Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX If you’re new, or you’re confused about this #S2Roadshow thing, start here (maybe). Previous Week’s Recaps: Central Pennsylvania in Week #1 Orange County (CA) and Madison (WI) in Week #2 The purpose of the SecurityStudio Roadshow (#S2Roadhow) is to meet people and make partners. We want to meet people, understand their businesses, and help them grow using simple, fundamental, and…
OK, late again. Show notes before the show recording though, so it’s not terrible. Lately, Brad and I haven’t seen each other much (or at all). I’ve been on the SecurityStudio Roadshow (#S2Roadshow) and Brad’s been swamped running his part of the FRSecure business (solutions development, sales support, innovation, IR support, and Analyst team support, etc.). Brad’s got a lot of stuff! FRSecure won another…
Orange County, CA and Madison, WI Mission & Purpose Revisited. The purpose of the SecurityStudio Roadshow (#S2Roadhow) is to meet people and make partners. We want to meet people*, understand their businesses, and help them grow using simple, fundamental, and compliant solutions (S2Score, S2Org, S2Vendor, and S2Team/S2Me). John and I John Harmon and Evan Francen, two guys known for our beards, our love of people,…
OK. Late again. I’ve been busy, and so has Brad. Most of my highlights from last week are written/posted in #S2Roashow Recap – Week One. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. 😉 There’s a recap of the BSides Harrisburg Conference (their first one ever), a recap of the Cybersecurity Awareness Summit, and our reviews of some of the best BBQ in Central PA….
Central Pennsylvania We’re happy to report that the information security community in Central Pennsylvania is alive and well! Partners One goal of the SecurityStudio Roadshow is to get out and meet new partners. We want to meet them, understand their businesses, and help them grow their information security consulting practices using simple, fundamental, and compliant solutions (S2Score, S2Org, S2Vendor, and S2Team/S2Me). We met some amazing people and…
Introduction OK, we’re doing this roadshow. Publicly, we call it the SecurityStudio Roadshow. Internally, we call it “Project Bacon”. Who doesn’t like bacon? This is a short article to tell you about the SecurityStudio Roadshow and what we’re trying to accomplish with it. The first phase of the #S2Roadshow kicks off at the BSides Harrisburg (PA) Conference on October 2nd and ends with the RSA…
Part two in a three-part series about the information security industry money grab. Introduction NOTE: I covered some of these issues in my book; Unsecurity: Information Security Is Failing. Breaches Are Epidemic. How Can We Fix This Broken Industry? In this series, I’ll focus on three types of money grabbers, those Who will do anything and everything for your money Those who sell snake oil Those…
Part one in a three-part series about the information security industry money grab. Introduction NOTE: I covered some of these issues in my book; Unsecurity: Information Security Is Failing. Breaches Are Epidemic. How Can We Fix This Broken Industry? In this series, I’ll focus on three types of money grabbers: Those who will do anything and everything for your money, Those who sell snake oil, and…
Your cell phone buzzes, you look down and see “No Caller ID”, “Unknown” or maybe a weird number you don’t recognize. Do you answer, or do you just let the call go to voicemail? Some people, myself included, will let these calls go to voicemail. It’s not a bad idea to ignore calls from numbers you don’t recognize. Some people answer, they listen, and they…
A friend of mine brought something to my attention this week. He said he heard there’s a guy out there claiming there are unhackable companies. Me: Unhackable? Friend: Yep, unhackable. Me: What?! No way man. This can’t be true. Friend: Oh yeah, it’s true. Want me to send you a link? Me: Absolutely. I’ve got to see this. He sent me a link to a…