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Caro CISO, ti suggerisco di parlare d’affari con il tuo CdA, evita tecnicismi.

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 02/13/2017 Editoriali in Italiano, Editorials

Caro consiglio di amministrazione e caro CISO Penso che dovremmo sempre considerare il nostro lavoro come una parte del business. Abbiamo finalmente iniziato a prendere in considerazione la sicurezza informatica e la protezione dei dati come un problema serio, ma ora la domanda è come valutare un rischio nei nostri piani di analisi e di business… Usualmente la documentazione e le relazioni per l’analisi di rischio, presentati nelle aziende (se e quando vengono presentati ovvio) si limitano, per la maggior parte, all’uso di valori generici (rischio alto, medio, basso), ma non sembra che si usi specificare qualsiasi metrica. Senza metrica è difficile…

Security and Risks Updated

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 11/19/2014 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, Tech Update in English

When I’m talking about security with customers, partners or at an event the first question I usually receive is: how much this will cost to me? This is an understandable question, costs have to be monitored and expenditures have to be planned wisely; how much I can spend on security is a quite interesting topic. The problem, alas, is that usually IT managers do not use a clear model when planning investment in security but seemed to be attracted more by strange inner believes than an empirical analysis of cost and benefits. Another point that I’ve always found quite curious is that…

Digging it up on Security Costs and Security Budgets – part1

Antonio Ieranò 07/26/2013 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles, Tech Update in English

In my previous article, security costs and security budget, I made some assumption to simplify an introductory analysis on how much we should spend on security. Some of those assumptions have been made to simplify out tasks. Today I would like to quickly analyse some of those simplifications. One of the biggest assumption I made on the previous article is that if a problem cost us X then we can find a number n that express the number of incidents I’m allowed to permit so that nX can express the cost I’m allowed to accept. This simplification was based on…

Security Costs and Security Budgets

Antonio Ieranò 07/25/2013 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles, Tech Update in English

When I’m talking about security with customers, partners or at an event the first question I usually receive is: “how much this will cost to me?” This is an understandable question, costs have to be monitored and expenditure have to be planned wisely, the problem of how much I canshould spend on security is a quite interesting topic. The problem, alas, is that usually IT managers do not use a clear model when planning investment in security but seamed to be attracted more by strange inner believes than a empirical analysis of cost and benefits. Another point that I’ve always found quite curious is that I’ve…

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Antonio Ieranò Evangelist, Manager, BDM, Advisor, Writer, Speaker, Coach HOME: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 29, 27010 Vistarino (Pavia) Italy. Mobile phone: +39 347 9293757 E-mail: antonio.ierano@ierano.it; Twitter: @ antonioierano @thepuchiherald Web: http://ierano.it I am an IT professional Manager, BDM, marketing specialist, and tech evangelist with over 16 years of experience serving as a community liaison, subject matter expert, and high-profile trainer for key technologies and solutions. My experience includes acting as the public face of Cisco security technologies; leading pan-European technical teams in development of new Cisco security products; and serving as a key public speaker and trainer on behalf of new high-tech products. My expertise spans IT development and implementation, marketing strategy, legal issues, and budget / financial management. Specialties and Executive Expertise IT Strategy, Technical Audits, Enterprise Architecture & Applications, Technical Sales Liaison, Solution Architecture, Network Design, Architecture, & Security, Vulnerability Assessment & Management, Systems Engineering, TCP / IP, Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Consultative Sales, Social Media Marketing, High-Impact Presentations, Security and Technical Advisor: I have a strong experience and knowledge in the technology and security areas, I can provide the needed expertise to better direct technical needs, giving indication for cost effective, solid and efficient solutions. Project Management: with a solid background with project delivered with success in different areas I can provide a key support to drive customer projects to success. With a Microsoft Solution Framework background and PMI solid knowledge mixed with communication skills at any level i can lead the project group and it's stakeholders to achieve the desired goals. Business Developement and Marketing: With a deep knowledge of the extended EMEA technology market needs a focus on worldwide security I can drive business developement to a solid and reliable growth being able to relate with all the stakeholders, from production to sales and channel and, of course, customers.