Rethinking InfoSec: VM2020 Edition: Thoughts on why today's information security often doesn't work and how we can do better.

by Greg van der Gaast

Information Security spending is skyrocketing, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of IT spending. It seems the only thing increasing faster is the frequency and impact of breaches. It doesn't seem like the current approach is working very well, does it? Interestingly, the bulk of large breaches is caused by simple issues for which we've had the answers for decades, yet no one spotted. The answer, according to the nearly $250bn Information Security industry, is to spend more on reactive technologies and services. Is it perhaps time to take a step back, shed our indoctrination, and have a fresh look at things? Greg van der Gaast started as one of the most notorious hackers of the late 1990's, and no a CISO, Strategic Advisor.

Rethinking InfoSec presents views on what causes many of today's issues and costs and promotes thinking on how we can create a lot more assurance with less resource, make security something much more than just a reactive risk function, and make it something truly rewarding for practicioners by becoming true contributors to our organisations.

This special edition presents insights on the use of Thin Digital Twins following the author's collaboration with VM2020 and how this groundbreaking technology can be used to tackle some of security's toughest challenges.

262 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 21, 2022