We’re now connected on LinkedIn! We’re now part of a LinkedIn Community. Thank You. My LinkedIn community specifically focuses on peer relationships with people I’ve worked with over time, peers in the cybersecurity community, and colleagues who have been expanding, building, and architecting the Internet. We only have 30,000 first-level connections. While those seem like
Category: Empowering Humanity
Empowering Humanity is a passion. There is no need to withhold information that is best shared with the world. The documents, post, and materials in this category are focused on that sharing. You will have shared wisdom, insight, observations, guides, and other tools that I share with my mentees.
At the same time, you are encouraged to share your own wisdom. You can E-mail me directly, connect via social media or comment on the post. Better yet, write, vlog, and share your own experiences.
Thank you for knocking on my LinkedIn door …
Thank you for the warm invitation to connect via LinkedIn! You are now following my profile. This will benefit anyone interested in the growth of the Internet, the resiliency of our infrastructure, and our digital safety. You’re welcome to follow me on my other social channels. That will allow you access to all my security,
Industry Anti-DDOS Strategy 2018
Note to the Readers …… Yes, there are communities who consult and curate an anti-DDoS strategy to mitigate the risk to the Internet. Starting ~2000, Operators have consulted on ways to build better resilience into the Internet’s infrastructure. These consultations evolved into informal security strategy plans. By 2012, multiple groups were involved (see http://www.senki.org/2012-a-year-of-cyber-security-optimism/). A Read More
Cyber Smokejumping
Cyber Smokejumping is a decades-old practice of intentionally investing time with peers to help them overcome cyber risk. Our global, massively interconnected Digital Society requires increased cybersecurity capabilities, capacity, habits, and practices spread worldwide. Putting up cyber walls and layers of defense will not help if other parts of the world are getting infected and
YouTube Auto Translation
YouTube’s automatic translation feature is a practical tool for translating the ‘captions’ in a video into various languages. This feature is a reliable companion for your Internet knowledge-seeking journey. In this example, we are using this Shadowserver Foundation empowerment video to capture screenshots: Cyber Civil Defense – Shadowserver Briefing, Optimization, & Updates https://youtu.be/ki0faEv7T28?si=WZLlcwzvtskI0OH5 Step 1
Leveraging Cyber Civil Defence
The cyber civil defence services provided by the Shadowserver Foundation are the most overlooked and critical tool for securing your network. If you are a cybersecurity professional and NOT signed up to Shadowserver, you are missing details that will protect your network from the next attack. If you want a quick introduction to Shadowserver, check Read More
Perhaps it is time to admit that the ladder is on the wrong wall
I’m reading Paul Vixie’s Magical Thinking in Internet Security. I 100% agree with everything Paul is pointing out. We’ve had many conversations about these challenges in the past. But I’m now at a point where I’m looking in the mirror and realizing what we’re doing might be the wrong approach. I’m exasperated at the persistent Read More
Posting on Senki
External posting is not allowed on Senki. Senki is the personal outreach to a specialized and curated community that focuses on the security, resiliency, and growth of what people now call the Internet. The materials, thoughts, views, recommendations, guidelines, observations, and calls to action are Trusted. The Trust is curated through the community activities in
Performance Review? Lead with your Resume
Starting your annual performance conversation with an updated version of your resume was mentioned in a previous article (see Resume First – Step 1 in your Annual Performance Review). The technique works. The dialog over the resume helps to focus on that annual performance review. Are you adding market value to yourself and your organization? But Read More
CISOs, get your First Sergeant
Behind Every Effective CISO, a First Sergeant is Clearing the Path for the organization’s success. The way we’re setting up our CISO structure is NOT working as expected. The threats keep on coming. Organizations put their fingers in the dike, plugging security risks while exhaustingly bailing water from a sinking boat. This is a no-win Read More