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I think this is one of the best articles in recent history. I think point two is the best advice: choose something and get started!

Good to know. I will have to look at the vCommunity.

I am not surprised that Google would misrepresent this. They don't want to admit their own phones were compromised right before a release.

Troubleshooting seems like it's getting increasingly challenging because now we need to determine if the problem is with the user, the application, the virtual machine, the host, or the network. Thankfully better tools are being developed to troubleshot more complex issues.

I think O365 is the perfect excuse to migrate users to Libreoffice. Unfortunately, the people who approve these decisions have the mindset "but Microsoft..."

I want a nice sextant. I have all the electronic toys I could want and am developing an interest in pre-electronic tools. In a few years I'll take six months off and use the sextant to find some islands beyond the horizon.

I have heard of Solarwinds customers still using software past end of life, running it on Server 2008 or even Server 2003. And I understand the vulnerability WannaCry exploited had been patched months before this ransomware was released. It blows my mind how many people don't update software!

The most frequent type of "unintentional negligence in the form of circumventing existing security guidelines" that I see is users trying to deal with senseles policies of difficult to remember passwords that are changed every 30 to 90 days. Since most of these users know they're likely to forget the password they will…

Getting network policies enforced is the big challenge. When I worked in (state) government, enforcement never happened regardless of how much IT complained about users disregarding policy.

What were the highlights of Copenhagen?

Thanks!

I would like sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads on my monitor. Can my cycloptic colleague inform me where to find them?

The more I see people waiting five minutes for a parking spot that avoids 45 seconds of additional walking, or people bunching up around an escalator entrance while ignoring stairs next to the escalator, the less confident I am that bicycles will become as heavily used as the author of that article thinks. And $300 to…

San Francisco banned facial recognition tech. Here’s why other cities should too. They are only banning local government from using facial rec. I think that in the very near future workplace access badges and smart home locks will be replaced with facial rec, and I know state and federal government will increase their…

I have worked with several DoD sites that don't even have virtual machines yet. They are a LONG way from implementing cloud computing!

Regarding SxSW being canceled and Covid-19, I was on a flight to Europe Wednesday night / Thursday morning when the travel ban was announced for the same reason. Now I'm at my hotel in the UK, wondering about my return to the US. You would think it's easy since I am in the UK, but I am flying an airline that requires…

In the visibility section it's also important to note what devices are accessing the network. The BYOD trend makes security a lot more challenging because who knows which devices are infected before they're brought inside the DMZ.

If the kids find out there's healthy candy they'll never eat it!

But complaining is one of my biggest talents! And I don't like the cocktail shrimp!

Virtualization offers so many benefits that when I hear someone say they're running a physical server it blows my mind. Even if you only run one virtual machine I will install a hypervisor.

That's a lot of cheese on your plate! I need to get over there!

Interesting. FITARA looks like it can be a pain, but at least there are some decent standards.

Bureaucracy is the bane of everyone's existence, with the obvious exception of bureaucrats. Unfortunately, if you stick with a small business as it grows into a big business you will see bureaucracy grow as fast as the business grows.

Thanks for the post. DevSecOps is going to hold my attention as it develops.

My two are SSDs and Kindle. SSD performance is amazing! An old notebook computer I wished I had replaced a year earlier is now so fast that it could last a couple more years, rebooting a VM on a host using SSDs can take less than 10 seconds, and when I can work with a database using SSDs for storage queries are almost as…

How much overhead does this add? I used to use full disk encryption when I crossed the border regularly, but the processing overhead was so great that it wasn't long before I reduced that to encrypting portions of my user profile. Of course, with high-speed connectivity these days I just use my notebook to open a remote…

On almost every project I have been assigned to, the wrong people were working on it. Sometimes I was one of those wrong people. Every time there were people perfect for the project that were "needed elsewhere" or "not appropriate for this assignment." Like the routing expert who couldn't participate in the project…

I would be shocked if facial recognition is banned in public places. The UK became a surveillance state when fighting the IRA and I can't imagine them ever pulling back. Governments love keeping close tabs on their citizens. The UK leaving the EU will mean that any EU regulations don't apply to them, but I always think…

Interesting review. And I agree that more frequent patching is an attribute of companies that care more about security.

I'm considering a leap into management so this is very well timed. Thank you!