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The Security of Old Tech

There has been a lot of news about air traffic problems in the US in 2025. I haven’t had any delays due to this, though I’ve gotten a few messages in my travels that I might want to reschedule. There … Continue reading

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Password Guidance

I remember working at a large organization with a team of other IT Operations staffers. We rotated this one job every month amongst a few people, each taking turns, where we’d lose a day to update all the privileged passwords … Continue reading

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Are Data Breaches Inevitable?

I read a piece recently that got me thinking that data breaches might be inevitable. Disclosure: This was written by Redgate, for whom I work, titled “Data breaches May Be Inevitable—Compliance Failures Don’t Have to Be“. It’s based on our … Continue reading

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More Supply Chain Attacks

The latest code supply chain attack isn’t a direct attack, but a failure of a system designed to be efficient. There is a Go (Go-lang) module that had a malicious module inserted into it years ago. Someone caught this and … Continue reading

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