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Tail of the Dragon
Digital forensic books
A not comprehensive reading list. Some of these are new, some are old, but they give a good overview of the discipline. If the book has exercises it is a good idea to do them. Operating System and Platform…
Incident response to a breach: Right of boom you find ashes
Lecture Materials for George Washington University sam_liles_incident_response
UMBC Presentation on ICS
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Hazel takes a selfie
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Speaking: I will be speaking at FedCyber 2014 November 5th
I will be on a panel at FedCyber 2014 November 5th at Tysons Corner in Virginia. I’m going to be on the panel “The Toaster Wars of 2025 – Addressing Embedded Device and Internet of Things Security Before it is…
The elevator pitch: Research by Sam
I research the threats and crimes against society where processing and communications artifacts are used to disintermediate the human experience. As such I look at computer network attack, computer network exploitation, computer network defense, and apply generalizable aspects of investigation…
Of ex’s and woes
In 1999 I was divorced. I had been separated on and off again about 7 of the 15 years I was married. The end of my marriage was filled some embarrassing events and some things I truly dreaded. A bankruptcy,…
Strategy is a thing, an activity, and a level
I have been teaching my twin sons about strategy. We’ve looked at various authors, talked about it extensively during dinner, and tried to apply several of the concepts to real world events. I guess they corrected their 9th grade English…
DerbyCon 2014, Higher Education Panel for Hackers
Video: Members of the panel are Bill Gardner @oncee, Ray Davidson @RayDavidson, Adrian Crenshaw @irongeek_adc, Me! @selil @DrWhomPhD Rob Jorgensen. The members of the panel were great and I felt honored to be included. After the video feel free to read…
My work review 2013-2014
I got my personnel review (June 1, 2013 to June 1, 2014 ) yesterday from my former department chair. The comment about teaching load and seeking funding along with mentorship really stung. I think I have done pretty good. The…
Ugly dog or cute dog?
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3 Question interviewers might ask
This is in answer to the three questions that reveal everything from Inc.com by Jeff Haden (@Jeff_Haden). I thought it was interesting as a professor for my students to see what I had done, but more importantly as a $consultant…