14 February 2019 / Uncategorized / JC Gaillard

Security basics should be part of any MVP. Period After almost 5 years (at least) of constant media coverage around IoT privacy invasions and security breaches, it is staggering to see some sectors of the tech industry apparently still struggling with… Read more »

31 January 2019 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard

Excessive complexity and lack of first line integration render many GRC metrics useless Many CISOs complain of communication problems with their business. They are not being listened to. They are not getting the budget they think they should get. They… Read more »

17 January 2019 / Strategy and Governance / Corix Partners

Key factors for boards and executive management to consider in 2019 around cyber security and privacy Cyber security has risen as a key issue on the radar of virtually all organisations. As a recent AT Kearney report suggests, cyber-attacks have been t… Read more »

3 January 2019 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard

Talent alienation is the biggest issue behind the cybersecurity management skills gap, but it shouldn’t be the case Who wants to be a CISO these days? And at which stage in your career should you consider the move? What balance of managerial and techni… Read more »

13 December 2018 / Cyber Security Community / Corix Partners

Corix Partners is active at a number of levels in the wider cyber security community in the UK and abroad. This is a summary of the activities which we have undertaken during Q4 2018.         JC Gaillard, MD & Founder, Corix Par… Read more »

6 December 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard

Why large organizations still struggle with decade-old security problems – and how to fix them The last 12 months have been dominated by GDPR and non-stop data breaches: Facebook, British Airways, Marriott … have all been in the news. It is still unkno… Read more »

22 November 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard

Tangible business metrics are key but hard to find Cybersecurity is rising as a key issue on the radar of virtually all organisations. According to a recent AT Kearney report, cyber-attacks have been topping executives’ lists of business risks for thre… Read more »

8 November 2018 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard

Simply throwing money at the problem is rarely the answer Many CIOs and CISOs would have come across this situation after an incident, a serious near-miss or a bad audit report: Suddenly, money and resources – which were previously scarce – appear out… Read more »

25 October 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard

Cybersecurity needs to be at the heart of the digital transformation, but organisational models will have to evolve   Cybersecurity is in the process of becoming an essential component of any organisation’s digital transformation journey. There is no w… Read more »

11 October 2018 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard

The situation the new CISO finds on arrival is often different to what they were expecting, but who’s to blame? A painfully recurrent complaint among Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) is the disconnect between what they were promised during th… Read more »