Real-world IT & cybersecurity career guidance, practical insights, and lessons from the field. Drawing on 26+ years in IT & cybersecurity and 14+ years in the classroom, I cover career decisions, skills, certifications, security operations, GRC, leadership, and what the work actually looks like.
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For most of cybersecurity’s history, a CISO’s worst-case professional outcome was getting fired after a bad breach. That calculus has shifted. Since t...
The encryption protecting online banking, messaging apps, and sensitive corporate data faces a challenge that sounds like science fiction but isn’t: q...
Getting locked out of an account is frustrating. Getting bombarded with endless login approval requests at two in the morning is worse. In a widely re...
Cybersecurity Career Paths for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Your First Security Role Choosing your first cybersecurity role can feel overwhelming. J...
How to Report Cybersecurity Problems to Leadership Without Damaging Your Career The ability to communicate cybersecurity issues to executives has beco...
The Productivity Trap: When AI Tools Make You Less Secure at Work That AI assistant saving hours each week might be quietly creating the biggest secur...
From Email to Everything: How Modern Scams Use Multiple Channels to Seem Real The email arrives at 9:03 AM. It looks legitimate—company logo, proper f...
Why 63% of Companies Have No AI Rules and What That Means for Your Career A recent wave of research from organizations including Tech.co, Gallup, and ...
Non-Human Identities at Work: The Invisible Security Risk No One Is Watching The typical corporate security training focuses on human threats. Employe...
Why Your Email Password Isn’t Enough: Understanding Two-Factor Authentication in Real Life A 20-character password should be unbreakable. That’s what ...
Why Following All Security Rules Still Led to a $25 Million Loss A finance professional at Arup, a multinational engineering firm, did everything by t...
The Hidden Psychology Behind Security Alerts: Why We Click Yes When We Should Say No Every day, millions of professionals pick up their phones to find...