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Uncommon Sense Security
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Ten years, how time flies.

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Ten years, a decade, it’s a very long time, and yet passes in the blink of an eye. I joined Tenable ten years ago, and somehow they have not tired of me ...

Finally, the results of the employer support survey

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 Delayed by holidays and the madness of the past month, but here it is.First, the very short summary: most of us in the security realm are pretty lucky to be where we ...

Quotable Quotes

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Today I'll share a few of the quotes received in the comments section of the survey. Let's start with this commentary on PhD and advanced degrees: "A PhD is a full-time job, ...
Uncommon Sense Security 2020-03-17 16:46:00

Uncommon Sense Security 2020-03-17 16:46:00

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Well, it says a lot of things, and as expected it answers some questions and asks more. First, thank you to everyone who completed the survey and shared it, there are over ...

Blog-ified Tweetstorm

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I dumped this on Twitter as a tweetstorm, but it is worth sharing here in one place. Those who have followed me for a while have probably noticed that I rarely get ...
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Doing it wrong, or “us and them”

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I was arguing with the wiring in a little RV over the weekend and it was the typical RV  mix of automotive wiring, household wiring, and What The Expletive wiring. I fell ...
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I thought everyone knew this by now

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But apparently not. I just saw some “Security Awareness Training” that gave the bad old advice of “look for the padlock” in your web browser. Here’s my answer to that: In a ...

Where’s Jack?

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As I mentioned in a post earlier this year I am traveling extensively this year, connecting and reconnecting with a lot of people. And thanks to a lot of wonderful people inside ...

On loss and responsibility

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We have lost more great figures in our world of InfoSec, and we are diminished by their loss. Spaf has written eloquently on the passing of Kevin Ziese, Howard Schmidt, and Becky ...

A few words about ovarian cancer

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Cancer sucks. The number of people who are touched by cancer is terrifying, it is rare to find someone who hasn’t had friends or family attacked by cancer if they’ve avoided it ...