This is my own list of favorites I’ve written throughout the years. They’re not always my most popular pieces, but they’re what I consider my best and most recommended content.
Security
Information Security Assessment TypesSeparating the different types of security assessment, e.g., PT, VA, Audit, White/Grey/Black-box, etc.- Obscurity is a Valid Security Layer
- A Future Without Privacy
- It’s Not Bias When AI Tells Us Something True and Uncomfortable
- Authentication’s Last MileHow authentication will be performed in the future of IoT.
- It’s Wrong to Fearmonger on IoT Security
- Why Biometric Data Breaches Won’t Require You to Change Your Body
- How to Build an InfoSec CareerFrom training to lab to soft skills, everything you need to be successful in InfoSec.
- IoT Functionality and Personal Privacy Are Inversely Correlated
- When to Use Vulnerability Assessments, Pentesting, Red Team Assessments, and Bug Bounties
- The Difference Between Events, Alerts, and Incidents
- The Difference Between Risks, Threats, and Threat Actors
Technology
- The Hierarchy of Artificial IntelligenceThe difference between AI, ML, supervised/unsupervised learning, etc.
- Your Mind’s Software is More Important Than Its Hardware
- The Biggest Advantage in Machine Learning Will Come From Superior Coverage, Not Superior Analysis
- Moving Application Authentication to the Operating System
- With Facebook and Google You Literally Are the ProductHow to tell if you’re the product or the customer.
- Responsible Disclosure? How About Responsible Behavior?
- Personal Sensors Are the Next Breakthrough in Consumer Electronics
- The Real Internet of ThingsThe chapters of my book on how technology will integrate with human goals and desires.
- The InfoSec Community is Wrong About AI Being Hype
Humans
- The Bay Area is Separating Into Red and Green ZonesHow class separation is impacting the San Francisco Bay Area.
- The Future of Happiness as Digital Humans
- We Should Be Cautious When Harnessing EvolutionEvolution is really good at achieving goals, but what goals?
- How Russia is Helping America Destroy Itself
- Struggle as the Center of Happiness
- The Difference Between Violence and Terrorism
- The Difference Between Existentialism, Nihilism, and AbsurdismThree approaches to dealing with the lack of intrinsic meaning in the universe.
- The Bifurcation of America: The Forced Class Separation into Alphas and Betas
- Failure and How to Help People Avoid It
- How I Would Build My Life If I Could Engineer it From Scratch
- The Difference Between Violence and Terrorism
- So Happy I Could Die
- The Key to Happiness is Being Thankful