Malcolm Harkins is Chief Security and Trust Officer at Epiphany Systems. He is responsible for information risk and security including security and privacy policies, peer-outreach activities to build understanding of cyber risks, and best practices to manage and mitigate those risks. Focus areas include the ethics of technology risk, social responsibility, total cost of controls, and industry accountability. Malcolm is an independent board member and advisor to many organizations. Malcolm served as Chief Security & Trust Officer at Cylance and was Chief Security and Privacy Officer at Intel. He is the author of Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable, now in its second edition.
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He (she) does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his (her) actions and the integrity of his (her) intent.” – Douglas MacArthur … Read more
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take all the necessary precautions in time.” Roald Amundsen, on the South Pole. Uncertainty, chaos, and luck – why some thrive despite them all. In the book Great by Choice, Jim Collins and Morten Hansen distill a decade’s … Read more
Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration. The physics of motion are well documented, and we understand how these scalar and vector quantities differ. In information security and cyber risk management the dynamics are not as well understood which has confused our ability to distinguish between motion and progress. This confusion intensifies our escalating risk cycle by causing … Read more
In the simplest terms, risk connotes the possibility of harm. How we account for risk and manage it is the result of understanding and quantifying the consequences. What are the effects likely to occur in the event of a cyber-attack or breach on a business ? Who will be harmed? In what way? To what … Read more
