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Today is “Safer Internet Day” and I couldn’t let such an amazing made up holiday go by without giving you some of my favorite personal security tips.  Enable Two Factor Authentication.Google, Facebook, Twitter and hopefully your bank all offer two factor authentication.  Enabling it adds an extra layer of security to help protect your accounts. Be Smarter About Your … Read more

“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