CTOs: Avoid A Serious Own Goal

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Downsizing and reorganizing can come with some severequite serious missteps. Read more to find out how to avoid those.

Tech (Business) debt

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Tech debt is Business debt … And the interest rate is brutal. First part of a series of posts.

How to keep MFA backup tokens?

Feb 5, 2025

Five ideas ranked from worst to best security.

How to Choose a Password Manager

Jan 29, 2025

This is a simple guide to finding the perfect password manager for your needs.

What Makes a Good Password?

Jan 22, 2025

Of course, it is something easy for you to remember and hard for a machine to guess.

Alert fatigue in Cybersecurity and Operations

Jan 16, 2025

Alert fatigue is a common problem in cybersecurity and operations. Here are some strategies for dealing with alert fatigue.

Older articles

• Basic Cybersecurity
  Jan 9, 2025

  What are the three simplest things you can do to improve your cybersecurity?

• Eternal Truths
  Dec 18, 2024

  Eternal truths about how complex systems fail. A must read for anyone in operations or adjacent fields.

• The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of AI Generated code
  Dec 9, 2024

  What are some good, some bad, and some ugly issues of using AI generated code in your codebase.

• State of DevOps Operations
  Nov 21, 2024

  The DORA 2024 report is out, so let’s take a quick look.

• Development and Leadership Lessons from DORA
  Nov 21, 2024

  These are our reactions to the DORA 2024 report on Development and Leadership matters.

• Securing our World Together
  Oct 3, 2024

  A review of Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) cybersecurity hygiene guidelines.

• Microsoft Secure Future Initiative
  Sep 26, 2024

  Our thoughts on the Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) six key security pillars.

• Part of the Crowd
  Jul 24, 2024

  While we were discussing the recent Crowdstrike incident, we touched on the topic of what it would take to be immune to such problems. I’ll give you the TL;DR — it’s hard.