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Dwayne Melancon

Dwayne Melancon

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I am Tripwire's CTO, and joined Tripwire at the turn of the century. I live a life of genuine curiosity, so the best thing about my job at Tripwire is traveling around the world and learning about our customers and their goals. When I travel, I avoid middle seats whenever possible.

Dwayne Melancon has contributed 58 posts to The State of Security.


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Recent Posts by Dwayne Melancon

What is the risk? (aka "Don't overcomplicate risk modeling")

Infosec and too much to do

Security-to-Business: Some translation required

Breaches: truth or consequence

Infosec Dashboards and the Business - Interim Update

Something Missing From the Infosec "Game-change" Agenda

What's on your infosec dashboard?

Predicting the top 10 Infosec Predictions for 2012

How is infosec like a busy football weekend?

5 things bad guys are thankful for this week

What is the risk? (aka “Don’t overcomplicate risk modeling”)

What is the risk? (aka “Don’t overcomplicate risk modeling”)

by Dwayne Melancon

I’ve been talking with a lot of companies lately about risk.  Many of them want to formalize their approach to classifying systems, data, business processes, people, etc. using a more formal risk program, such as FAIR, OCTAVE, and the like.  These models often seem fairly complex, and the net effect I’m seeing is that lots [...]

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Infosec and too much to do

Infosec and too much to do

by Dwayne Melancon

One of the most common concerns I hear about from the enterprises I speak with all the time is that of having too much to do.  There’s never enough [time, money, people] to go around. So, what are they doing that’s working?

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