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  • FRSecure CISSP Mentor Program Welcome Message

    Only 46 more days. It’s almost time to start the FRSecure CISSP Mentor Program! As of yesterday (2/23/21), we have more than 3,500 registered students for the 2021 class. That’s awesome! (and a little nuts) For context, we started the program in 2010 with six students. At the time, FRSecure was a teeny startup (3 employees), but our size didn’t matter. We started with a…

  • UNSECURITY Episode 119 Show Notes

    OK, we’re back to writing UNSECURITY Podcast show notes. We took eight weeks off from writing show notes because it was a little tedious and we weren’t sure if anyone cared that much anyway. Turns out people care about the show notes, read them, and they want them back! To make things less tedious and more valuable, we’ll only tell you the topics we plan…

  • L is for Layers

    Learning the ABCs is important to understanding the English language, and the ABCs of Information Security are important for understanding the basic concepts in information (and people) protection. These ABCs are written as education for people who don’t speak information security natively and serve as good reminders for those of us already fluent in this confusing language. TRUTH: If more people and organizations applied the…

  • The Burn(out)

    If you work in this field (information security) long enough, burn out is something you’re sure to encounter. You will fight against burn out yourself, meet somebody who is on the verge of burn out, or sadly, meet someone who has already burned out. We work our asses off. The hours are long. The stress is real. Isolation comes with the territory. If you are…

  • K is for Key

    In kindergarten (or thereabouts) we learned the ABCs of the English language (assuming we’re from the U.S.). Learning the ABCs provided the foundation necessary to form words. Before long, words became sentences, sentences became paragraphs, and paragraphs became chapters, reports and books. The ABCs of Information Security are important in much the same way the ABCs for English are. We start with learning and mastering…

  • J is for Jaded

    The ABCs of Information Security Learning the ABCs is important to understanding the English language, and the ABCs of Information Security are important for understanding the basic concepts in information (and people) protection. These ABCs are written as education for people who don’t speak information security natively and serve as good reminders for those of us already fluent in this confusing language. Here’s our progress…

  • I is for If

    The ABCs of Information Security Learning the ABCs is important to understanding the English language, and the ABCs of Information Security are important for understanding the basic concepts in information (and people) protection. These ABCs are written as education for people who don’t speak information security natively and serve as good reminders for those of us already fluent in this confusing language. Here’s our progress…

  • Episode 110 Show Notes – All Hell Broke Loose

    Welcome! These are the show notes for episode 110 of the UNSECURITY Podcast. We’re putting the Information Security @ Home series on hold again this week. In case you didn’t know, it seems we have a big problem on our hands. Over the course of this last week (or so), we’ve witnessed events in our industry that we’ve not seen before, in terms of magnitude…