Authoritative vs Authoritarian
This article is adapted from a corporate newsletter article I wrote. I have only changed the parts that would leak corporate information. I speak often about my stance on traditional security teams at many companies. Often they are the Department of No, they act like they are the police, and they aren’t very technical. As a result, employees in other departments speak to them only as a last resort and ultimately the security team becomes balkanized and blind to what’s going on at the company. ...