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Category Archives: Career
Back to Normal
Yesterday I was thinking about this whole “back to normal” thing that we are now experiencing. You know, COVID-19 vaccinations, and herd immunity, re-opening the economy and institutions, all of the things that are happening around us right now after … Continue reading
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How To Get My Attention
A couple days ago, I let it be known on LinkedIn that I had taken a new position as the Director, Information Security at Esterline Technologies. Then I got a bunch of private messages from sales folks trying to sell … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, FUD, InfoSec, Life and Times
Tagged facebook, linkedin, new job, sales people, social media, twitter
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Eric Update
As many of you probably know by now, we sold Core Security. Courion and Core Security will be merging as a result of the sale. This is good for Core. At the same time, I am leaving Core Security and … Continue reading
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Information Security and Tanks
Not too long ago my good friend, Michael Farnum, invited me to be the closing speaker at HouSecCon. I told him I would love to … then he asked me to give a talk that involved my military experience and … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, InfoSec, Life and Times, Military
Tagged Army, information security, infosec, Tanks
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Do The Security Basics Well ….. AGAIN (and again, and again)
I’m not really sure what it is going to take for people to do Information Security basics well. Just how many multi-million credit card breach, PLA attacks a hospital company, hacktivists use insider to breach you headlines is it going … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, InfoSec, Security
Tagged Board of Directors, CEO, information security, security basics
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Year One
It’s the end of Year One at Core Security. Time really flies when you’re having fun. I’ve been here for 12 months now, and a couple days, and I guess I should do the “looking back after the first year” … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, Cigars, InfoSec, Security, Vulnerability Management
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August: Something I Swore I’d Never Do
No, not August, actually. It comes every year and it would be a bit awkward to swear off of August. Imagine me having to basically go into some sort of hibernation for 31 days. What I swore I’d never do … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, Conferences, Life and Times, Security
Tagged August, BlackHat, BSidesLV, conferences, DefCon, Las Vegas
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2013: A Roller Coaster
Or, as my wife put it, Random Ramblings of a Security Executive. Yes, it’s that time. Writing a blog post to wrap up the year, just all the rest of you do. I decided I’d cover my personal and professional … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, Government, InfoSec, Life and Times, Security
Tagged 2013, 2014, CORE Security, cyber-, healthcare, infosec, personal life, professional life, security, travel
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A New Adventure
As most people in my personal and professional networks know, I am leaving Providence Health & Services for a new job. But, unless I’ve talked directly with you about it, it’s likely that you don’t know WHERE that new job … Continue reading
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Posted in Career, InfoSec, Life and Times, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management
Tagged politics, Technology
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How To Be An MVP – Lessons for Security Pros
Kareem Abdul Jabbar wrote an article for Esquire called How To Be An MVP – Like LeBron. In the article, he uses LeBron James, himself and a couple of other great basketball players, to illustrate how you go from good … Continue reading