A few months back, someone asked me to help him take apart a bed frame. He had a problem stemming from a stripped screw that could not be removed. When I came over, I noticed another screw on the other arm of the bracket. The second screw was not stripped, and so I loosened it. This freed the bracket, which allowed me to easily take apart the bed frame.
I'm relaying this incident not to brag about my talent as a brilliant problem solver or because I am exceptionally handy. In fact, the person who asked me for help is a particularly brilliant problem solver — a far better one than I. The reason I was able to solve the bed frame problem is because I looked at it with fresh eyes, a state of mind that is also useful in the realm of cybersecurity, as these 10 examples demonstrate:
Executive support: Struggling to get the attention of executives and the board? Not able to make security a priority for the business and advance items important to security? Try looking at the problem through new eyes — namely theirs. How do executives view the business? What risks and threats to the business are they concerned with? If you can view issues from the perspective of the C-suite, you might have better luck communicating why security is important in a language they'll understand far better.
Security strategy: Sure, you may have a formal security strategy that was written a few years back. But have you looked at it with your present-day eyes? The environment in which the security team ..
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