Clarity in Communication

Last weekend I was re-reading a post I first found last year. It referenced the hack of John Podesta’s email account when he was supporting Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign. I was particularly struck by the explanation for the breach that occurred when Podesta reached out to IT, to check on a suspicious email he had Clarity in Communication

Parent, Teacher, Coach, Boss, Mentor

My “lifelong learning” path started with my parents, who taught me what I needed to know from the time I was a small child. Most of us have had experience with that, whether we had “good parents” or “bad” ones. Next, I had teachers, who taught me the next sets of knowledge that I needed, Parent, Teacher, Coach, Boss, Mentor

Reading List Spring 2023

A short stack of books, showing four of the books from my list. "The Great Reboot", If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable", "Tribe of Hackers", and "Tribe of Hackers: Security Leaders"

I’ve always been a reader, so moving across career fields to a new one that complements and builds on my diverse background was an obvious incentive to find books and online journals or magazines or other sites that would help me build my knowledge. I’ve been collecting book recommendations from SO many different sources. From Reading List Spring 2023

Podcast listening thoughts – part 1

A lot of people recommend listening to podcasts for learning in Cybersecurity / InfoSec. At first it sounds like a great idea – perhaps something where you can fit in some listening between other tasks, meetings, while traveling to or from work, or wherever else you find time in your schedule. Over the last two Podcast listening thoughts – part 1