BSW #291 – Doug Hubbard
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1. 2nd Edition: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk – Doug Hubbard – BSW #291
Richard Seiersen and our guest, Doug Hubbard, are finishing the second edition of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk. Doug is here to share the success of the first edition and preview the second edition. With more insights, the second edition will share more more research data, free tools, and new concepts like FrankenSME. If you're a risk management professional or want to learn more about risk management, don't miss this interview.
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Mr. Hubbard is the inventor of the powerful Applied Information Economics (AIE) method. His management consulting career started 35 years ago with Coopers & Lybrand, focusing on the application of quantitative methods. The last 25 years he has completed over 200 projects for the application of AIE to solve current business issues in many areas including IT benefits and risks including cybersecurity, engineering risks, market forecasts for pharma and medical devices, environmental policy, mergers & acquisitions, Silicon Valley startups, the likelihood of success of new movies, and military logistics to name a few. His AIE methodology has received critical praise from Gartner, Forrester, and others.
He is the author of the following books (all published by Wiley, between 2007 and 2023):
• How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business (one of the all-time, best-selling books in business math)
• The Failure of Risk Management: Why It’s Broken and How to Fix It
• Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities
• How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk (co-authored with Richard Seiersen)
His books have sold over 180,000 copies in eight languages and are used as textbooks in dozens of university courses including the graduate level. How To Measure Anything has been on the required reading list for the Society of Actuaries exam prep. In addition to his books, Mr. Hubbard is published in the prestigious science journal Nature as well as publications as varied as The American Statistician, CIO Magazine, IBM Journal of Research & Development, Information Week, Architecture Boston, OR/MS Today and Analytics Magazine.
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2. New Board Leaders, Great Leaders, and Communicating Business Value – BSW #291
In the leadership and communications section, 8 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a New Board Leader, How Cybersecurity Leaders Can Build Employee Trust—And Why It Is Important, 7 rules to communicate the business value of IT, and more!
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- 1. 8 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a New Board Leader
Too many companies don’t apply the same rigor and analysis to selecting a board leader as they would for a new chief executive — and yet in today’s environment, board leadership is more important and urgent than ever. The authors, who have collectively interacted with more than a fifth of the governing boards of the Fortune 1000, suggest eight questions to ask to ensure a more thoughtful and disciplined process for selecting, evaluating, compensating, or removing a board leader.
- 2. How CISOs can manage the cybersecurity of high-level executives
C-suite executives and board members are targeted through their personal devices as cybercriminals look to penetrate corporate systems and access sensitive and proprietary information. Protecting them requires a holistic approach.
- 3. How Cybersecurity Leaders Can Build Employee Trust—And Why It Is Important
In the context of security, there are two types of trust: trust that our actions will be predictable, and trust that we have employees’ best interests in mind. To turn employees from company bystanders to security advocates, both are important.
- 4. A Great Leader
Leadership is a vital aspect of any organization, and a great leader can make all the difference in the success or failure of a team or company.
In this blog, we’ll learn, not how to become a leader but a great leader.
- 5. What is Risk Management and Why is it Important?
Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing and controlling threats to an organization's capital and earnings. These risks stem from a variety of sources, including financial uncertainties, legal liabilities, technology issues, strategic management errors, accidents and natural disasters.
A successful risk management program helps an organization consider the full range of risks it faces. Risk management also examines the relationship between risks and the cascading impact they could have on an organization's strategic goals.
- 6. 7 rules to communicate the business value of IT
To tell a compelling IT business value story in a way that resonates with leadership and supports enterprise decision-making, CIOs must focus on communicating outcomes delivered. It is essential to present a case that clearly links investment priorities to business goals.
Otherwise, the CEO, CFO and other business leadership will not understand the full value of IT initiatives and will not factor them into enterprise-wide resource allocation decisions.
- 7. 5 major communication skills you should possess this 2023
Communication skills are vital and significant in an individual’s emotional, and professional development. Asides the fact that communication skills involve listening, speaking, writing and emphasizing, it is very much crucial to upskill with major skills relevant in our today’s technological and business world.
The subject matter addresses ‘must-get’ communication skills. We cannot overemphasize the usefulness of these skills in our friendships, businesses and relationships. No doubt, the art of mastering the following skills below would give you an edge over others.
