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Category Archives: FUD
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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Thinking About BlackHat – The Suits vs. The Shorts
One of the interesting things about BlackHat is that hackers and CISOs rub elbows. One of the few places where that happens routinely. It’s kinda funny. The CISOs are trying not to look so much like a “suit”, so they … Continue reading
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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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ISSA International Conference Featured Speaker
Yes, your favorite blog author is going to be speaking at the ISSA International Conference this year. In fact, I will be one of their Featured Speakers. And just because I like it that way, I decided to go out … Continue reading Continue reading
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Gartner Security Summit Keynote
Paul Proctor got on stage and captured the attention of 2400 security professionals. He lampooned the NSA, brought the ghosts of security on stage and even highlighted my organization for the changes we’ve been able to accomplish. Key themes: BYOD, … Continue reading
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A Thought on FUD
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Why, when there are so many fundamentally sound reasons for a company to do good security, do the security professionals seem to always fall back to trying to motivate through FUD? Why aren’t you guys out … Continue reading