Sunday Security Maxim
Byrne’s Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect the fuses. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Shaw’s Law: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Judah Levine, Time Lord
Global Data Geeks, Blalock Interview →
Verizon's Cookie
Sunday Security Maxim
Firestone’s Law: Chicken Little only has to be right once. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Gold’s Law: If the shoe fits, it’s ugly. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
It's Cloudy Out There...
Chad Woolf, writing at the AWS Security Blog, announces the availability of the CIS AWS Foundation Benchmark. Outstanding.
Lapham's Inspection →
Lewis Lapham's eponymous essay targeting the Surveilling of America, 'Open to Inspection delineates the highly unfortunate state of affairs we now find ourselves in... Lapham is at his best in this work, and in typically erudite fashion, provides a strikingly lucid view on pervasive surveillance in the Home of the Free, and Land of the Brave. Quite likely, this weeks' most portentious read. Carry On, That Is All.
Sunday Security Maxim
Glazer’s Law: If it says “one size fits all”, then it doesn’t fit anybody. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Horngren’s Law: The Real World is a special case. Comment: Horngren was right (MxH). Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
IoT, Not Your BFF
Chess for Security Leadership
One of the better posts to the Tripwire blog came to my undeniably busy attention today. A must read for afficanados of leadership lessons in the security space (and any other space, for that matter), as it were. Enjoy.