Shameless self-promotion time. If you're interested in learning how to identify, assess, and respond to risks in a straightforward and practical manner, consider the newest PDI fully immersive cours...
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Shameless self-promotion time. If you're interested in learning how to identify, assess, and respond to risks in a straightforward and practical manner, consider the newest PDI fully immersive course, Conducting Practical Risk Analysis for Security Professionals, authored by yours truly. As with other PDI courses they are free to members and with mine you can earn 4 CPEs. As a consultant, my phone rings when people need to solve complex multi-dimensional problems; problems that they weren't able or willing to solve themselves. Regardless of where they think these problems stem from, my investigations usually find causes and contributing factors that go well beyond the realm of security. I apply my early background from my military service and my years as a cop, with my last few decades in business and technology as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Public Service Technologist, and Industry Thought Leader. With that said, I'm a bit dense when it comes to understanding my own problems. After ignoring the warning signs for years I spent a week in a local hospital learning I had a heart attack and walking out with 3 new titanium stents in my coronary arteries as souvenirs. It's been a slow and painful rehab and recovery, but one other message got through. It was time to accept that I have more yesterdays than tomorrows; it was time to share what I know. When the PDI approached me about creating course material I saw it as an opportunity to do just that and do so in a format whereby you, as the learner, become part of a fictional company's leadership team. You'll join their meetings, read emails, make choices, and learn with them as a consultant guides and gently teaches them how to better protect their people, their customers, and their business. However, I couldn't do it alone. Maci Devaney and Ty Crawford worked with me every step of the way. (Actually, they held my hand for quite a few steps.). Their professionalism, attention to detail, and incredible skills made this a polished and high caliber production. The actors enabled a sense of realism that a standard course would never emulate. It was a bit weird during the studio recording sessions as I watched a professional actor, Chris Hurt, portray me as the consultant. I wrote the scripts (a first for me) based on what I've actually said to my clients in countless meetings over the years. However, watching Chris in the studio as he spoke my words and perfectly captured the way I talk with my hands, my facial expressions, and the inflections in my voice, was unlike anything I ever experienced. Now, no one will ever confuse the two of us - I know this because my wife leaned over during the first recording session and whispered to me that she loves me, but Chris is a "younger and better looking version" of me! In all honesty, I have to agree, besides the fact that the consultant's name in the script isn't "Lloyd Diernisse," (it's "Steve Romano"). Kindly check it out and provide feedback, positive or negative. I created the course for you and I just verbally committed to create others (haven't signed the contract yet, but we're going ahead with it as soon as the paperwork is sorted out). Therefore, I need to know what you think - it's the only way I can improve. 🙂