One of the most fun part of the life of an Information Security Officer is to manage expectations. Everyone around think we’re just hardliners that like to say no to people browsing as they please, no for using free BUT VERY COOL REALLY software to deliver business critical applications and…

It was a nice warm day in May, and all across the great continent the clicks of mechanical keyboards slowly quieted for for the next big tsunami fate have unleashed upon us. We have already survived Tropical Storm Y2K (which turned up to be just a drizzle) and bravely waded…

Let’s talk about 2017. 2017 was a shitty year in many respects, we had ransomware, we had Equifax and we had Uber. And that’s just the exciting stuff. I don’t need to remind you all about the patching, the Trojans, the lost laptops, the firewall cleanups, the OWASP Top 10…

If you have not read part one yet, its here. It was not easy growing up in the late 70s and early 80s. Parents actually expected you to go by yourself and “play” outside. Outside, where there is no air condition nor neon lights. I remember the harsh glaze of…

Note: This will be the first part of a few upcoming blog posts, dealing with my take on how to manage and survive, the force of nature which are infosec professionals. Part 1: From Thought Leaders to Insane Braniacs We have many problems here in the Cyber realm. We have small budgets. We have people clicking anything that…

I’ve previously touched upon the importance of security awareness as, possibly, the most important part of the job for security people but I wanted to come back to this subject due to a recent experience. I’ve been working on a specific awareness project to tackle the big security bogey man…

The following conversation never happened. An anonymous boardroom in an undisclosed location. Nice mahogany table, leather couches, a bottle of bourbon next to the pile of papers next to me. All could have been a very nice scene if it weren’t to the two other characters in this setting. The first, a slick dressed man…

Spoiler Warning: this post contains no useful information Many people ask me almost on a daily basis. “Hey, Not a Security Guru, tell us what it is that keeps you occupied during the day, what it is that keeps you awake at night and how is it you’re such a…

I have a problem. It’s not a very critical problem but it’s nagging me for some weeks now. It’s a linguistic problem. I’m not a native English speaker so I tend to stick to idioms and expressions I’m sure that I understand what they mean. Otherwise I end up trying…