The Big Game is just days away. Whether it’s the Patriots or Rams who win the Super Bowl, we know for sure that the end of the season brings with it a period of turnover and uncertainty – feelings familiar to many of us in cybersecurity.
After trophies and parades, bloggers and talk radio turn to a favorite staple: forecasting which teams’ assistants will earn head coaching jobs based on the perceived power of their playbooks. This parallels playbook buzz in security, in which a host of community voices are touting playbook-style approaches to security challenges, from expediting repetitive tasks to identifying malware to simulating attackers. Playbooks appeal to the emotional needs of anyone facing high-stakes, must-win scenarios, whether in a stadium or a security operations center (SOC). It is only natural to seek an edge by studying someone’s winning formula.
Yet history is full of coaches taking a winning scheme to a new city, where their vaunted playbooks fall short because of different talent, timelines, and owner idiosyncrasies. The same applies to security leaders. So how can you…
