Curiosity in Practice
I heard an amazing TED Talk on the way to work today and information was too good to not share. Here are 5 guaranteed ways to kill your dreams: Believe in overnight success.No one becomes successful over night. We have been trained as a society to devalue work ethic and think that all success is instant. … Read more
What is your time worth? That is the question that started my lunch with a mentor last week. I thought for a second and did some quick math and then pulled $300 an hour number out of the air. He laughed and gave me these two quotes: The price of anything is the amount of … Read more
Information Security is an occupation filled with professional cynics, curmudgeons and defeatist who are often proud of that role and at the same time do not understand while they are not included in decision making in their companies. I think some security professionals think that Mordac is a role model: A mentor of mine who is a … Read more
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