by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Apr 6, 2021 | Strategy
While completing my Master’s degree a college professor made a bold statement to our class. He very directly said “There is no such thing as stress. Stress is a made up word. In order to combat it, you must call it what it is – Low-grade fear. If you recognize it for...
by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Mar 24, 2021 | Strategy
“You are unique, just like everybody else” is a quote that has a somewhat ambiguous origin. Some ascribe it to Jim Wright, others to Margaret Mead, however, it does have profound meaning when you use it as a lens to view yourself and your organization. You are unique,...
by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Mar 17, 2021 | Strategy
Active Cyber Defense NIST defines Active Cyber Defense as – Synchronized, real-time capability to discover, detect, analyze, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities. In a nutshell, that means using strategies to actively predict, prevent, detect and combat cyber...
by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Feb 23, 2021 | Strategy
Open Source I was giving a presentation a few months ago at a conference. The presentation was on “organization cyber security”. I touched on a few of the most common cyber security vulnerabilities and mentioned open-source software that gets downloaded onto...
by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Feb 17, 2021 | Cyber, Strategy
While I was sitting in the CIO seat, I would be asked regularly about the latest cyber-attack. “Does thinking about the WannaCry virus keep you awake at night?” or “How do you sleep knowing the SolarWinds hack was successful?” My response was always the same. I...
by Jonathan Kilpatrick | Feb 2, 2021 | Cyber, Strategy
Criminal Justice Information Services, better known as CJIS, was established in 1992. The CJIS Division of the FBI is an intelligence center located in West Virginia. Used by almost 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country, CJIS gives federal, state and...
