Do you know what happened in 2016?
So many great things!
Netflix added offline downloads, a leading environmental group reclassified giant pandas as a “vulnerable” species rather than “endangered” one… and we released the very first GRC Tuesdays Christmas song!
This year, we took inspiration from Rolling Stone that ranked All I Want for Christmas Is You amongst “The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs”.
So, get ready, put your Santa hat on, check the video to remember the tempo and start singing along.
 | Background: Our main character/singer here is a security expert and is a few minutes away from their well-deserved annual end of year vacation |
Ready, set, got my sunglass’
Bags packed and leave agreed
Looking forward to some indulgence
During my long trip at sea
… But I can’t leave it alone
There are threats that grow
Make my wish come true
That our security holds through
Yeah
To protect what’s really precious
I’ve rolled at hyper speed
Just before I left the office, and on a protection spree
A long password policy, with upper and lower case
Fifty signs and more to keep those many hackers at bay
I wish I had shut my phone
Can’t pretend I just don’t know
Password’s for renew
Need to find one, it’s due
Due, truly
Oh, I’m not asking for a free-pass
Just don’t want to be a foe
Need to keep data and info, secure from threats high and low
Ransom, malware, zero day, brute force, fishing take your pick
I just hope people will think twice, ‘bout this mail before they click…
‘Cause I don’t want t’be in the spotlight
So need to refine access right
It’s the thing to do
Oh maybe, so that you can see my value
True safety
Oh-Oh, to build and sustain trust we have no time to spare
Time to secure all our firmware
And before the threat is rising
And alarm bells ringing
Won’t you log activities in a single feed?
Won’t you encrypt and test for me?
Much like a strong cuirass
And to protect the core
Prevent data breach, identify and mitigate any back door
I think I might need a clone
Or maybe a cyber Hero
Make my wish come true
Oh CISO, I just want a complete crew
Crew, already!
I do hope that you are not as desperate as our main character here and that you can take some time off during the year end period without having cybersecurity on your mind too much!
Thank you for following us once again in 2023, reading, sharing and commenting on these blogs and I sincerely hope you will continue to do so in 2024.
As usual, if you’d like to get in touch, feel free to add a note on this blog or send me a message on Twitter @TFrenehard
And if you are interested in learning more about SAP solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance, feel free to fill-in the demo request form!
Finally, in case one GRC Christmas song wasn’t enough, I also pasted below the links to the previous ones:
2022 – GRC Tuesdays: Let me know! Let us go! Take a bow!, a GRC Christmas miracle
2021 – GRC Tuesdays: The Famous GRC Christmas Carol version 2021
2020 – GRC Tuesdays: We Wish You a Threat-Free Christmas and a Breachless New Year
2019 – GRC Tuesdays: The Twelve Days of (GRC) Christmas
2018 –It’s true that we missed one here! Promise, we’ll (try) not to skip any in the future
2017 – GRC Tuesdays: GRC Naughty or Nice Quiz
2016 – GRC Tuesdays: Jingle Bells
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