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  • Like my strategy class, I went into “Managerial Leadership & Productivity” completely blind. The course description helped little; it mentioned “organizational behavior and human motivation in the workplace”. Seven weeks later: You know how people keep saying security needs “people skills”? The textbook is “Developing Management Skills” by David Whetten and Kim Cameron. You know

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  • Well, job hunting has certainly changed in the past few years. On the surface, an AI-powered recruiting pipeline makes sense. Given a job description, have ChatGPT rack and stack the candidate’s resumes. It’s an easy way to direct the more value human time and add value to a hard process. In 26 days, I applied

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  • Hack To The Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers Overall: Should be required reading for anyone in the field. I’ve followed Hacking History for some time, and I preordered this book months ago. It does not disappoint. It reads like a political thriller … except it’s all true. I’m a big fan

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  • Book Review: Locksport

    Overall: Excellent reference! Reading and understanding the theory behind lock-picking is no substitute for practicing. I picked up No Starch’s Locksport book at BSides Seattle, directly from one of the authors. Matt and the technical reviewer, Peter, were kind enough to sign my copy! The organization is excellent, and it’s easy to find what you’re

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  • This is another failure turned opportunity. I originally submitted this as a conference talk. That talk was rejected, but I was offered a webinar instead. Then I saw a call for a similar topic in another forum, so out of the one rejection, I gave the talk twice. The good news for my schedule was

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  • Left To Our Own Devices

    In a way, I failed. A conference had a call for papers open. I hemmed and hawed about doing it; I wanted to, but I wasn’t sure I had the time to write the talk. Conveniently, the CFP deadline was in May, with the final presentation submission in July, if accepted. This was plenty of

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