Building Blocks: Relating Mechanical Elements to Electronic Components

Ask any electronics hobbyist or professional what the simplest building blocks of electronic circuits are, and they’ll undoubtedly say resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Ask a mechanically-inclined person the same question …read more Continue reading Building Blocks: Relating Mechanical Elements to Electronic Components

Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

When an organization has a breach, you would like to imagine that the attacker crafted a new exploit, leveraging a zero-day vulnerability that no one has any protection against. However, It is far more likely that the attacker exploited well-known vuln… Continue reading Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Building Blocks: Professionally Evil Fundamentals Series

We at Secure Ideas love security education. What we enjoy even more is affordable security education. So we decided to start a Professionally Evil Fundamentals Video series. These are short definition videos related to information security and penetrat… Continue reading Building Blocks: Professionally Evil Fundamentals Series

Security Mindset: Balancing Firmness and Flexibility

Navigating the noise, complexity and uncertainties of the cybersecurity landscape demands clear thinking. But that’s no easy task. The security professional today has to be knowledgeable about the organization’s own environment, business ne… Continue reading Security Mindset: Balancing Firmness and Flexibility

My Summer Defending the Digital Universe

In RSA’s quest to build out a deeper pool of future Defenders of the Digital Universe I had the pleasure of having Meghan O’Connor as a summer intern on my team.   During her exit interview I asked her what she didn’t realize about cybersecurity and fraud prevention prior to her internship and what advice she…

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