I see a lot of discussion at hacker cons or security cons depending on your predilection that says something to the effect “I’m burned out and drink to much.” The information security community has a hidden underbelly that hangs over…
U.S. Bank of Cyber: An analysis of Cyber Attacks on the U.S. Financial System
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Fortune cookie: Career stages
At one point in my career I just wanted to be able to do my job. Then I got to the point I wanted to be able to do my peers jobs. When I became a supervisor I thought I…
Research Note: Security, privacy, insider threats, and espionage
I am concerned about how this discussion has evolved, and it is influenced heavily by political and ideological biases. More importantly, it is in a box, which does not reflect a stern reality. I have been told that “Privacy is…
Cyber Security versus Information Security
Over at NovaSec @grecs has a post titled Cyber Security versus Information Security. He acknowledges that there are some problems in the lack of definitions. This has been a long time (eight decades) discussion in the field. First I have to admit that…
Motorcycle Monday
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…