Philosophical phriday - AI-enhanced ISO27k creativity

Denis Yakimov ​shared this on LinkeDin:

"Imagine your ISMS as a battlefield:
    • Context: The battlefield terrain—topography, weather, and conditions.
    • Issues: Your main enemies.
    • ​Controls and SoA: Troops, tools, and fortifications. Each control is a soldier with a specific purpose.
    • ​Leadership: The chain of command, setting the battle’s tone and ensuring everyone understands their role.
    • ​Planning: The war strategy how to deploy soldiers (controls) to address issues under current conditions.
    • ​Operation: Execution of the battle plan where soldiers confront issues directly.
    • ​Internal Audit: A field hospital that identifies wounded soldiers and offers opportunities to remediate them.
    • Improvement: Lessons learned applied to strengthen future engagements.”
​Google Gemini made a reasonable if naive attempt to draw a military analogy for me too:

​"Imagine a military base:
    • ​The Base: Represents the organization and its information assets.
    • ​The General: Top management, setting the information security strategy (ISMS).
    • ​The Troops: Employees, responsible for following security procedures and using controls.
    • ​The Barracks: Secure facilities, housing sensitive data and systems.
    • ​The Perimeter Fence: Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and physical security, protecting the base from external threats.
    • ​The Guard Towers: Security personnel, monitoring and responding to incidents.
    • ​The Armory: Security controls, such as encryption, access control, and data loss prevention tools.
    • ​The War Games: Regular security assessments and penetration testing, identifying vulnerabilities and improving defenses.
    • ​The Intelligence: Threat intelligence, informing the base about potential attacks and vulnerabilities.
    • ​The Battlefield: The ever-changing threat landscape, requiring constant vigilance and adaptation​."
T​he point is that a bit of creativity can help explain this stuff in terms that should make sense to anyone. So, for example, if you are implementing ISO27k in healthcare, you might try a medical or hospital analogy. In finance, a bank analogy might work. In retail, how about a shop? In engineering, a workshop ... you get the idea.

Sure, you might like to refine the prompt and check/correct the AI output but, as a readily-available source of inspiration, it's not a bad start.