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Security Engineering: Proceed with Caution

An expert’s critical review

Nov 27, 2023

Nov 27, 2023

What came first, the kernel or the shell?

Where, and when, did these terms appear first?

Mar 28, 2023

What came first, the kernel or the shell?

Mar 28, 2023

In Memoriam

We are who we are known as. When the keepers of our memories pass away, a portion of our own selves fades away with them.

Jul 21, 2022

In Memoriam

Jul 21, 2022

Blinded By Insight

Occasionally, we are fortunate enough to generate a spark of insight that suddenly illuminates a problem from a new angle. For an instant…

Jul 11, 2022

Jul 11, 2022

SBOM: Good Intentions, Bad Analogies, and Ugly Outcomes

The problem is real and everyone means well. But poor metaphors are leading to proposals that do not fit reality. In the end, scarce…

Sep 30, 2021

SBOM: Good Intentions, Bad Analogies, and Ugly Outcomes

Sep 30, 2021

A Corporate Anthropologist’s Guide to Product Security

Building lasting cultural change

Jan 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021

Parkinson’s Law of Security Privileges (or The Curse of Least Privilege)

Functionality expands so as to use all available privileges.

Jan 11, 2021

Jan 11, 2021

The 5 Ands?

A technique for getting to the point.

Jan 4, 2021

The 5 Ands?

Jan 4, 2021

A More Useful Stock Stat

On January 9, 2018, Kodak ($KODK) announced that it was launching a “major blockchain initiative and cryptocurrency.” Their stock jumped…

Nov 4, 2018

Nov 4, 2018

Time Warp

I was re-reading Bill Gates’ Trustworthy Computing Memo, when I came across an apparent anachronism: a reference to the attacks of…

Nov 3, 2018

Nov 3, 2018

Alex Gantman

Alex Gantman

Security defense. No wires. Disclaimers: Work at $QCOM. Opinions are mine. https://twitter.com/againsthimself

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