Rick's First Principles Newsletter
Rick HowardI study cybersecurity strategies that buy down business risk.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 71 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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The Kill Chain Rises from the Dead
Totally Fake Movie Poster that I Made with ChatGPT
Like every good zombie in my favorite horror movies, intrusion kill chain prevention refuses to die.
In April, MITRE released ATT&CK v19. If one of your infosec strategies is Threat Led D...
Forget Bletchley Park: America's Codebreakers Were Women
Totally Fake Movie Poster that I made with ChatGPT
I’ll start with the verdict: the Cybersecurity Canon Committee got this one exactly right. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II abso...
The Cybersecurity Industry is Where the Risk Myths are Born
I’m working on my Cybersecurity Canon review of Tony Martin-Vegue’s 2026 book, From Heatmaps to Histograms. In the prologue, Tony says this:
You won’t find the answers to cyber risk quantification inside the cybersecurity industry, not i...
A Board Presentation on Cyber First Principles
Right now, boards are approving millions in cybersecurity spend every year without knowing if it actually reduces risk.
I run a small consulting service called First Principles Consulting where I advise clients on cybersecurity strategie...
Wait and Hope:
If you have been putting off The Count of Monte Cristo because of its length, I am here to tell you that you are right to be scared and wrong to keep waiting.
Alexandre Dumas is an author I feel like I have always known about but have neve...
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