Your Next Employee Doesn’t Have a Pulse

Your next employee may not need a desk, a laptop, a parking space, or access to the break room. It will not complain about the office temperature, schedule a meeting that could have been an email, or mysteriously disappear five minutes before a difficult conversation. It will …

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AI Is an Identity, Not Just a Technology

This is the first post in a twelve-part series about a simple shift: organizations should treat AI not only as software, but as something that performs work. That makes AI a business conversation, not just a technology or cybersecurity one. Before AI is connected to everything, …

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💼 _This is an updated and slightly more sarcastic version of a post I originally shared on LinkedIn back in October 2017. Over the years, I’ve been on enough interviews to confirm one thing: interviews are like dating—if the first impression is terrible, you probably shouldn’t sign a long-term contract. Given this is …
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🖥️ Open source was supposed to be a beacon of innovation and collaboration. Today, it’s also one of our largest unacknowledged security risks.

Back in February 2024, I shared a post on LinkedIn about the risks I was seeing in the world of open-source software—and it resonated with a lot of people. This blog entry is an …

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🌸 Privacy is a beautiful thing

It’s why your medical records aren’t on Facebook, why you can Google “do raccoons hold grudges?” at 3 AM without shame, and why organizations like mine fight daily to keep your data safe.

But privacy has a dark side: it sometimes protects the wrong people.

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🕵️ Everyone Wants Privacy… …

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First, let’s clear up what I mean by “Artificial Intelligence.”
For the purpose of this post, I’m using this definition:

“AI is a form of machine learning that relies on a large base of existing information to provide a more robust ability to find, process, and suggest changes to data.”

Why this definition?
Because …

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Ah, the life of a security professional - where our superhero origin story involves developing X-ray vision for networks instead of getting bitten by a radioactive spider. We're the Sherlock Holmes of the digital world, minus the deerstalker hat (although I'm sure some of us rock that look during casual Fridays).Let's …
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Unveiling the Truth: The Get-Uptime PowerShell Function

As IT professionals, we've all heard it before: "I swear I rebooted!" Yet, somehow, the computer's uptime rivals the lifespan of a tortoise. Fear not, fellow tech sleuths! Today, we're diving into a PowerShell function that will help you uncover the …

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Ah, NMAP. The go-to tool for network administrators and security professionals when they want to peek at open ports. But let's be real - who needs all that sophistication? Today, we're going to explore the art of port scanning using nothing but your wits, a rusty paperclip, and maybe a magic 8-ball.

The Ancient Art of …

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Disk Space Sleuth: A Tale of PowerShell Optimization

Hey there, tech enthusiasts and fellow script-wranglers! Today, we're diving into the world of PowerShell optimization. Buckle up, because we're about to turn a simple disk space query into a lean, mean, data-collecting machine.

The Mission

Our mission, should we …

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