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Security - It’s Just a Job

February 26, 2012 | Despite Anonymous, PCI, FISMA, SOX, and your project whose delivery date is slipping, it’s still just a job. How much is your life worth?

John Strand Slapped Me In the Face

August 30, 2011 | Which would you rather have in your corner, a highly trained martial artist or a mischievous 8 year old?

March 29, 2010 | Unemployment is on the rise, the economy is falling off a cliff and caught in the middle of it all are the security pros. I have no doubt that more than a few of us have been swept up in the employment shuffle. At the end of a (hopefully) short job search you find your self with a new employer. ...

Insecure but Safe - The Mayberry Paradox

March 27, 2009 | A report released this week on AppleInsider details the Pwn2Own hacking contest results indicating that Apple computers are less secure than their WinTel counterparts, but ultimately safer.

Peeling Apples - Reconsidering Mac Security

November 13, 2008 | I've spent almost 2 years bashing OS X security and more specifically Apple's information security program. Well, while fawning over a friend's MacBook Air (MBA) yesterday I had an epiphany. Have I been too hard on Apple? Is the security inherent in OS X sufficient for Apple's core audience?

Outsourcing the Presidency: An American Dilemma

October 13, 2008 | In November, information security in America will face an epic dilemma. Given two presidential candidates who will shape information security policy at a time when we are seeing information warfare as a common weapon.

Tales of a Third Grade Power User

September 27, 2008 | Technology and notably information security are complex topics. Mastery of those topics is beyond most adults… but not an 8 year old.

Guess what! Can you trust your plan?

August 19, 2008 | Incident response plans, disaster recovery plans, and business continuity plans are essential components in a well-developed information security program. If you aren't regularly testing your plans, then you are gambling with the future of your business.

There's no smiling in audit

June 07, 2008 | I doubt that there has ever been a job considered as dull, boring, or monotonous as that of the auditor. There is no mystery, excitement, or wonder in auditing. Most of all, there is no smiling in audit. …or is there…

To Phish or Cut Bait – The CISO's Dilemma

May 22, 2008 | If you are at all familiar with my blog, then you have fallen victim to my occasional rants demeaning inept CIO's. And you have probably correctly surmised that I speak from my own personal experience with an inept CIO (or two). Young as I pretend to be, I have learned one very valuable life...

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