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How to Write a Security Self-Review That Gets You Promoted
It is performance review season. For many security professionals, this is a painful exercise. Why? Because in cybersecurity, success is often invisible. If you write your self-review based solely on “what went wrong” or “what I fixed,” you are underselling your value. You need to shift the narrative from “Operational Activity” to “Business Enablement.” Here…
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The Death of the Spreadsheet: Why AI is the Future of Vendor Risk Management
Let’s start with a scenario that every GRC analyst has lived through. The Real-World Disconnect Imagine you are onboarding a new SaaS provider, “Vendor X.” You send them your standard SIG Core questionnaire (all 300 rows of Excel). Three weeks later, they reply. You mark them as “Compliant” and approve the contract. Two months later,…
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From Vanity to Value: Building a Risk-Based Security Dashboard Executives Actually Understand
There is a familiar scene that plays out in boardrooms every quarter. The CISO or Security Director stands up to present their report. They display a slide with impressive, large numbers: The security team feels proud of this work. But the Board of Directors looks confused, or worse, bored. Why? Because these are Vanity Metrics.…
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Stop Duplicating Work: The Power of the NIST Policy Crosswalk
If you work in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), you are likely familiar with the dreaded cycle of “Audit Fatigue.” It usually looks something like this: You spend Q1 scrambling to gather evidence for your ISO 27001 surveillance audit. Barely a month later, you are doing the exact same workâinterviewing the same engineers and taking…
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Build Trust, Not Risk: A Simple Privacy Guide for California Businesses
To My Fellow California Business Owners, Navigating the complexities of running a small business is challenging enough without adding the ever-evolving landscape of data privacy into the mix. As your neighbor and cybersecurity partner at CK Cybersecurity, I want to cut through the noise and offer some straightforward, actionable advice to help you protect your…
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Title: Beyond “Get Certified”: 15 Real Goals for InfoSec Analysts in 2026
Most annual goals in cybersecurity are lazy. Writing down “Get CISSP” or “Stay secure” isn’t a roadmap; it’s a wish list. To set goals that actually advance your career, you need to balance Company Impact (what helps the business) with Personal Growth (what helps your resume). A good rule of thumb is the One-For-One Rule:…
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