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Security Chasm Illustrated

by Anton Chuvakin  |  February 5, 2014  |  3 Comments

This is one of those “no comment” philosophical blog posts, inspired by some client conversations I’ve been having.

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This is John, a CSO at a large Organization X

 

This is John, a CSO at a large Organization Y

 

  • Organization X has a security team.
  • Inside it, there is an IR team.
  • Inside it, there is a threat intelligence (TI) team
  • Inside it, there is a team that focuses on malware reversing
  • That team has 5 people.

 

  • Organization Y has a security team.
  • It just has 5 people.

Now … think about it: do these people have anything in common to talk about, apart from their first names and [maybe] job titles?

P.S. Gartner stock photos used; any similarity with people real or virtual are purely coincidental.

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Anton Chuvakin
Research VP and Distinguished Analyst
5+ years with Gartner
17 years IT industry

Anton Chuvakin is a Research VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner's GTP Security and Risk Management group. Before Mr. Chuvakin joined Gartner, his job responsibilities included security product management, evangelist… Read Full Bio


Thoughts on Security Chasm Illustrated


  1. Security Chasm Illustrated | All that Cuteness says:
    February 5, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    […] By Anton Chuvakin […]

  2. Gregg Dotoli says:
    February 6, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    The guy on the right took 2 tries to spell DOS.
    They can talk about the superbowl. :)

    I’d work for the guy on the left.

    Gregg Dotoli

  3. Anton Chuvakin says:
    February 6, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    Well, occasionally the guy on the right cannot even spell “AI-DEE-ES” or even “see-so” :-)



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