Episode 9

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6th Apr 2021

#9 Privacy: Security's New Clothes?

The desire for privacy is nothing new, but societal expectations have certainly come a long way since the middle ages. Over the last two decades many have seen additional rights enshrined in law. Businesses increasingly face sanctions for not respecting the privacy of those they associate with.

Businesses have privacy related risks, they are required to protect personal data. But they also have security risks - are the approaches to mange these not broad enough to cover privacy, or could they not be readily expanded to do so?

If you were asked to draw a Venn diagram of security and privacy on the back of a beer mat (remember those?), what would it look like? Is privacy a subset of security? Is there a large intersection, a small intersection, or maybe even none?

In this episode Martin and Maurice discuss privacy and how it relates to security. Is privacy materially different to risk-driven security? Do you need different teams with different frameworks to deliver privacy and security?

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About the Podcast

Attributive Security
The podcast anchored in the expression “security is a property of something else”.
There is often a lot happening in the world of cyber security: new threats, new exploits and new products. Don’t get us wrong, there is a lot of cool technology, and we appreciate that. But, at least on the surface, a lot of the defensive advances look to be very bottom up and technology focused. It is easy to lose sight of the context, what matters to us that we want to protect, and yes even enable.

Join us as we get together for unscripted conversations about a broad range of topics and relate them to cyber security. We’ll draw on various disciplines, and our own experiences, as we discuss ideas and practical approaches to tailored information security. We won’t be afraid to challenge one size fits all and best practice norms, or the misapprehension that bespoke security frameworks are infeasible for all but the biggest of enterprises. Be prepared to reimagine what an effective cyber security program can look like when it is engaged with and aligned to the business.

About your hosts

Martin Hopkins

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Martin is a cyber security leader and an experienced consultant most recently specialising in technical and business security advisory, and enterprise and technical security architecture. A regular speaker on cyber security topics, he is a strong advocate of business driven security, balanced risk management, and enterprise security architecture.

With over 25 years' experience in technology, primarily in security related fields, Martin has extensive experience in financial services having been engaged by leading global institutions.

Prior to his current focus on security architecture and risk he was a security testing consultant working on everything from mainframe systems to IoT devices and has a background in system software development for information security and virtualisation.

Maurice Smit

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A Principal Security Consultant and SABSA Instructor, with over 20 years of experience in IT Security operations, management, governance and architecture, in a variety of industries including finance, healthcare, OT and pharmaceuticals. Maurice delivers accredited SABSA training in Europe, India, Africa and the Middle East

He is a founding member of the SABSA Institute Board of Trustees and was one of the first people in Europe to achieve SABSA Master Certification.

Maurice has contributed significantly to the development of the SABSA methodology, including co-authoring the “SABSA for Enterprise Risk Management” training course and leads the volunteer effort “SABSA World” with the aim of establishing regional SABSA communities of interest.