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Category Archives: Life and Times
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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The Burj Khalifa
On Saturday evening I went up to the top of the Burj Khalifa. If you aren’t sure what I mean, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It’s 2772 feet high (830 meters). The observation deck itself is … Continue reading
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Posted in Life and Times, Travel
Tagged Burj Khalifa, Dubai, travel
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23 Years is a Long Time
I woke up in the Middle East this morning. In Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, to be precise. This isn’t the first time I have been in the Middle East. I’ve been to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt and … Continue reading
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Posted in Conferences, Travel
Tagged cigar, cyber-security, Desert Storm, Dubai, GITEX, middle east, UAE
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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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My Memorial Day: Pulled Pork and Cigars
It’s a 3 day weekend that traditionally announces the beginning of summer. And Monday is the day that we memorialize those who have given their lives in our wars. I’ll do two things I have been doing for years this … Continue reading
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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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Interesting Things
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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Posted in General, Life and Times
Tagged Boston, Buenos Aires, political correctness, politics, West Coast
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Day 3 at CORE
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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Posted in CyberWar, FUD, General, InfoSec, Life and Times
Tagged back doors, cyber-security, cyberwar, encryption, infosec, instapundit, NSA, security
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