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Lessons from Three Decades in Cybersecurity: A Zero-Trust Perspective

I’m just past my third cup of coffee, and I’m sitting at my partly messy desk thinking about what a wacky decades-long ride this industry has been for me, going clear back to ’93 when I started as a network admin … when it was all about voice and data multiplexing over the PSTN, and

Cybersecurity Then and Now: Insights from a Veteran Network Admin

Sitting here at my desk — third coffee in, still honestly buzzing — and I’m thinking about how cybersecurity in 2020 compares to when I started all those years ago in 1993 as a network admin. Yup, the days before we carried massive multiplexers for voice and data over PSTN, and a firewall meant something

Reflections on Cybersecurity: From 1993 Network Admin to Today’s Zero Trust Era

I’m sitting at my desk—third coffee of the day is now in full effect—and considering just how much has changed in the cybersecurity world since I joined as a network admin in 1993. Yeah, 1993. Before we were even all talkin’ about this newfangled PSTN (public switched telephone network) thingy’ to mux voice and data

From PSTN Muxing to Zero Trust: A Cybersecurity Journey

It’s just a little after my third coffee, and I’m sipping on it and I’m reading my email, and I’m thinking over my career which actually named back in 1993—when I was just a humble network admin, I was managing PSTN muxes for voice and data. Those early days seem like a lifetime ago, and