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Branden R. Williams, Business Security Specialist
Transformational Security
Level Up Cybersecurity with Kasm Workspaces

Level Up Cybersecurity with Kasm Workspaces

Ever look at plethora of browser tabs staring back at you with “I’ll check this out later” vibes and feel the urge to mercy-close the ones that just wont get done anytime ...
Let’s Encrypt for non-webservers

Let’s Encrypt for non-webservers

Let’s say you want to use Let’s Encrypt for something that isn’t a website. So you download certbot, you get things going with your manual cert, and you realize that when it ...
When Man Pages Go Weird

When Man Pages Go Weird

You may not realize that I got my start in the technology world in the early 1990s learning Unix. From my first Netcom account to my high school allowing me, A JUNIOR, ...
Ten Things Companies Get Wrong About CIAM

Ten Things Companies Get Wrong About CIAM

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) is a core component of creating your digital user experience. If you are unfamiliar with Customer Identity and Access Management, it is the process by which ...
Protect Yourself and Freeze Your Credit

Protect Yourself and Freeze Your Credit

Breaches are never ending, and if you have not already put freezes on your credit reports, make a late New Year’s resolution and do it now. There are a couple of steps ...
Selective Domain Filtering with Postfix and a SPAM Filtering Service

Selective Domain Filtering with Postfix and a SPAM Filtering Service

Yes, that title was a mouthful, but I’m trying to make sure I’m descriptive enough for the next guy who is in this situation. I was facing something interesting lately. There is ...
PCI DSS 4.0 and TLS

PCI DSS 4.0 and TLS

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In 2015, I published an addendum to our PCI DSS 4th Ed. book that covered version 3.1. I titled it, “PCI DSS 3.1: The Standard that Killed SSL” because that version removed ...
APA 7th Edition, A Basic 101 Course

Why APA is Important in your Masters Journey

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Another semester has closed and the reviews are in. As always, I had one student who rails on their hatred of APA formatting and one student who loved it. OK, maybe not ...
PCI Compliance, 5th Ed.

Writing a Book in Markdown with GitHub

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December is the month! PCI Compliance, 5th Edition is ready for pre-order and will be shipping on the 22nd. James & I are so excited to hear what you think! But of ...

HowTo: Kindle Paperwhite Night Mode

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I’ve been a kindle reader for a very long time—pretty much since the first version of it. I traveled with one, had a waterproof case for the pool, and generally consumed the ...