Your image of a shepherd most likely brings forth a staffed figure amongst a field of wooly white sheep. This is a fairytale image. The pastoral life looked much different and goes back as far as we have data which is around 5,000 to 9,000 years ago. Today there are…

And so are mine. Collectively coming to this conclusion could alleviate society’s division. But, we are human. We like things to be black and white and we aren’t very good with nuance. “This makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. When things aren’t black or white, they’re uncertain. And when we’re…

Security is a field that is seeing exponential growth, primarily because it parallels technology’s exponential growth. Companies and individuals who can embrace this will have an edge. Let Us Advocate for Security Education Here are a few reasons why: “The rate of cybercrimes has grown exponentially and is consistent with…

It’s similar to your home’s security. — SCA stands for Software Composition Analysis, although, this could be more confusing than the acronym. One hint is in the word composition which can be defined as “the nature of something’s ingredients or components; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.” Thus, SCA == an analysis…

The role of security champions in a software development team, and how they help build secure applications — First, what is a security champion? A security champion is a person in your organization that advocates for security best practices. They are critical for the success of an application security (AppSec) program. Security champions jumpstart early and ongoing adoption and can be synonymous with the popular term “evangelist.”

Every single year of life, 2021 being no different, we will suffer. We will face some amount of suffering every day. As the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” We cannot hide from this universal fact and…

When we hear of the “top”, we imagine money, success, and happiness. The negatives are never considered. So, what are the negatives? It’s usually one or more of the following; intense stress, less time with friends and family, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, umpteen-hour days, and sleepless nights. One study found…

Absolute certainty is something we yearn for but can never really achieve. Therefore, our pursuit is filled with uncertainty. We have developed adaptations to this in the form of belief systems and tribes. But, these come with trade-offs, as Thomas Sowell says of all solutions, “There are no solutions. …

Many years ago I was lamenting to a mentor about how stingy our workplace was at paying for training and personal development. I was implying that I would not get the knowledge I desired. As all good mentors do, I was given a shift in perspective — “What’s the alternative…