Welcome to the Grumpy CISO’s lair, where sugar-coating is a cybersecurity risk and hand-holding is a hacker’s dream. If you’re here for feel-good fluff, you’ve stumbled into a firewall. This site is for the tough-skinned, the ones who know that in the digital trenches, it’s not about pleasantries; it’s about survival. Brace yourself for unapologetically…
Author: Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander is a Chief Information Security Officer with a dynamic 24-year career spanning Healthcare, Retail, Academia, Military, and Aerospace sectors.
The Unsung Hero of the Digital Age
Imagine a kingdom, not of knights and castles, but of firewalls, passwords, and antivirus software. This kingdom is constantly under siege – not by dragons or marauding hordes, but by cyber threats lurking in every shadowy corner of the internet. The king of this realm? Cyber Hygiene. It’s not glamorous, it doesn’t wear shining armor,…
When AI Turns Rogue – A Cybersecurity Conundrum
Hello again, esteemed members of the digital defense league and fellow sufferers in the endless battle against cyber threats! Your grumpy CISO here, back with another chapter of ‘Confessions of a Grumpy CISO,’ and today, we’re delving into a topic that’s as exciting as it is unnerving: the dark side of AI in cybersecurity. Artificial…
Navigating the Cyber Insurance Labyrinth
Happy New Year, fellow digital defenders, and keyboard warriors! Here we are, stepping into another year of cyber chaos, and I, your ever-grumbling CISO, am back from my brief hibernation. I’m armed, albeit slightly begrudgingly, with a fresh pot of coffee and a new chapter for my ‘Confessions of a Grumpy CISO’ series. This time,…
The Grumbling Overseers of Our Cyber Empire
Hello again, my fellow battle-weary digital guardians and connoisseurs of cyber cynicism! Here I am, your grumpy CISO, ready to crack open another chapter of our ongoing saga. Today, we’re venturing into the realm of SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) tools. These are the vigilant watchtowers in our cybersecurity kingdom, and although they occasionally…