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Walking the Cybersecurity Tightrope: Lessons from Over Three Decades

As I sit here at my desk, finishing the 3rd coffee (close to a 4th), I reminisce on what is now over three decades of walking said cybersecurity tightrope. in IT as a network admin in 1993 managing both voice and data over PSTN passed through mux. PSTN: For the kiddos that are reading this

Insights From Nearly 30 Years in Networking and Cybersecurity

I am writing this after my third cup of coffee today — forgive me if I get a little more rambly than usual. The thing is, I’ve been in networking and cybersecurity for nearly three decades at this point… and sure as hell some of it ain’t textbook theory. I began my career way back

Reflections on Cybersecurity from Three Decades in the Field

I am sitting here at a desk on my third coffee of the morning, my hardware hacking village post-DefCon high finally starting to subside. It is strange that some things after nearly three decades in this business (I started as a network admin back in 1993, managing PSTN multiplexers for voice and data), remain somewhat

Real-World Learnings in Cybersecurity and Networking: Insights from a Veteran

I am here at my desk, 3rd coffee of the night currently in hand and wiiiired the fuck up after just returning from DefCon’s hardware hacking village (video to come). However — having worked in this field since the early 2000s (even earlier if you count my knee-deep-in-as-a-network-admin back in ’93-era, juggling voice and data