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The Power of Community: 5 Steps to Fast-Track Your InfoSec Career
As we start out, or even when entering a new stage of our careers, we realize the need to be connected to a professional community. For...
Feb 24, 202413 min read
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The 80 / 20 PrincipleÂ
Ever since I first became familiar with the 80/20 principle, and other circumstances marked by Pareto distributions, I began to see...
Feb 10, 20245 min read
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Leadership Transitions - 10 Steps for Success
Many of us have been through several leadership transitions in our careers. It could be a new role in the same or different organization....
Jan 27, 20249 min read
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Best Security Movies (and some that haven’t been made yet)
Everyone has their list of favorite security movies and I bet some are on everyone’s list. There’s also a set of movies that aren’t...
Jan 13, 20245 min read
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Top Ideas and Posts from 2023
Thankfully I managed to keep up the pace of 1 post every 2 weeks throughout 2023. Just when I think I might be running out of ideas, and...
Dec 30, 20235 min read
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The Art of Influencing - 7 Steps
A critical measure of success for most security roles is the ability to influence. I’ve often found people think influence skills are...
Dec 16, 20233 min read
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The Danger of Comparisons (There’s Always One Level Above)
No matter what you experience, what level of achievement, results or status you attain there is always something that might be perceived...
Dec 2, 202310 min read
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Bug Bounty Programs
There are still plenty of organizations that don’t have a well defined and accessible bug bounty program. More surprisingly, there are...
Nov 18, 20238 min read
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Caricatures of Security People
The great thing about the security industry is it’s made up of a variety of roles and people from many backgrounds, disciplines, skill...
Nov 4, 20237 min read
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Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 2)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
Oct 21, 202312 min read
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Career Development: 13 Formative Moments (Part 1)
The skills for your role and your leadership style build up throughout your career. But I’ve found, personally and in talking to others,...
Oct 7, 202316 min read
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Is Complexity the Enemy of Security?
Since the last post about leverage points in managing complex systems I thought it would be good to revisit and update a post from a few...
Sep 23, 20237 min read
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