It has been over a year since I last updated the blog. At that time I was working out of Boston and had a 3 hour one way commute. Needless to say that combined with a demanding job doesn't make for a lot of time for blogging.
I finished that role about a year ago. It was a good one. Essentially I was running the IT infrastructure and security for a investments team with over $100 Billion in assets. We built out a new data center in the middle of downtown Boston, designed and implmented a new network, completely revamped the security design and implementation of the organization, and changed the financial reporting applications along with the assoicated SoD controls. Not a bad roll for two years.
The time and the stress did take a toll though. So being the masochist that I am, I decided I would de-stress by taking a role running the complete PCI program for a Fortune 100 company. :)
We got our compliant RoC for one of the business units in May and are days away from the same for the rest of the orgnaization.
So... The restart has begun.
03 December, 2012
10 March, 2011
03 March, 2011
Economy
Cover of Businessweek.
Would you invest in a company that lost $2 trillion last year and has a net worth of negative $44 trillion?
Let's go a step further. If you worked for the company above what would you be doing right now?
02 March, 2011
Late Train
Missed the 5:00 because a meeting ran late. Should get home about 9:15. Will miss saying goodnight to the boys.
That sux.
AV
Just to be contentious (or perhaps state the obvious it has been a while since I participated in the info sec discussion with people other than execs who don't want to spend any money because ["we haven't had an issue in more than a year"])
AV is now useless. Even with draconian settings it catches less than half of the threats in real time. By the time a signature that works gets there most crap has been on the box for over a day.
That said tell me what is wrong. Also what whitelisting products are good and why?
Waiting for the train
Been taking the train for the last two years since I took the job in Boston.
It is about a two and a half hour ride. Tak on the drive to the train station and waiting for the train and the total commute is about three to three and a half hours one way.
I have a love hate relationship with the train at this point. The price is right at $300 per month. When I choose to drive it is about $60 a day not counting wear and tear on the car. That is for gas tolls and parking only. It (the train) is mind numbing though and steals another three hours a day of my life. The drive is usually about 2 hours give or take 30 min. Most of that extra time comes out of my work time so it ends up being more of a job performance issue than a personal time issue. Either way not optimal.
01 March, 2011
IPad post
Ok I have a new iPad and it removes my excuses for not posting during my 2 hour + commute. (by train not by car.
Let's see if I can get this going again.
22 October, 2010
Defund NPR
A letter to NPR Management
1. When are you going to fire Terry Gross for her constant and recurring passive aggressive attacks on Christianity and Judaism?
2. When are you going to fire Nina Totenberg for her vile health wishes on people she doesn't politically agree with?
Consider this mail one of more than 387 calling for their ouster.
Now that the vitriol is out of the way I really don't think they should be fired.
It is ok with me if they hate conservatives or Christians as publicly as they do. Just not with my money funding their agenda.
For you to fire someone because they admit to some discomfort and have the healthy approach of self critically analyzing their own thoughts is reprehensible on your part. More significantly that you would do so in part because they are willing to engage in a discourse with ideological opponents proves that your organization is a small minded pseudo-intellectual propaganda source.
An organization that is this ideologically monolithic has no right to receive public funding.
14 September, 2010
Why the economy still sucks
From the LA Times the Whitehouse is advocating the repeal of part of the health care act.
If you multiply this by a thousand times you can easily see why small business have not started hiring. At this point in the normal economic cycle we should be seeing steady growth and have already turned the corner. We don't because the burdens on the real job creators is simply too great.
11 September, 2010
Think I am going to try to revive the blog
We will see if I have the drive to stay with it. Fair warning to the security followers. (If there are still any it has been a year since I posted last) I expect this to become basically political and normal ramblings from now on out.
01 October, 2009
21 September, 2009
Just the Truth - National Security
Republicans interred terrorists in Cuba in a time of war
Democrats interred Japanese and German American Citizens in America in a time of war
Democrats interred Japanese and German American Citizens in America in a time of war
11 September, 2009
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