
“Should we hire a hacker?” It may be tired but it is a question that is persistently asked in the security industry, because I guess we don’t feel we have answered it satisfactorily yet, and there is an…
“Should we hire a hacker?” It may be tired but it is a question that is persistently asked in the security industry, because I guess we don’t feel we have answered it satisfactorily yet, and there is an…
One of the biggest mistakes people make in Negotiations is to lack due attentiveness throughout the procedure. Attentiveness means having a higher level of awareness of what is being said and, almost more importantly, what is not being said. I…
A while ago on LinkedIn I posted the following riddle and its answer. It got lots of interaction because EVERYONE when they put their minds to it, likes to think of themselves as a Social Engineer, at least some…
A while ago, I was speaking at a conference in the north of England. I wasn’t especially enamoured of the topic and was doing it as a favour for the organiser who was an old friend. I wasn’t “on” until…
A couple of years ago at a conference in Texas I heard the phrase “in the weeds.” It means being in the sort of situation where you get so emerged in the details “the weeds” that it is hard…
I was recently reminded of the saying “perfect is the enemy of good”and this got me thinking about personal demons and the things that block our creativity, productivity and ability to meet our goals. Years ago I worked for a…
Social Engineering, biometrics and human error are at the heart of the story of Rapunzel, along with proof that if somebody wants something badly enough they will find a way to get to it, regardless of the measures in place…
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