The Analogies Project’s Four Year Anniversary
To celebrate the 4th anniversary of The Analogies Project, we’ve rounded up the top ten most popular analogies ever posted by the project. You’d think that, after four years of contributions, we’d be running out of topics. But when you’re working with a discipline as multifaceted as Information Security, there’s always a new angle. Here’s some of the highlights from the last four years: Internal Threats: Sometimes the worst...
Something For The Next Generation
Inspired by work such as The Analogies Project, ISF research on security behavioural awareness and occurrences we read about every day, it struck me that it would be useful to come up with something to enhance the online behaviours of the next generation in a hyper-connected world. I figured that If grown-ups can modify neural pathways to change their ways and if story-telling is such an effective means of achieving that, then why...
City Initiative 2016
Project founder Bruce Hallas has a busy speaking schedule lined up. He’ll be presenting at the SecureFrankfurt event in Germany April 14th, followed hot on its heels by key events in Austria and France. As part of an upcoming initiative Bruce is keen to meet historians, cultural custodians and local experts from each city he’s speaking in, to help identify new, location...
Cross-Generation Analogies Initiative
Inspired by the response we had to ‘What the Elizabethans Teach Us About Cyber Security’ (our most shared ever analogy) and to mark the latest collaboration with Lucinda and her father Jonathan Armstrong, we’d like to invite you to team up with your children (or parents) and create an analogy together. This initiative is open to everyone, whether you’re an existing...
We Should ALL Be Involved
New contributor David Froud has given a ringing endorsement to The Analogies Project in his latest blog post ‘The Analogies Project, We Should ALL Be Involved’. Having found out about the project through our presentation in Munich, Germany for (ISC)² Security Congress EMEA. David has broken his own rules to speak highly about The Analogies Project and called on everyone to get involved. He highlights the value of...
