Two Experts were admitted from Sacramento, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Manchester, NH.Our proven Cohort Learning Objectives were outlined in the Syllabus. Lean Methodologies. SPRINT Process. Mission Model. Problem-set. Prototype Deliverables. True Innovation.The time frame was the month ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-26519730697369255232023-10-27T08:05:00.002-04:002023-10-29T19:51:11.176-04:00November 11: Serving the United States by the Other 99%... The United States Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery.Standing there with family and as the son of a U.S. Marine in 2015, the ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans' organizations and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-26582108073100627142023-10-20T08:04:00.001-04:002023-10-21T11:27:33.085-04:00Pulpit Rock: "The Right Stuff" and Beyond...Walking up the path to Pulpit Rock soon after dawn in Colorado Springs just before the “Value of Space Summit” (VOSS) this week, was a time for thinking. It is a time for reflection and where our future human exploration shall take us.The value of exploration and our innovative curiosity to learn more, is a human trait that will never leave us.Before an ambitious set of people in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-18570682899324504342023-10-13T08:00:00.001-04:002023-10-14T20:33:39.156-04:00Infinite: Game Strategy & Mission...As our uncertain world becomes more turbulent with hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, regional wars, asymmetric ransomware hacks and the increased number of horrific crimes or terrorist plots, we must remain resilient.The “Infinite Game” we are living and operating in each day, truly requires enlightened thinking.Before you changed, your thoughts about the game were “Finite”. There was a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-51175634813849784182023-10-06T08:08:00.002-04:002023-10-06T16:42:19.104-04:00Large Language Model: Friend or Foe…Trade Secrets are the Intellectual Property which the owner has taken reasonable measures to protect, and derives independent economic value of keeping it secret.Since this is a public dataset, therefore it is probable the algorithms will search, digest and store these words for eternity.Generative, pre-trained or transformer algorithms are a 24 x 7 x 365 operation by millions of entities across Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-29843792358856801952023-09-28T18:50:00.000-04:002023-09-28T18:50:21.601-04:00Problem-Set: Enterprise OPS Risk...Who is responsible when a particular Operational Risk problem-set has risen to your organizational awareness? Clue: It is not the name of a department or single person.This means that all people in your company, agency or command unit may have encountered behaviors, information or evidence of potential Operational Risk loss event outcomes.Until you have a documented 1-Pager&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-53452569196443515972023-09-22T08:01:00.001-04:002023-09-22T15:23:52.180-04:00Vantage Point: Never Stop Wondering...If you grow up in America in a small town, it gives you a "Vantage Point". Especially, when that one day early in your life when you finally drive out of there.So you are on to a new U.S. state, a new global time zone or traveling to a new place you have never been before.In America, we like to drive a vehicle a thousand miles somewhere, across our country to observe. To learn. And to just Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-79791410813050157972023-09-16T08:01:00.009-04:002023-09-16T14:23:10.756-04:00Trusted Horizon: "Augmented Intelligence"...When you read that critical powerpoint report last week at work, did you trust what the author had written?How did you make the decision to trust the numbers that the author placed in the columns and rows chart on page 3?Did you trust the author and source because of their previous track record of accuracy?Did the numbers come from a sensor that has been tested in an independent lab to a 99% Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-49194254125892375892023-09-10T08:06:00.002-04:002023-09-10T21:45:42.792-04:00Never Forget: Memories & Our Future Resilience Innovation…On the dawn of September 11, 2023 our United States remembers and reflects.The day 22 years since the attacks on our country 9/11/01 actualizes so many facets of our “Resilience”:Emotional.Educational.Emergency Management, Transportation, Healthcare, Communications, Information Technology, Financial, Defense, Energy and so many others within our International Critical Infrastructure systems.In Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-4488072138913937062023-09-05T08:31:00.002-04:002023-09-05T15:21:21.401-04:00Secure: Find it... What are you and your team doing this week to create a “Secure” environment?Your organization is counting on you for all that defines this adjective:Secureadjectivese· cure si-ˈkyu̇r -ˈkyərsecurer; securest1a: free from dangerb: affording safetyc: TRUSTWORTHY, DEPENDABLEa secure foundationd: free from risk of loss2a: easy in mind : CONFIDENTb: assured in opinion or expectation : Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744567.post-12644253629848125262023-08-27T08:09:00.001-04:002023-08-27T15:22:05.417-04:00Observation: Sensory Informed+Aware+Ready (SIAR)...In a focus to be more innovative in your particular business or vocation, which of your own human senses are you using most effectively today?Sight.Sound.Smell.Touch.Taste.Pain.Hunger.Thirst.Pleasure.Anything else?How well are you using your complete observations that combine these senses with other brain functions to create new insights, new intelligence or safety knowledge?How many steps are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com