On Giving Advice
A friend of mine, Arvind, writes a blog called “myotherramblings.” It’s a place where he can write about anything he’d like to. Recently he wrote a post on The Dark Side of Advi...
Triage Decision Making
Not all decisions require the same amount of time to think through, but some high impact decisions warrant your time, energy, and effort to make valuable decisions.
Max Out vs. Continuous Development
There’s a mental difference between thinking that something can be maxed out versus being constantly improved and developed. If something can be maxed out there is an end. This ...
Mental Diet and Exercise
Recently I noticed an old pair of pants were a little tighter than I remembered them being. It was easy for me to jump to the conclusion that I either needed to accept my new fo...
Create/Publish Scripts
In order to make creating and publishing quicker and easier I created a couple of little shell scripts to help me along my way. I have a hard time remembering all the little swi...
Exactis Breach
I recently learned about a new Exactis data breach. No passwords were compromised, but much of the information that would be used in a social engineering or phishing campaign wa...
What I Track
I’ve recently added basic Google Analytics tracking to this site. This is just to give me a sense of how many people are looking at my site and to understand what articles and t...
What I’m Thinking About May
Safety, Security, and Privacy Safety, Security, and Privacy continue to be merged together as IoT increases its reach into new devices. IoT devices are being develope with littl...
What I’m Thinking About March
Lots of lost certificates 23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys | Ars Technica The email was sent on Tuesday by the CEO of Trustico, a UK-based reseller o...
Building a Collaborative & Social Application Security Program
It’s no secret that more and more companies are jumping on the Bug Bounty Program band wagon, and for good reason, there is a lot of value to be had there. However, rolling out ...