Author: Samuel Liles
Who do you want to be not what do you want to do
A big part of my job is mentorship. Whether I am mentoring fellow faculty, assisting students, or talking to high school students before they come to university. It is mentorship. I do not tell people looking at higher education that…
The sigh of the last lecture of the semester
I shook hands with some of my students. Patted a few on the back. I walked out of class having finished my last lecture of the semester. I had one last learning objective on professionalism and career that I wanted…
Events over time as applied to OSI 7 layer model…
If you track the events reported (insert numerous caveats) they can be associated to a particular OSI layer and give you an idea of what is going on year to year. However, even with this raw data you can see significant…
Motorcycle Monday
Strat pack fall down go boom
I’ve been watching the response to Adam Elkus recitation of issues of blogging on grand strategy. I have been following the writing of Adam since he was at Occidental College. I have been following many writers as they start out…
Motorcycle Monday
Cyberspace is NOT a man made domain
The fallacy I read on a daily basis about cyberspace being a man made domain just peeves me off. What the assertion that cyberspace is the first man made domain is actually doing is mixing up the tools of exploitation…
I’m a candidate for the BMW MOA Board of Directors
My name is Sam Liles and I am running for the MOA Board of Directors. I am a life long motorcyclist and I started riding BMW’s when I bought the new to market K1200LTC in 2000. I currently ride a…
BLUF: Writing for government senior leadership
The acronym BLUF stands for bottom line up front. The inverted pyramid and BLUF style of writing is a tool used to communicate to leadership quickly, in times of stress, or when the topic is fairly controversial. These writing tools focus…
Examples of pre-history (before 1980) high technology attacks
The following are all from the very excellent book on high tech crime written in the late 1970s. I reviewed this book awhile back. Whiteside, Thomas, “Computer Capers: Tales of electronic thievery, embezzlement, and fraud”, Thomas Y. Crowel, New York,…
2014 Iron Butt Association Pizza Party (couple a pics)
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You shouldn’t read this post on Russia and the rest of the world
First off, I am not an expert on Russia or even a political scientist. In the first case, I do not care and in the second, I prefer to be relevant. This treatise is independent of the current conflict other…
Conference Submissions and Presentations made more effective with 10 quick tips
Strongly suggested viewing for students and professionals that are going to be doing presentations. Matthew McCullough walks you through a 10 step program of doing a presentation.
Why should the United States engage in protection of the Ukraine?
I ask the why question a lot. Partly it is because I’m a scientist of sorts, but mostly it is an artifact of having taught strategic assessment at the National Defense University where I had a few processes hammered into…