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First 5K
5k's are interesting things. They are short enough that it seems like it should be simple and easy. Yet long enough that is not the case....
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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Welcome
When I was a kid I wanted to start a zoo in the worst way. I wandered around with a notebook jotting down different animal species and...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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Nose Work for Reactive Dogs- Indy's Story
As a pup, Indy had plenty of exposure to other dogs, people, objects etc. I had gotten her to be my next urban search and rescue (USAR)...
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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Supply Chain- You are Only as Strong as Your Weakest Link
There are many applications that do all kinds of amazing things available. Users always want the latest and greatest. Many organizations...
Dec 4, 20232 min read
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The Onion Model- Defense in Depth
Way back when cyber used to be all about your perimeter. Organizations would put in a firewall and other tools in an effort to keep the...
Nov 20, 20232 min read
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Technical Controls Versus Process
I have met people that do not have many technical skills and are afraid that means that they can not adequately protect their...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Using Release Words
What is a release word? It is something that tells the dog its ok to stop what they are doing. It is different then the positive or...
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Data At Rest Encryption
I was at a public event years ago covering a cybersecurity booth. Someone approached and said she had to meet encryption requirements for...
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Training the Dog In Front Of You
It is easy to start thinking you know how to train dogs after you have owned and worked a number of dogs. There are many concepts such as...
Oct 23, 20233 min read
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Vulnerability Ratings
When you conduct a vulnerability scan of your systems, things will come with ratings. You will also see ratings when a software vendor...
Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Marking Behaviors
It is confusing to be a dog. One way we can make dogs lives easier is by marking their behavior. Similar to a game of hot and cold,...
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Cloud Shared Responsibility Model
The cloud has all the answers doesn't it? One might think that way from all the advertising out there. However, not all cloud services...
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Think Like a Dog
The most profound moment of my dog training learning came not from training my dog, but from a simple game of hot and cold. It was at a...
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Incident Response Plan
One of the big things that surprised me when I first started trying to help local small businesses was the lack of a plan or knowledge...
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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How to get an easy out
My very favorite way to teach a dog out is when they are young puppies. It is fairly easy to get the out in a pup and highly rewarded it...
Sep 5, 20232 min read
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Least Privilege
Least privilege isn't sexy. It isn't a highly technical toy that promises to do all kinds of nifty things to ward off evil attackers....
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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Physical Security
There are many cyber things that play a role in your security. But an obvious and often overlooked security item is physical security...
Aug 29, 20231 min read
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Cyber
We keep hearing about all these AI discoveries recently. But is it AI or is it ML? What's the difference? AI is when a machine thinks for...
Aug 29, 20232 min read
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Data Typing
We talked in a previous blog about how it was important to know what you have. The previous blog focused on an inventory of your software...
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Passwords and Multi-factor
Everyone hates having to remember long passwords. As time has gone on, passwords have had to get longer. We started adding complexity. We...
Aug 10, 20232 min read
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