Morning Brew September 2024
20 years ago, when commuting was a thing, when I squeezed my rain-sodden body onto a train into London, in between yawns and sips of coffee I’d try and avoid eye contact contact, and get an edge on my colleagues, by reading The Morning Brew.
What use is a CTO if he’s behind the times? NEED. TO. BE. ON. IT.
But without the commute, is it still necessary? What do people read today?
This isn’t an advert for Morning Brew, think more of the 90s Sybil song, “The Love I Lost“.
Ok, so people (who are they?) have swapped — since COVID 🙁 — the commute for a walk in the park, and their suit for their pyjamas, but people still need info, right?
We don’t want to be a news site at UK Security Pro, but we do have a mix of timely (post) and timeless (page) articles. And, because I got up at 5am today, I wanted to take a snapshot of what I saw this morning and share it with you. If you can’t look good at the watercooler, look good in the park with your dog. Dogs listen better, anyway.
What happens when frameworks collide?
Love or hate? Frameworks are how us boring enterprise security folks speak with one another. Slowly 🙂
NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and CTEM – Better Together
It’s another 5-step-CMMI-like framework that people *might* read. I wouldn’t get too excited too soon. I swipe up, and move on.
Wassup on Hacker News?
Having a watercooler chat without having checked Hacker News is a bit like doing a Zoom call with no trousers on. More Knackerz Nooz than Hackers News.
Today’s top hits? Remote code execution exploit (yawn), arresting the CEO of Telegram (cough), someone stealing your cookies and your MFA (curious), and, of course, Chinese hackers.
Swipe up.
Weak Security on Security Week?
Weak/week joke, right? But another interesting place if you can get past the annoying pop-ups and ads. I guess media needs to pay the bills, right? But now I’m questioning the articles before I even open one.
Top articles? Those pesky Russians, ransomware, and how AI is the “wild west”. I won’t be talking to anyone about these three articles.
Swipe up.
OK. Nearly at my station. One more swipe! Let’s go UK Government, NSCS / NCSC I cant never get the letters right….
NCSC News
Well, hello, there are 268 unread items — what have I been doing? — and the top hit is those pesky Russians again — I’m spotting a theme I need to check with my team mates. But also North Korea, but that was dated July. In fact, all of this stuff is…erm… old?
RIGHT.
This is my stop. Time to stop scrolling, look up, and head out into the rain.
Please recommend better IT / cybersecurity news for me to read on my next journey.
Peace!
Steve
