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Is the Government of Qatar perfecting their social engineering or is this a case of Qatar vigilantism? A recent write-up by Claudio Guarnieri, a security researcher working for Amnesty International, leans toward nation state sponsorship, exercising what he describes as “Operation King Phish“. A review of Guarnieri’s report and one’s brain will have a flurry of memory triggers, synapses, bringing to …
In October, I had the pleasure of being the guest on Talk2Cisco and to discuss social media and cyber security. Here is the write-up and recap of the event: Talk2Cisco . I took a moment and watched the video, and thought, this is something beneficial to small, medium and large businesses. I also think the individual will garner value from …
In 2008, the publication of Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, proved to be the entree to a great many speaking engagements. Once again, I was invited to NATO’s information assurance conference, and to the AFIO annual intelligence symposium. All in all 2008, saw a diverse and exiciting schedule of events, all of which served to continue to increase the awareness of …
In 2007 I learned much about the concept of “Thought Leadership” and was pleased to have been invited by both public and private entities to speak to their organizations and personnel. Visting Purdue University, Massachusetts for the E-Government Summit, and NATO for their Information Assurance conference, and supporting the HTCIA, ASIS, WRG and AGMA and getting to meet their constituents. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the many …
The year 2006 was an interesting one, with my public speaking engagements limited, as I transitioned from a government executive to a corporate executive. I largely focused my presentations on the various aspects of industrial and corporate espionage, and finished the book, Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost. Speaking at the Anti Phishing Working Group on the art of targeted online attacks …