It's been quite a while since I've taken time to write professionally (or even non-professionally) and at Blackhat USA last week, Bill Brenner cornered me and informed me that it was about time I started again.
Back in May of 2011, Bill Brenner wrote a bit of a lightning rod of an article for CSO Magazine - "Take the word curmudgeon and shove it" and a follow up "A few more thoughts on the curmudgeons".
I am strangely proud to be a part of that article (along with industry luminaries Jack Daniel and Dave Lewis) particularly as a result of these choice quotes:
"They are known for their sometimes salty disposition"
"These guys do their fair share of complaining. But they always follow it up by bringing something to the table."
"In other words, they take their crankiness and do something positive with it."
Here we are 15 years later and I'm not going to suggest that I'm less cranky, just that I've mellowed a bit and become more willing to accept that we're really going to have to keep trying harder to get positive outcomes without lowering expectations below the surface.
Of course, this does mean that I'm going to have to actually produce something positive here.
Stay tuned - I'm aiming for at least one post a week going forward. I'm going to get busy writing this week's right now because otherwise, I'll find something less useful to do with my time and then we'll all be disappointed together.
Image taken by me - Apollo 14 capsule heat shield - the ultimate physical embodiment of the minimum amount of protection necessary to achieve success. Risk management in physical form.
