Chris Brown

CISO & Exec Coach || Helping already successful executives level up by unlocking untapped creativity, productivity, and leadership

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

What If the CISO Didn’t Exist? https://t.co/Og3OxEdSVC

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

Wrote this for CISOs who don��t just want a seat at the table—but to shape the conversation.

Here’s to better CISOing everywhere.

[Justin Elze @HackingLZ]

Old friend of mine @NewCyberExec just released his first book "CISO Impact and Influence: How Cybersecurity Executives Can Take the Lead and Nudge the World" if you're into CISOing :)

https://t.co/PzPsI43DqN

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@HackingLZ For CISOs who want more than a seat—who want to shape the conversation. Here’s to better CISOing everywhere.

[AndreTR @andreTRwi]

@HackingLZ @NewCyberExec I’m sold. Just the opening blurb is flawless…

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@HackingLZ I remember when writing crypto and publishing got scrutiny as a crime. Ah, the simple good old days.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@cschuermyer @BSidesPDX It's a good crowd. Open, creative, collaborative, humble, supportive.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

“Fail, fix, learn, act” — the infomercial format of storytelling that you can apply to your communication, by Brian Richardson at @BSidesPDX

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

On resumes for cyber pros "Don't name tools in the job history section. It's an OSINT issue. You want to solve security problems, not create them." --@eksoward at @BSidesPDX

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@AccidentalCISO Does the mere fact of having it give you a mental edge, a sense of capability, or a feeling of having better options that helps you tackle more? How much is that worth to you?

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

“There’s research that is interesting, useful, and helpful. And there’s research that has impact.” —@pinkflawd at @BSidesPDX

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

Talk is Why We Research by @pinkflawd

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

The keynote speakers opening slide:

$ whoami

Love it.

#bsidespdx

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

I was conflicted about being away from Twitter/X, and now I'm conflicted about being back.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@BrianHonan @CisoHelen Yeah, some days that feels like the right move.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@CisoHelen I moved to executive coaching (for CISOs and cyber execs, adjacent but different). Among my peers: CTOs, CIOs, founders of cyber startups (distinction between CEO of cyber company vs being in cyber).

Sadly, many move around, hoping for frustration relief, without improvement.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

In case, you know, I someday disappear from Twitter/X.

Substack:
https://t.co/Sr6jLv3lEB

Bluesky:
https://t.co/LHGwZS7pEA

LinkedIn:
https://t.co/W1JfqGeRX5

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

People love Halloween, which falls in Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Natural tie-in?

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@SwiftOnSecurity We all are sometimes. Thanks for helping to take the edge off for those who feel that way all the time and think they’re the only ones.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

@IT_securitynews That’s a question that isn’t.

A better question:
What challenges are CISOs facing and feeling that the only answer they can come up with is to have another person do a part of the job?

Follow up question:
What part of the job are they proposing to give up?

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

The dopamine hit is real.

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

A new experience today...

I went public with newsletter that was exclusively for my CISO executive coaching clients, the Dispatch, not knowing what to expect. I got a little hooked on the process, and started the Toolchest. One day later, I'm being paid for Toolchest.

...cool

[Chris Brown @NewCyberExec]

The link: https://t.co/Sr6jLv3Tu9