Raw Thoughts
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...
The Joy of Killing Servers
I felt like making a fun post and was just recently reminiscing with someone about the joy of getting rid of servers. in my own technology practice, servers were the biggest headache (and profit suck) for the business. Poorly written line-of-business applications,...
More Real-World Impact: Hospitals Divert Due to Ransomware
In another "real-world impact" story: Hospitals in multiple states are impacted by a ransomware attack against their parent company, Ardent Health. Ardent operates 37 healthcare facilities across the United States. On and after Thanksgiving, multiple local news...
US Housing Market Hit by Threat Actors
Two recent incidents have caught my attention, and they're impacting the housing market in a real way at this stage. Mr. Cooper is a loan servicer that claims to have over 4.3 million customers. They experienced an attack around Halloween. And, more recently,...
Jeffco Incident – I Found Some Data
This is an update to my story on the Jeffco Schools incident. Please refer to my "we are human" statement on that post. Defenders: We still see you, and we still empathize with what you're going through right now. This story will likely develop further, and material...
School Cybersecurity – What can we do?
In my last article, I covered the concerning trend of cyber-attacks aimed at K12 school districts. I've been keeping that up to date as best I can, so check there for the updates I've shared. To the point of this article, we saw Clark County and now Jeffco Schools get...
Another School District Targeted – This one Hits Close
Before we dive in, I want to make something clear. Right now, there are a lot of incident responders dealing with these attacks on education. These people went to bed as defenders and woke up as incident...
