Search engine optimization (or SEO) is a thing. Well, I’m not too sure how big a thing it is now, but it used to be huge. The concept was / is that if you sneak the right words onto your website or blog post, then people searching for that particular term will end up coming … Continue reading The top amazing people you should know about →

It had been a busy day at work and I was glad to be home. My wife had told me she’d be taking the kids out after school to a friends house so I knew no-one was home – yet I still announced loudly “Hello, I’m home.” We had been burgled a few months earlier … Continue reading (ISC)2 election and the butterfly effect →

The monthly RANT in London that is always good entertainment. It must have been eating its greens because it’s all grown up and had its first full on conference. If you want a proper review you can read write ups by Thom Langford or Lee Munson. I was looking forward to attending, and was honoured to be … Continue reading RANTing Rockstar →

Warning: this is a long post, if you don't want to read it all then watch this short recap video, otherwise read on.   Even though it was summer, the sun had long set. It was late and getting chilly. My feet were numb and I was feeling the ill effects of 3 days of … Continue reading Memoirs of BSides London and Infosec Europe 2013 →

London - New research published by another security expert who coincidently works for an anti anti-virus company (AAV) has declared anti-virus to be really dead. An AAV spokesman said, “We threw everything we could think of at the laptop. chickenpox, foot and mouth, influenza, yellow fever, you name it and none of the products detected … Continue reading AV “Really” dead now says security expert →

I was talking to a friend the other day about vendors that make lofty claims and have a large share of the security market, yet not a single user appears to be happy with the product. We joked about how it must be the snazzy marketing that went along with it and pondered over how … Continue reading Selling snake oil →

I really didn't know when I made the "Benefits of being a CISSP" video how it would be received. I thought a few people would like it and some would dislike it. Then I got an email from (ISC)2 asking about the video and my first thought was lawyers are expensive, how will I defend … Continue reading ISC2 Video Contest Voting →

I've been slacking lately with blogs and videos because I've had a lot of other things on ... or maybe because I've run out of ideas. Either way, I thought I'd adopt the tried and tested routine of rehashing old material, or rebooting as Hollywood would say in the hope that a new generation will … Continue reading Secploitation →