For many of us, a habit is all too often construed as an undesirable behavior that we are trying to disrupt. Smoking cigarettes, biting your fingernails, drinking too many Diet Cokes — these are the types of behaviors that often leap to mind when someone is asked to consider their own personal habits.
However, just as we are subject to habits we might find unhealthy, we can also promote those that engender greater productivity and efficiency. Through repetition, commitment, and a constant drive to learn and improve, we can intentionally stimulate constructive habits that can transform both our personal and professional lives. For cybersecurity operators who spend their days putting out fires large and small, these habits can make all the difference in advancing your career.
To get a better understanding of how we as cybersecurity professionals can cultivate and embed positive habits into our daily work lives, I recently sat down with two industry veterans who have put these habits into practice: SANS instructor Jorge Orchilles, CTO of SCYTHE and co-creator of the C2 Matrix project, and Evgeniy Kharam, VP, Cybersecurity Solution Architecture at Herjavec Group, and from that conversation, have compiled this top four list of good security habits.
Habit #1: Operationalize Existing Frameworks into Your Daily RoutineAccording to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40% of our behaviors on any given day. Though I wou ..
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