This book about Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney is worth reading it to prepare the next term, especially when the to-do list is long and the leisure temptations are formidable.In a super concise nutshell, and never replacing its reading, the points I highlight for those Information Security experts ... Read More

Intro The following points come from a book by many Googleans and related colleagues such as Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff and Niall Richard Murphy title "Site Reliability Engineering: How Google runs productions systems".DisclaimerDisclaimer: As always, in every book review I have posted, these reviews are just invitations to ... Read More

This is a very very brief collection of points extracted from this book titled "Practical Data Science with R". For those starting in this field of Data Science a recommendable foundational reference.The main parts: An introduction to Data Science, modelling methods and delivering results.As always, an important disclaimer when talking ... Read More

Let me share a timeline I constructed regarding Wannacry during the last days. The interesting point I shared with some colleagues was that the patient zero (o patients) infection vector is not referenced or described as of now yet.15th February 2017 Microsoft cancels its monthly patching for that month 9th ... Read More

A very handy book to approach Bitcoin.Let me try to share with you the main learning points I collected from this book. As always, here it goes my personal disclaimer: the reading of this very personal and non-comprehensive summary by no means replaces the reading of the book it refers ... Read More

This book sheds some light on how Bitcoin and mobile payments interact with EU rules and regulations. A key point certainly are the PSD and PSD2 directives on payment services in the internal market.Let me try to share with you the main learning points I collected from this book. As ... Read More

I thought I would share with my readers a selection of the points mentioned in the book (modest disclaimer: it is a non-comprehensive, and personal, quick summary that does not replace the reading of the book)The book is titled "Value Web" by Chris Skinner. -          The author is an independent ... Read More

New trends in security intelligence services A traditional marketing element already present in most security providers' Internet presence is a blog on current topics of interest: A smart way to attract readers while announcing their added value as a security company. This is the case of three international players. They are ... Read More

The book by James Surowiecki titled "The wisdom of crowds" fell into my hands and I read it during the summer of 2015. These are the main learning points that I drew from its reading.Disclaimer: By no means this personal and non-comprehensive post aims to replace the reading of the ... Read More

How come that an Information Security blog posts now a review of a book dealing with the foundations of modern finance?If you wonder why, then probably you are starting as an Information Security professional. Good luck to you! Train your psychological resilience.  If you will read this post to find ... Read More