Don’t Just Read All About It!
Books are amazing. As a kid I loved reading and then for some strange reason I went off the joy of it during secondary school. I think it was the fact that we had to learn how to interpret the …
Setting Standards
Rather ironically there is no standard definition for the word ‘standard’. It can mean any of the following: And even more ironically the term ‘standard’ when used by newspapers (like the Daily Standard etc) refers to the high level of …
It’s Just Educated Guesswork!
Who can remember, as a kid when you fell over in the playground and scraped your knee that the teacher (who probably wasn’t a medical expert) got a wet paper towel and applied some kind of magic that made it …
Taking time out to flex with the EC Council CCISO boxset!
Those of you who are close to me will know that I have been off my feet for a few weeks following knee surgery. It forced me to take sick leave – which is something that I rarely do, and …
Beware the Curly Spider
Anybody scared of spiders? Arachnophobia (check me out!) is high up on the list of the Top 10 things that people are scared of and accounts for between 3-15% of the total population (according to my AI sources). Very few …
Mind the Gap
I have been driving a car since the late 80’s. On a scale of 1-10 I would say that my driving is an ‘8’. In all the years I have been driving I have had two minor rear-end shunts (my …
Buckle Up for CISSP!
Following on from my last blog – this year I have decided (and been actively encouraged by my boss!) to get some certs tucked away and so for the past 3 years – it has been a target of mine …
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!
Every year in the military it was a mandatory requirement to conduct some basic training on some of the fundamental elements of being on active military service. It was called Ground Defence Training (which probably dates me – as it …
Stay In The Comfort Zone
Two years ago we moved back to the UK and settled into a very rural village in an old cottage. Sounds quaint but anybody who owns an old house knows that the charm is offset by the potential problems with …
The Highway Code for Risk
Hands-up (not literally) all those who drive a car? Did you know that on average – 1500 people are killed in car accidents and over 20,000 seriously injured in the UK every year due to car-related incidents? It probably doesn’t …