“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”   Strother Martin to Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke.

A related quote often attributed to George Bernard Shaw “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

Join Stan and Julie as they riff on this all-too common challenge that what we say doesn’t always convey what we mean.

In cybersecurity the failure to communicate finds a home in leadership failures and technology mishaps. The leader who sends mixed messages, telling staff to take security seriously while starving the security team of needed budget. The technology manager whose failure to be specific about required security controls results in an application with dangerous vulnerabilities. Ambiguity is built into language, as Stan and Julie demonstrate in their analysis of “This sentence is false.” Is it true” Is it false?

As always, Stan and Julie provide actionable tips and thoughtful wisdom in a fun conversation on the complexities of cybersecurity and privacy. For an excellent read on avoiding ambiguity see Alan Alda’s witty book ”If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating.”

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