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Vibe Coding a Bayesian Thought Experiment
How to create a Thomas Bayes Risk Forecasting Simulation
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I'm Speaking
The host, Bitwarden, asked me to take the opening keynote at this virtual conference.
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Peacemaker for Resilience
An example of pursuing the wrong first principle strategy
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All Y’all
and the associative property of languages
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Moneyball for Workforce Development
Using Hackathons and SWOT to find the perfect SOC Analyst
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Palo Alto Networks Acquisition of CyberArk is the Right Strategic Direction
You can't do Zero Trust without Identity and Access Management
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July 2025

Heat Maps are Just Bad Science
"They're all Ouija boards for conjuring the lowest common denominator of corporate groupthink." -- Richard Seiersen
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July CyberCanon Newsletter
All the news that fit to print in the world of cybersecurity books
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1st IO Stands Down
An End of a U.S. Army Cyber Operations Era
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The Joy of Deep Reading
Preparing for My Presentation at the DC Cyber Summit this Week
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A Metaphor for Conveying Risk
I’ve been on a crusade against using Heat Maps to convey risk to business leaders for just under a decade now.
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June 2025

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