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Goal-based Regulation

Liz James

Liz James

24 Oct 2025
Goal-based Regulation
Photo by Bernd 📷 Dittrich / Unsplash

I’ve written a new piece for NCC Group’s Research Blog on how goal-based regulation is changing the way we think about cybersecurity assurance — moving from prescriptive checklists to defensible reasoning about what “secure enough” really means.

You can read it here:
👉 Goal-Based Regulation — NCC Group Research Blog

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A space for personal projects, half-baked ideas, and occasional overengineering. Mostly cybersecurity, transport, and 3D printing—with detours.