Can you hack this for me?

When you tell people that you do network security for a living they automatically think you are the worlds greatest hacker and that they are free to ask you to commit a federal crimes for. For the last couple of years I have started to keep a list of things people have asked me to … Read more

6 Things I Learned In My 1st Month At My New Job

I have been at my new job for a month today and after nine years at my old job it has been a different experience being part of a new team. Here are six things I learned this month that I figured were worth passing on.  Transition From “You” To “We” Quickly.Early on in a … Read more

Fitbit Flex Stepbot POC v.01

At my new job they have a fitbit step count challenge and if you can clock 40,000 steps in one day you can win a $100 gift card.   The only problem is that there is no way in the world I will ever legitimately get 40,000 steps in one day (The closest I ever … Read more

What Working In Politics Has Taught Me About InfoSec

As I get ready to wrap up 9 years running network security for the Missouri House tomorrow I thought it would be a good time to do one of those blog posts where I sum up what I learned in a nice neat package. So here are 5 things working in politics has taught me … Read more

iOS 8 Allows Siri To Bypass Your Lock Screen

By default iOS 8 allows Siri to bypass your iphone’s lock screen and reply to messages by default.  You should disable it.  Here is how: Go to Settings Go to Touch ID & Passcode Turn off everything in “Allow Access When Locked”.