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Joe C. Hawley · ResearchCybersecurity governance, risk, and value

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  1. UpdateCybersecurity Value

    A New Home and Name for This Research

    I moved this research platform to research.joechawley.com and renamed it Joe C. Hawley · Research.

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  2. MilestoneCybersecurity Value

    A New Research Direction: The Realized Value of Cybersecurity

    I am starting Project 002, which asks how security organizations can consistently measure and communicate the realized business value they deliver. Project 001 is paused.

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  3. MilestoneCybersecurity Value

    Choosing a Method and a First Framework for Project 002

    I selected Design Science Research for Project 002, drafted framework v0.2 (the Realized Value Cycle), and reframed practitioner interviews as evaluation rather than discovery.

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  4. UpdateCybersecurity Value

    Evaluating Project 002 Without Participants

    I dropped data collection from people for Project 002. The framework will be evaluated through requirements testing, comparative analysis, and a test against public material.

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  5. UpdateCybersecurity Value

    Making Project 002 Role-Neutral

    I narrowed Project 002 to a role-neutral scope. The study now asks which roles or capabilities perform validation and communication, instead of testing a specific role.

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  6. UpdateBISO Governance

    Interview Guide Validation

    I completed a self-administered pilot interview (Interview #0) to validate and refine the interview guide before using it with external practitioners. Several preliminary themes emerged.

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  7. MilestoneBISO Governance

    Platform Launch and Research Status

    Tradecraft Labs launches as a public research platform. This entry documents the current state of the BISO Governance research, what has been completed to date, and what comes next in the practitioner interview phase.

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