17 January 2025
How to set up social media accounts for your new company.
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10 January 2025
How to set up an email service for your new company.
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03 January 2025
How to select and buy a domain name for your new company.
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27 December 2024
How to choose a company name you can live with.
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10 January 2024
Several product strategies that you might find useful as you go about integrating products into your own business.
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27 December 2023
Developing training as a product for corporate and individual market segments.
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20 December 2023
The benefits of developing packaged services as an independent security professional, and how you can price and distribute your products.
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13 December 2023
Factors to consider if you're thinking of developing a software application as part of your portfolio of products and services as an independent security professional.
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06 December 2023
Exploring the benefits of articles as a subscription product, including revenue potential and possible challenges.
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29 November 2023
Exploring the benefits of subscription products, and some high-level considerations for pricing and promotion.
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23 November 2023
Different aspects to consider if you're thinking about selling templates as an independent security professional.
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15 November 2023
Additional aspects to consider if you're considering writing and publishing books as an independent security professional.
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08 November 2023
Different aspects to consider if you're considering writing and publishing books as an independent security professional.
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01 November 2023
The advantages of products in relation to services.
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25 October 2023
Exploring some of the benefits and risks associated with using subcontractors as an independent security professional.
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18 October 2023
Different approaches to delivering security analysis services, and the advantages and disadvantages of delivering analysis as a service or as a product.
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11 October 2023
The benefits of pre-emptive deployment, how to determine when to deploy, and how to price response services.
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04 October 2023
The advantages and disadvantages of offering response services as part of your blend of products and services.
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27 September 2023
Different approaches to integrating your training services to maximise potential for growth. .
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20 September 2023
Different approaches to designing and delivering training for individuals.
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13 September 2023
Different approaches you can take when structuring your training services, focusing on selling services to organisations.
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06 September 2023
Exposing the advantages and disadvantages of offering training, and determining whether you should offer training as part of your portfolio of services.
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30 August 2023
Different approaches to structuring retainer agreements, and how you can adapt these approach to your own business as an independent security professional.
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23 August 2023
Why clients would use retained services, and the pros and cons of retainers for independent security professionals.
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16 August 2023
How to integrate consulting into your portfolio of services and products as an independent security professional.
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09 August 2023
This article explores a broad range advantages and disadvantages of consulting as a service, and considers whether you should include consulting as part of your portfolio of services.
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02 August 2023
What is security consulting, and do clients actually require security consulting services?
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26 July 2023
Different factors to consider as you go about designing services as an independent security professional.
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19 July 2023
Approaches you can apply to differentiate your services as you develop your business as an independent security professional.
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12 July 2023
A short definition of services, why clients might need services, and a quick introduction to some of the limitations of services.
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05 July 2023
How to differentiate yourself as an independent security professional by focusing on style and substance.
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28 June 2023
Reducing complexity to increase your effectiveness.
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21 June 2023
How to approach the issue of availability as you design your business as an independent security professional.
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14 June 2023
What does success mean to you as an independent security professional?
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07 June 2023
Your capacity to solve meaningful problems for your clients will be key to your success as an independent security professional. How can you identify these problems?
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31 May 2023
An exploration of some of the challenges you'll come across as you work to define your value proposition as an independent security professional.
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24 May 2023
Techniques you can apply as an independent security professional to build leverage in your business and maximise the potential for growth.
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17 May 2023
Applying the principles of scalability, diversification and cost management to build a thriving and resilient business.
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10 May 2023
The importance of specialising rather than generalising, how to effectively identify your niche, and ways to navigate potential pitfalls.
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03 May 2023
The key factors to consider as you start the process of designing your business as an independent security professional.
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26 April 2023
How to avoid some of the ethical dilemmas inherent with leaving your current organisation and setting up your own operation as an independent security professional.
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19 April 2023
How to know when you're ready to leave your current company and establish your own independent consulting practice.
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12 April 2023
Learn how to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset within your current organisation to develop the skills and experience necessary to succeed as an independent security professional.
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05 April 2023
Defining the characteristics of a good professional network, and how to design your network to ensure it's usable and easy to maintain.
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29 March 2023
How you can establish a positive reputation while in a security consulting company to set yourself up for success as an independent security professional.
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22 March 2023
How you can build your experience while in a security consulting company to set yourself up for success as an independent security professional.
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15 March 2023
How do you get from where you are now to being a successful independent security professional? What are the prerequisites, and what can you do right now to set yourself up for eventual success?
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09 March 2023
How to establish a minimum viable business at the start that provides a professional presence but doesn't distract you from more important work.
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01 March 2023
How to avoid some of the problems that come with over inflating the grandeur of your business and how you can leverage the many strengths of being ‘small’.
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22 February 2023
Seven reasons why you shouldn't go independent, along with a few other factors that should influence your decision-making process.
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15 February 2023
What are the professional and personal benefits of setting up your own company as an independent security professional?
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08 February 2023
What personal qualities are essential for you to be a successful independent security professional, and how can you develop these qualities.
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01 February 2023
How to develop the mindset necessary to be a successful independent security professional.
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25 January 2023
The first article out of the gate, framing the Business of Security.
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