Recently I have been listening to a currently popular song by John Mayer. He and all of his friends are “Waiting for the World to Change”. In a portion of the lyrics he laments “that me and all my friends we're all misunderstood / they say we stand for nothing and there's no way we ever could/ now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it / we just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it”.
After chewing the lyrics over for a bit, it came to me how one generation influences the future generations. The changes are a little from what goes on in the seats of government, but more importantly or more completely change comes from the media that tell us how to best run our lives, business, society and relationships. The fastest way to influence how the world is going to change is to put in writing what needs to be done and how to do it.
This is how you change the world, one article, one blog, one class, one friendship, one book at a time. Change can come in a revolutionary fashion; for information security to work, the change should be evolutionary. You can change first your own environment, then branch out to other business units. As you become more successful, it is important to journal your activities and then share them with your fellow professionals. If something isn’t working, don’t quit, run your trap lines of fellow professionals to see what they are doing. When you discover a process that works, share the results at your next ISSA or ISACA meeting or publish an article.
For thirty years I have had the pleasure of working with the best and brightest security professionals. Every person I have ever contacted about a question has been helpful, open and giving. Every day that I am in this profession I learn something new. As each new idea takes shape, I jot it down in a journal (still haven’t figured out what “Blog” means) and then use the new material in articles and books.
For most of us there will never be a building or bridge named for us. Hopefully, there won’t be a law or bad example named for us either. Some change takes place in the seats of government, but true change comes much closer to home. Those policies you wrote for your organization will impact business there for years. The security programs and concepts you were able to implement will improve the corporate culture and outlook long after you have moved on. Every article you write, presentation you give, advice you give or book you write will change the world.
Last Week’s Quiz Question
What was the building that houses the School of Graduate Studies used for before Norwich University bought it?Answer: A National Guard Armory.
This week’s winner is Bill Lampe. Bill wins an all expense paid trip for four to any ocean shore resort in Vermont.
This week’s quiz question
When you come to Residency, you want to take your kids to what museum located in Norwich, Vermont?
One lucky winner picked at random will receive a leather bound instruction manual on how to navigate dirt roads during mud season.
Send your entries to jorlando@norwich.edu
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