Raw Thoughts
Trying a New Task Management Tool
If you know me, you know I've been a longtime proponent of Microsoft To Do and its vast integrations across the Microsoft ecosystem. To this day, Microsoft To Do is one of my favorite task management applications. However, as the number of inputs in my life (personal...
Data Classification for All
I figured I would expand on my Purview Information Protection information by creating a general guide around information protection labels. In this guide, I take a deeper dive into Purview Information Protection and provide you with some implementation examples that...
Traffic Light Protocol with Purview Information Protection
I recently made a post on LinkedIn about how I've applied the Traffic Light Protocol within my own Microsoft 365 tenant using Purview Information Protection. I opted for this route because, in my personal tenant, I'm not often collaborating with other members of the...
Empowering Tomorrow’s Cyber Practitioners
In my last post, I wrote about the idea that cybersecurity doesn’t need colleges. For this post, I wanted to shed some light on how I think we can build a modernized cybersecurity pipeline that prepares practitioners for the reality of working in this space. With the...
Cybersecurity Doesn’t Need Colleges
It's no secret that we're facing a huge shortage of cybersecurity talent, today and in the future. We are in increasingly desperate need of new blood to fight this increasingly complicated battle. The problem is, there is an intense amount of gatekeeping today that a...
Copilot’s Impact on Cybersecurity
A lot of us, me included, have spelled out some "doom and gloom" about AI and its impact on cybersecurity. Truth is, there's a lot to worry about, especially for the SMB sector. Data governance is non-existent, and most of these customers don't even know what sort of...
Practically Remote: Leadership
A lot of folks I work with say that managing remote teams is dramatically different than managing in person teams. In many ways, I agree. However, I also think that fundamental principles of modern leadership apply - the most important among them being trust. Key...
Practically Remote: Company Dynamics
For the first iteration of ‘practically remote,’ I think the topic of “company dynamics” make the most sense. You could also think of it as company structure, but I don’t want to put this topic in a box, let’s let it breathe! So with that in mind, I define company...
Practically Remote: Introduction
We’re coming up on 2024, innovation is upon us. Technology enables us to truly make work a thing we do, and not a place we go. Despite the fact that secure and productive remote work is ridiculously easy nowadays, there are still certain folks among us who think that...
