A belated welcome to 2016! I enjoy watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), you know, the sport where two people get into a cage and proceed to punch, kick, elbow, wrestle and submit each other into a bloody pulp. Which is kind of like a more civil version of social media. When a fighter becomes … Continue reading Fighting not to lose
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Why I use a password manager
The wind howled on a cold evening . The only thing missing was the crackle of lightening to foreshadow the impending ominous news. Another website had suffered a breach. Emails, passwords and some other details stolen. It was becoming a regular occurrence, except this time it was different. My details were amongst the ones breached. … Continue reading Why I use a password manager
Two hundred and fifty meeeeelion dollars!
If I were a betting man, I would have believed that Tenable was on its way to filing its papers for an IPO. After all, the company seemed to be growing organically nicely since its series A $50m round way back in 2012. Known primarily for Nessus, its vulnerability management product, Tenable has evolved its offering … Continue reading Two hundred and fifty meeeeelion dollars!
Benefiting from a bad situation
One of my favourite films is "Thank You for Smoking" which stars Aaron Eckhart as a lobbyist for big tobacco. The movie takes a satirical look at Aaron's character deflecting criticism aimed towards smoking. In one scene a TV debate is taking place and a doctor brings out a young cancer patient and cites cigarettes … Continue reading Benefiting from a bad situation
Security Video blogging tips
I've been video blogging (vlogging) for several years now. I am not very good by any measure and was pleasantly surprised when Claus Houmann offered to run an Ask Me Anything style Q&A to pick my brains about what I've learnt from my experiences. As mentioned in the video, the equipment is secondary in my opinion. … Continue reading Security Video blogging tips
I hate webinars
I've done a ton of webinars over the last few years, but I still can't get comfortable with them. Before each one begins that feeling comes over me where my arms feel heavy, knees get weak, Mum's spaghetti....
Finding your niche
There are many definitions as to how one can find their niche, success and happiness in life. I was often given advice as to how to approach it, "follow your heart", "be true to yourself" or other such quotes designed to inspire and motivate were often to vague. Or worse still, can lead one down … Continue reading Finding your niche
Like an episode of Jerry Springer
The security industry is known to be somewhat incestuous at times. The same faces can often be seen running, investing or purchasing companies. Over the recent weeks and months though, some of the M&A activity reads like an episode of Jerry Springer. In July of this year, HP declared the corporate-consumer marriage was no longer … Continue reading Like an episode of Jerry Springer
Privileged Password Policy with Thycotic
From an attacker perspective, gaining control of privileged accounts remains the Holy Grail. Using a privileged account, an attacker can not only wreak havoc within a company, but also cover its tracks to make it near impossible to detect until it’s too late. Thus adequately securing and monitoring the use of privileged accounts is a … Continue reading Privileged Password Policy with Thycotic
Knowledge sharing and career progression
Recently someone asked how they could further their career as they felt like they’d hit a glass ceiling and couldn’t progress internally. They weren’t having too much luck externally going through recruiters. I’m always surprised when someone asks me for any kind of advice. But I thought I’d give it my best shot based on … Continue reading Knowledge sharing and career progression
Javvad Malik 