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“If it isn’t documented it cant be a procedure” is what I told a coworker in the meeting before I went to have lunch with a mentor I have had since I was in high school.   Today he shared with me his completed “Mission, Roles and Goals” worksheet.  I was impressed with his and I … Read more

How long have you done your job?  How much does that experience mean to your career? I saw this old Dilbert comic this week and it reminded me that I have been doing network security for about 20 years and cut my teeth securing NT 4 and NetWare servers.  I know that if I don’t … Read more

If you didn’t have an account hacked in 2014 (you probably did) you will in 2015.  Here are my best tips to help protect yourself online in 2015: Enable Two Factor AuthenticationOne of the smartest things you can do to protect yourself online is to enable 2FA on all your accounts that offer it.  I … Read more

As 2014 draws to a close here is a (not nearly complete) list of the lesson I learned this past year: Ignore the sign: Jump in the bouncy castle. There are two ways you can look at your life: What happened to you or What you did. You only get to pick one.If you want the truth ask … Read more

When you tell people that you do network security for a living they automatically think you are the worlds greatest hacker and that they are free to ask you to commit a federal crimes for. For the last couple of years I have started to keep a list of things people have asked me to … Read more

I have been at my new job for a month today and after nine years at my old job it has been a different experience being part of a new team. Here are six things I learned this month that I figured were worth passing on.  Transition From “You” To “We” Quickly.Early on in a … Read more

At my new job they have a fitbit step count challenge and if you can clock 40,000 steps in one day you can win a $100 gift card.   The only problem is that there is no way in the world I will ever legitimately get 40,000 steps in one day (The closest I ever … Read more

As I get ready to wrap up 9 years running network security for the Missouri House tomorrow I thought it would be a good time to do one of those blog posts where I sum up what I learned in a nice neat package. So here are 5 things working in politics has taught me … Read more

I was challenged by my friend on Facebook to name 10 books the influenced my life.  I figured if I was going to put together a list I might as well put it on my blog. So here are the 10 books in alphabetical order that have influenced my life: 48 Laws of Power I … Read more