My Writing
- Social Networking Dealing With Brand Impersonations on Social Networks Brandjacking—imposters impersonating company brands on social networks—can be used to gain consumer trust or tarnish reputations. Each major platform (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace) has...
- Malware Key Challenges of Combating Malware in the Enterprise Enterprise malware defense is harder than single-host protection due to diverse business needs preventing consistent controls, geographic dispersement creating visibility gaps, political complexities...
- Career Stop Relying on Your Resume A resume gets you past initial screening. Reputation, relationships, and visible work built in the years before the search are what land the right role.
- Social Networking Learning to Live with Social Networks: Risks and Rewards Social networking changed how organizations interact with customers and individuals communicate. Understanding user motivations is essential—it's hard to discuss securing social network interactions...
- Social Engineering When Targeted Attacks Aren't Targeted: The Magic of Cold Reading Mass-scale attacks feel targeted due to cold reading—like fortune tellers making generalized statements that seem specific. A fake UPS delivery notice works because many people actually sent...
- Career 10 Tips for Hiring Managers Seeking Cybersecurity Professionals Security roles stay open for 45+ days, often because the hiring manager hasn't done the preparation that separates a good hire from a fast one. Most of that work happens before the first interview.