One of the things I like about Alan Paller the individual and the organization he helps lead SANS is they encourage people to write.  They are great motivators, especially if you are pursuing a security certification.  As part of a my 2003 SANS certification I wrote a piece on Quantum Encryption and Quantum Computing and...
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I really like what I do.  Part of the reason why is I get to continuously search for new technologies and help apply them to the mission needs of my clients and their customers.  But I also enjoy using technologies myself.  One new one I have employed to the benefit of my firm is...
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On June 10, 2010, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) unveiled a major cybersecurity bill designed to modernize, strengthen, and coordinate US Cyber defenses. Senators Collins, Carper and Lieberman introduced this bill with the clear articulation to defend not just federal networks but the Internet itself.  As portion of the...
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Don Adcock is the executive director of the Information Technology Agency  (ITA) of the US Army.  The ITA is the executive agent for many OSD IT functions in the DC area and is a group which must operate a highly functioning IT enterprise at a very high level of availability. Don recently conducted an...
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An enterprise technologist from government gave me this piece of humor and I wanted to share it here.  We can all use a laugh in these trying times, right? I first saw a similar piece when serving in the Pentagon in the summer of 1997.  I heard a version repeated again by retired General...
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Global Crossing issued a press release 1 June 2010 which provides some foreshadowing of future actions I recommend technologists in the federal space closely track.  They have just brought John Sutton onboard as Executive Vice President and General Manager of their Federal Sector.  John has a history of mission focused customer support and I...
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This post will be cross-posted at Halfofthespear.com With Denis Blair soon to depart as the Director of National Intelligence, the engine driving the speculation over who his replacement will be is in high gear. One of the more unusual names to surface: former President Bill Clinton. Two intelligence professionals and former colleagues – Bob...
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With this post I would like to bring your attention to  CTOlabs.com The purpose of the CTOlabs site is to provide a venue for providing technology concepts and reviews which highlight some of the commercial capabilities of Crucial Point LLC (CTOlabs.com is a subsidiary of Crucial Point). Crucial Point and our collaboration of world...
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The 2010 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held 23-27 May in Phoenix Arizona.  This venue is hosted by the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Officer.  The focus is on topics relevant to mission success for the Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS).  DoDIIS is all about facilitating the...
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General Dynamics is one of the champions of IT support to the DoDIIS mission.  It was great to know they will be continuing to serve in a big way by winning a key prime slot on the DIA SITE contract.  I know many of these performers and leaders and hearing they will be there...
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