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Emergency Preparedness During Coronavirus Frenzy

Emergency Preparedness During Coronavirus Frenzy

In the midst of Coronavirus frenzy I decided to bring up a blog post I’ve been slowly writing for some time now. I am what I would consider a tentative “prepper” I like to be pr...

Introducing ReThink Security

Introducing ReThink Security

Recently Jason Taylor and I started a new side project, ReThink Security. The purpose is to share the insights that we’ve built up over the past two decades in the security indu...

Newsletter & Recommendations

Newsletter & Recommendations

Recently I’ve noticed that I prefer to receive updates from my favorite blogs in email. If you feel similarly I’ve signed up with Mailchimp to deliver my posts via email. Of cou...

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China Hijacking the Internet

(image source Demchak)

Exactis Breach

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

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

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

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...

What I’m Thinking About January

What I’m Thinking About January

Spectre & Meltdown

Building a Collaborative & Social Application Security Program

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 ...