WARNING: This post is blunt, short, and sweet. Shitty leaders and/or politically correct people may get offended by this post. There’s a lot of nonsense out there about what makes a good leader. People love to throw around buzzwords—visionary, transformational, servant leader—but most of it is just fluff. In reality, leadership comes down to a few simple (but often ignored) principles: Shit flows uphill. Always…
Here we are, time for another episode of the UNSECURITY Podcast. I came across another interesting article this week, “15 Cybersecurity Pitfalls and Fixes for SMBs“. I have a heart for underserved markets, and small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are certainly an underserved (or poorly served) market. NOTE: The other underserved markets I’m especially interested in are state/local government, education (higher education & K12), and…
A news article caught my eye this morning while getting ready for this episode of the UNSECURITY Podcast. US Strategic Command Twitter account accessed by child: report Link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-strategic-command-twitter-account-accessed-by-small-child-report My first thought was “oh, that’s funny and sorta cute.” Then I thought some more. It seems innocent(ish) to walk away from your computer while you’re at home. What could happen? Well, this could happen, but…
Spring has sprung! The first day of Spring was Saturday, March 20th. If you’re from Minnesota like Brad and I are, you’re happy about this. Speaking of Brad, he’s back this week! Let’s get right to it, show notes for episode 124 of the UNSECURITY Podcast… SHOW NOTES – Episode 124 – Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 Opening [Evan] Welcome listeners! Thanks for tuning into this…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! For those of you who aren’t into this holiday (for whatever reason), Happy (everyday) Day! This has been a week full of great experiences and awesome conversations with wonderful people. It’s the people we serve who inspire us to work as hard as we do. Here’s a small sampling: Daytona Bike Week (last week) – if you’ve never been to a…
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…
Happy Monday! Last week was another blur. The world hasn’t quite ended yet, but it seems to be getting closer. Women in Security Series Brad and I are starting a Women in Security Series this week. This will be (at least) a four-part series where we’ll talk about the topic of women in the information security industry. We’ll have a special female guest each week…
Another week down. Damn, a whole month is down! January is already in the books. While I’ve got you here, help us out with our mission. We’re busting our tails off doing our part to fix the broken information security industry. We’re striving and doing these things: Setting a common information security language that can be spoken by everyone; the S2Score. Developing and delivering simple…
Here we are, already into the 4th week of January and this is the last show for the month. Quick recap of last week because it was awesome! On Saturday (1/18), we held our holiday party at Punch Bowl Social. FRSecure and SecurityStudio employees flocked in from all over the country (Nevada, Kentucky, Missouri, Florida, etc.) to celebrate together. We sort of took over the…
I’m grateful to be back home. Two weeks in Cancun, Mexico where the sun was shining and the temperature was in the 80s. Now, I’m back in Minnesota where there’s a foot of snow on the ground and the temperature is in the single digits. I’m grateful to be back home because I’m with my family again. My FRSecure and SecurityStudio family! THANK YOU to…