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“We had a problem with a few needles, and as an industry decided that the best thing to do was to drop a haystack on them.
What's in a name? Defining "hacker" in 2018
If you do a Google Image Search against the word hacker, you’ll get images of scary-looking balaclava-clad cybercriminals hunched over a quintessentially green
On insight, responsibility, and ownership
Recognizing a problem qualifies you to be a part of the solution. Refusing to be a part of the solution disqualifies you from complaining about the
Living intentionally
Happy New Year! Pretty much everyone I’ve spoken agrees on the same thing: 2017 was a turbulent, change-filled year packed with as many high-
Thoughts on the vault7 CIA/Wikileaks disclosures
Wikileaks’ release of thousands of confidential CIA documents today is yet another demonstration of our just how vulnerable the cybersecurity domain is. Unless we do a
My cybersecurity predictions for 2017
If 2016 did anything for cybersecurity, it was to prove that truth can end up wayyyyyyy stranger than fiction (where fiction, of course, are end of
How to disrupt a sleepy incumbent
When building a product or company that’s designed to disrupt a sleepy incumbent there are four phases of typical interaction you’ll have with your future competition.
Solve 99% of Your Infosec Problems with this One Weird Trick!
99% of good infosec is equivalent to remembering to wash your hands after you use the bathroom. As an industry, we should be working to make that easier.
The three levels of input
A great tip one of our board members gave me a while back was that, as leadership and influence grow, it becomes increasingly important to make sure your team knows the type of input you’re giving them.
People are awesome...
…and I’m not just talking about those kick-ass Youtube videos that pop up each year. I have a core belief that people are intrinsically
What a day! (Bugcrowd Series B)
So, Bugcrowd announced some pretty big news today… We closed our Series B financing of $15M, announced some amazing new partners in Salesforce and Industry Ventures.
Pain of staying the same > Pain of change = Change
Cybersecurity has long been a challenge lead from the top down, but as heat increases in the consumer market and hacking becomes dinner-table conversation at non-geek dinner-tables, I wonder...