When I first put my name in the hat for the OWASP elections in the fall of 2013, I thought I knew what I was signing up for. I thought that my seven year history with the organization in a number of different roles (Chapter Leader, Chapter Committee Chair, AppSecUSA Chair) had me well prepared […]
I absolutely love my job and one of the coolest things about what I do is getting to do proof-of-concepts with bleeding edge technology. I feel very privileged that many companies out there respect me enough to provide me with these opportunities and I feel that engaging on this level enables me to be a […]
I’ve been following Palo Alto as a networking company for a couple of years now. Their claim is that the days of the port-based firewall are dead and that their application-centric approach is a far better way to enforce your access controls. Take the HTTP protocol for example. HTTP typically runs as a service on […]
The other day I read that Comcast is launching a new plan to turn home internet users into unwilling participants in their new global wifi strategy. I’m sure that they will soon be touting how insanely awesome it will be to get “full strength” internet access virtually anywhere just by subscribing to this service. Other […]
