Defining Our Tetris Shapes: Vision Part 1

Defining Cyber PMM Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)

The Setting a Vision for Cyber PMMs post introduced the background behind why we should be thinking about vision at the outset. In short, it's the best place to start any effort because we have to have a destination in mind, or we'd get lost quickly.

First things first – we need to define our standard tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), or as I like to call them – our Tetris shapes. Why? All indicators suggest we are heading into a future (or it's already arrived) where AI assistants will be our trusty companions in executing routine PMM tasks. Cyber PMMs that embrace GenAI will become more productive; those ignoring GenAI will be left in the dust. Imagine having an always-on assistant that never gets tired, fully at your disposal to carry out any PMM task for you.

Need an example? Think along these lines: "Create a 500-word Product Brief using this template, and pull from this Messaging Brief for guidance." But let's not sugar-coat it—this won't happen overnight. We have to start with process definition first. Notice how this prompt required an existing template for guidance. We have to train the assistants first.

We Need a Mr. Miyagi for Cyber PMMs

I'll provide more information on the new GPTs feature from OpenAI in my next post since I'm training a Cyber PMM GPTs but it's nowhere near ready yet. In order for me to train it I will first need to have standard processes to train on. It's like being a Karate master and having a school with new students that need training. But if you don't know how to throw a punch or do a roundhouse kick, it's pretty useless to try and train them. Remember how the Karate Kid had Mr. Miyagi? We need a "Mr. Miyagi" for Cyber PMMs by first defining our processes.