I've worked a lot in security environments where strategy is unclear. I've worked a little in places where strategy is very clear. I've NEVER worked in a place where the security strategy is clear. "That sounds like a sweeping statement, Rob", I hear you thinking... Maybe. But someone, who has ... Read More

I've worked a lot in security environments where strategy is unclear. I've worked a little in places where strategy is very clear. I've NEVER worked in a place where the security strategy is clear. "That sounds like a sweeping statement, Rob", I hear you thinking... Maybe. But someone, who has ... Read More

I've been involved in a logging and monitoring project recently, and realised how close to their chests most vendors and other companies doing this type of work tend to keep their methodologies. And although a lot of people have done L&M projects, I wonder how much of the knowledge is ... Read More

I've been involved in a logging and monitoring project recently, and realised how close to their chests most vendors and other companies doing this type of work tend to keep their methodologies. And although a lot of people have done L&M projects, I wonder how much of the knowledge is ... Read More

My son broke one of his brother's toys this morning - they were growing crystals on paper (yeah, it's all science and engineering fun in this house) and Number 1 son knocked Number 2's crystals off. 2 is 4 years old and cried, hard. 1 is 5, and came running ... Read More

My son broke one of his brother's toys this morning - they were growing crystals on paper (yeah, it's all science and engineering fun in this house) and Number 1 son knocked Number 2's crystals off. 2 is 4 years old and cried, hard. 1 is 5, and came running ... Read More

6 years have passed since my last post appeared. I've been busy. I've stayed in touch with a few of you. I've had 3 children, many employers and a whole lot more experience in Security. Some of those employers haven't liked me to blog, some have specifically disallowed it. I ... Read More

6 years have passed since my last post appeared. I've been busy. I've stayed in touch with a few of you. I've had 3 children, many employers and a whole lot more experience in Security. Some of those employers haven't liked me to blog, some have specifically disallowed it. I ... Read More

When I started this blog a couple of years ago, I was living and working in Barcelona, Spain. It was a glorious place and a glorious time. I genuinely loved living there, my wife and I have some very happy memories. We're about to have our first child, a boy, ... Read More

Writing blogs and having an opinion are fairly easy things to do, creating and selling a product is not. I've done both, at the same time, in fact that's why this blog exists - a marketing tool for a product I am no longer involved with, but a past-time I ... Read More