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11 Jan 2011What’s holding you back?
Orison Swett Marden once said:"What keeps so many employees back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort." So true...as the saying goes good enough hardly ever is....
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10 Jan 2011
Great quote on information security choices
Here's a great quote by Fred Smith that says it like it is:"You are the way you are because that's the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now."Obviously this also applies to our careers and personal lives...Like calories we ingest, our choices add up dramatically over time....
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05 Jan 2011
Speaking of supererogation, here’s a great quote
Regarding yesterday's post about the word supererogation and how it can help you in your infosec career, here's a great quote by the poet Ovid that supports such an approach:"Make the workmanship surpass the materials." Spot on...otherwise you just fall in line with the majority. Not good for your career, not good for business....
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05 Jan 2011
My message to Republicans on this critical day in history
This is a big, big day for the future of the United States of America. The people spoke in the last election telling the jokers in Washington that we don't want their "hope and change" that's running this country into the ground. Today our new Congress gets rolling. But what's it going to lead to? I have my fingers crossed that we won't see more of the same old Big ...
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04 Jan 2011
Supererogation helps infosec
I saw a great Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster over the Christmas break: Supererogation It means "the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need". Said another way it's going the extra mile above and beyond to make things happen.If there's any one underlying component of being successful in everything you do it's doing all the other things that need to be done in security ...
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02 Jan 2011
Security complacency & leadership – focus on both in 2011
Happy New Year! Here are a couple of recent pieces I wrote for Security Technology Executive magazine I thought would be good to get things rolling for 2011:Don't lose sight of what's importantFour traits of successful information security leadersMy wishes to you and yours for a healthy and prosperous year ahead!...
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23 Dec 2010
Quick step-through of Metasploit Express
I've been raving about the penetration testing tool Metasploit for a while. With the release of Metasploit Express earlier this year I'm even more pleased with all the efforts HD Moore and his team have put forth. Metasploit Express is a commercial product you'll have to pay for but to me it's well worth the investment. It's easier to use, it has nice reporting and more. All the things we ...
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20 Dec 2010
Tips and tricks on e-discovery, forensics, and managing esi
Here are a few pieces I wrote and recorded for SearchCompliance.com on managing all that electronic data on your network that you're constantly drowning in...Leaning on records management can take the angst out of e-discoveryWhy you need to create an ESI strategy (webcast)Why you need to create an ESI strategy (podcast)What is computer forensics technology? Does it help compliance?...
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20 Dec 2010
Possible bomb at Newark, ratchet up security!!??
I heard a news story this morning about the possible bomb that was found at Newark Airport. The reporter went on to say that TSA is "ratcheting up security" and searching bags with more scrutiny in the event the threat is real.What I want to know is (and can't seem to find the answer to): why is it we "ratchet up security" when a such threat is detected rather than ...
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19 Dec 2010
MS Exchange security + hacking and hardening SQL Server
Here are some new articles I've written for TechTarget that you may be interested in:Nine Exchange server risks you don’t want to overlookTen hacker tricks to exploit SQL Server systems (and oldie that I recently updated)Do you need to harden SQL Server 2008 R2?Enjoy!...
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