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Reason #42 Why InfoSec Has Failed
Building on a prior post, with an admittedly arbitrary number that seems to be about right as far as the number of reasons, and more in this series coming in the future… This is a quick story to give readers an idea of just how bad our industry really is. This is not anecdotal either,…
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My Lego Build: The Revolt
It started with an amusing meme of a Lego squirrel about to cut a park ranger. That 10×10 tiny build was the inspiration for a much bigger version of it, that kept expanding. Trying to recreate even the small version provided a challenge, going through BrickLinks to find the ranger top, hat, knife, and even…
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The Jericho Blog Graveyard (2010 – 2013)
I’ve been sitting on 145 drafts in this blog, many going back as far as 2010. Slowly going through them, I try to figure out what my point was in some cases due to anemic notes. For others the decision is if it is still worth publishing. If so, do I bring it to today’s…
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Voting Rigged to Keep the Two-party System
In Colorado, if you are not registered with political affiliation, you are given two ballots; one Democrat and one Republican. This forces you to vote along party lines even if you do not fully support either party. Why not? Forcing people to vote along party lines is why we’re stuck in a two-party system as…
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My Pledge re: so-called AI and this Blog
With the prevalence of so-called artificial intelligence (AI), the amount of people turning to it to the technology to help them write, or fully write, content is growing quickly. While it may be getting more difficult to detect assisted writing and generative images, it is still fairly easy and reliable. Regardless, I want to be…
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Zero Day Clock – All The Pieces Matter
Last week, a colleague shared a link to the “Zero Day Clock“, a web site that has a substantial number of signatories, including some big names. I want to talk extensively about the clock because it makes at least one significant mistake and points out what the data means along with a comparison to another…
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Artificial Humanity; That’s The Term You Are Looking For
[This was originally published as a guest blog on the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning (BIML) AI Lab blog.] Last week, colleagues shared a blog titled “The Week AI Stopped Asking Permission” by Peter H. Diamandis on his “Megatrends” blog. That publication carries a bold claim with it, “to help you discover metatrends 10+ years…
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My Unofficial NaClCON FAQ
As someone who has basically become disillusioned with most information security conferences, I didn’t find myself to be excited about another, let alone a new one. Then along came NaClCON and it changed my mind. It was a matter of days before I volunteered to help with the Call For Papers (CFP) review. With the…
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CenturyLink, Cancellation, and Headache
A few years ago I moved into the mountains outside of Denver. Given the potential for serious adverse weather and the potential not to have service to my cell phone, I thought it prudent to get POTS; plain old telephone service. That’s right, a land line! I know, how retro of me. Almost three years…
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It’s 2024 and Netscout Doesn’t Understand CVE
[Quick update! This was titled ‘2026’, but Josh Bressers pointed out I missed that Netscout’s blog is from 2024. It came up a few days on a Google Alert so I mistakenly assumed it was a new blog. I have updated the title, but the URL slug will still say 2026. Either way, I think…