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Field notes from 20+ years in security. Plus the occasional detour into life, work, and whatever else is on my mind.
It's 2026. You Can Use the Guest WiFi.
A security professional scolded me for connecting to guest WiFi. Meanwhile, 100+ CISOs signed a letter asking people to stop giving exactly that advice.
You Want to Try OpenClaw. Here's How to Not Wreck Yourself.
OpenClaw is genuinely cool technology—and a real security risk. Instead of telling you to run away, here's how to experiment with it safely.
Why Your Incident Response Plan Will Fail (And What to Build Instead)
Most IR plans fail not because they're poorly written, but because plans don't survive contact with reality. Here's how to build response capability instead of just documentation.
The Drinking Bird at the Nuclear Plant
Sam Altman wants to give AI full access to everything. Your users will too. Your AI security strategy isn't competing against attackers; it's competing against tedium. Tedium wins.
SIEM vs. MDR for Community Banks: What Actually Works (And What's a Waste of Money)
A practical guide for community banks choosing between SIEM and MDR solutions. Real costs, what examiners actually want, and a decision framework for banks under $2B in assets.
The Security Program You Actually Need (Not the One Vendors Are Selling You)
Most security advice assumes you're a Fortune 500. You're not. Here's what you actually need at your size, what you can skip, and how to know when to level up.
I Built a Live Deepfake in 30 Minutes. Here's the Part That Actually Scares Me.
Using AI coding tools, I built a convincing live deepfake demo in 30 minutes with zero machine learning knowledge. The barrier to creating sophisticated attacks isn't technical skill anymore, it's just intent.
Intentions, Not Resolutions: On Choosing Presence Over Urgency
On knowing the always-on CISO life isn't sustainable, doing it anyway, and what fractional work is teaching me about presence.
When Everything Is Critical, Nothing Is Critical
Your vulnerability scanner flagged 10,000 issues. Your SIEM has 500 critical alerts. Every project is top priority. So what do you actually fix first?
Security Theater vs. Security: How to Tell the Difference
That shiny new security tool looks impressive in the demo. But will it actually reduce risk? Here's how to tell security theater from real security before you waste the budget.