Human Root of Trust
14th January 2021
The Human Root of Trust is composed of the key pieces that allow someone to confidently identify a human on the Internet.
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Three Keys to a Great Internal Audit
19th November 2020
I don’t remember much about middle school. It was the 80s, though, and things were certainly different back then. We had real chalk boards (with erasers that needed periodic clapping), gender-separated gym classes, and junk food and soda in the vending machines. One memory, in particular, has stayed with me. It happened in science class…
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When SIMPLE Simply Isn’t
15th October 2020
Our company is growing. Last year at this time, we were, collectively, three humans and two plants. Today, we are five humans, four plants, and a dog, and are in search of two more humans (and maybe some cats). And so I sat down last month with Jon Bicknell, our terrific financial planner, to help…
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Elon Musk: Cybersecurity’s Iron Man
17th September 2020
Earlier this week, while taking a break from home schooling (don’t ask), I happened to be browsing a list of the world’s billionaires. You can probably guess who’s leading the pack – Bezos, Gates and Zuckerberg, of course. But did you know that Tesla founder, Elon Musk, is consistently among the top five? I have…
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Three Lessons From the Garmin Ransomware
20th August 2020
Maybe you were wondering a couple of weeks ago, why your super-fit, never-misses-a-day-of-exercise neighbor had suddenly stopped leaving the house for his morning run. Had he finally decided to join the rest of us in late-night Netflix binging and unchecked consumption of Ben and Jerry’s Chubby-Hubby ice cream? Sadly, no. He stopped running, temporarily, because Garmin — the…
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COVID and Cyber Hygiene: Not That Different
16th July 2020
“We are doing a good job with social distancing. We stay inside a bubble.” I’ve heard this kind of thing from many friends and neighbors recently regarding their COVID behavior. But I’m not exactly buying it. For many, the “bubble” — the small group of close friends and relatives we have each chosen to interact with freely…
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