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#hot-takes
Short-form takes — quick reactions and sharp one-liners.
Build the tooling. Don't be the tooling.
The AI move in vulnerability research isn't prompting from scratch every run — it's using AI to build deterministic scanners, fuzzers, and analysis pipelines.…
The character of the kingdom
“The character of the kingdom ultimately inherits the character of the king.” - Dr Edwin Louis Cole.…
What's your 20/20?
“You can achieve less than you think in a year and more than you think in a decade.”…
Managing smart device risk: A "how-to" for the average human.
I’m going to provide a practical, ubiquitous, and risk/benefit focussed version of the advice in the tweet, aimed at the average Internet citizen who wants to take advantage of these technologies, while understanding how they can minimize the risks that come with their use.…
Bricks and Pyramids
QOTD: You have to build the bricks before you can build the Pyramids.…
Mastering the mundane
I live a pretty frenetic and busy life both activity-wise and mentally. Some of this is environmental, most of this is my own making, and almost all of it I love… But it’s important to be reminded to appreciate the simple and sometimes boring things too.…
Making noise
“We had a problem with a few needles, and as an industry decided that the best thing to do was to drop a haystack…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…