Category Archives: General

Eric Update

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Eric

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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A Week in Vegas

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Eric

Yep, here I am in Las Vegas. Sitting in my hotel room knocking out a quick post on the blog before heading down to check in for BlackHat and find people and dinner. I plan to write something every day, … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Eric

Well, as you may have noticed when you clicked through on a link … I’m no longer hosted at WordPress.com. I even have my own domain now, just cause it seemed like the thing to do. I put in a … Continue reading →

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Blaming the Victim for the Crime

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Eric

Putting the victim on trial. Decades ago we learned to stop putting victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and rape “on trial”. Well, mostly anyhow. But we, mostly, stopped blaming the girl because she wore a short skirt or went … Continue reading →

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Interesting Things

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Eric

I work for a very interesting company, culturally speaking. It was originally founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina about 15 years ago. After achieving significant success in their market space, Core moved its headquarters to Boston. However, the majority of the … Continue reading →

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Day 3 at CORE

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Eric

Yet another day of fun at CORE today. Spent the day getting to know the people, figuring out critical strategies, and places where I can start inserting myself to have some immediate impact. Started working on goals for the next … Continue reading →

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It’s Day Two

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Eric

And I am having a blast here at CORE Security! Got to be part of the quarter end yesterday … I think that was really good, making sure I experienced the craziness as everything came down to the last couple … Continue reading →

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Building CISO Relevance: Written For BitSight

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Eric

BitSight is a very interesting security startup that is trying to do something we all have wanted for a long time. Their goal is to find ways to actually quantify risk in a measurable, objective way. If they achieve anything … Continue reading →

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Presentation At Gartner’s Security Summit in Australia

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Eric

I had a great (albeit way too short) time in Australia last month. I got to meet some folks, spend some time with old friends and gave the closing guest keynote presentation for the Summit. For those who weren’t there, … Continue reading →

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Oh Noes

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Eric
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