Yes, I am on the market. You should really hire me. This though is about an excellent interview. It is strange to think about, but when you are talking to somebody at my level. Every interaction of the company is…
Author: Samuel Liles
Incident response: Puzzle pieces and misadventure
The blinds were drawn, a glass of water sat sweating in the humidity, and as I looked around the room some very distraught men in suits looked back at me. The middle of a Midwest summer I had just climbed…
The hunt for a boat… To live on…
He, is a fat bald out of shape former academic with a penchant for classic plastic and specifically Taiwanese teak rejects. She, a high-speed low drag marathon runner who likes red wine on clean smooth decks with an Ikea interior.…
Cyber executive leadership: The gold rush for efficiency and dam risk
Working across organizational boundaries I hear the same refrain often enough to want to discuss it. From the intelligence analyst working an intrusion set I hear, “Why don’t they just patch their systems and we’d be fine.” On the other…
Rosetta Stone (network protocols)
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Why you are going to pay me a million dollars a year to be your CISO
For me a job is usually never about the compensation. I’m a challenge seeking type personality. However, if I said why you’re going to pay me X it isn’t likely you’d read the essay. This is my sales pitch why…
Draft Rosetta Stone (Incident Response)
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Veterans Day
I served in the Army National Guard and then transferred into the Marines. I have lectured at almost all the US military accademies. I have lectured at all of the US war colleges, and most of the staff colleges. I…
Dungeons and Data Centers
Dungeon Master: You are standing in a brilliant lit server roomed filled with millions of dollars in sunk legacy server costs. You: Roll the dice and advance. Dungeon Master: A DevOps ghoul jumps out from behind an IBM 360 running…
Road to somewhere
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Bay Boat
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City on the bay
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Covered Bridge
Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia election interference
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