Your Network Isn’t as Secure as You Think (and Here’s Why) I’m sitting at my desk — third coffee in hand — thinking of all the networks I’ve locked down in my career. And believe me, I have seen everything…
Why “Zero-Trust” Is More Than a Buzzword — And Why Your Business Needs It Now I’ve been doing this—cybersecurity, networking, keeping people from getting owned—since the ’90s. When Slammer forced us all to reevaluate security priorities. When networks were still…
The Hard Truth About Cybersecurity: Lessons From the Trenches I’ve just finished up DefCon (third coffee in) and I’m sitting at my desk. Hardware hacking, zero-trust buzzwords being tossed around like a cut-rate crab, and — of course — we…
Why Your Business Isn’t as Secure as You Think (and How to Fix It) And I’ve been in this field for decades — I started in networking long before “cybersecurity” was a phrase people used. In the '90s I worked…
Cybersecurity: 30 Years on the Frontlines and What It Taught Me I’ve been in this industry a long time — long enough to remember when firewalls were an afterthought and people considered a strong password their dog’s name followed by…
The Harsh Reality of Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned From 30 Years in the Trenches I’ve been doing this for a long time. Back in ’93, began working as a network admin — or as he called it back then, something you…
Your Security Stack is Likely Out of Date—Here’s Why and What to Do About It I am freshly back from DefCon and still reeling from the hardware hacking village—if you’ve never see a smart lock be bypassed in under 60…
Lessons on Cybersecurity from 30 Years in the Trenches I promise you, with each and every damn attack I hear people gasp about, I say to myself ‘okay now I have seen it all.’ I just got back from DefCon,…
The Cold, Hard Truth About Cybersecurity in 2024 (From Someone Who’s Seen It All) I just got back from DefCon. Still buzzing from the hardware hacking village — there’s something about watching a security system literally ripped apart in front…
The Hard Truth About Cybersecurity—Lessons from the Trenches Written By: The Hard Truth About Cybersecurity—Lessons from the Trenches I’ve been around long enough to witness the rise and fall of many a security trend. Back in my early days as…
