My Turn to Talk about Joe

  • Posted by barak engel
  • On October 18, 2022
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Let’s talk a little bit about the Uber/Joe Sullivan case. Yes, I know, it’s already yesterday’s news, and I’m so very late to the party. Still. As you know, I made my career in being a recurring non-officer CISO – a “virtual CISO” many, many times over, always for several companies at once. This, perhaps, […]
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Breach Mongering

  • Posted by barak engel
  • On April 18, 2022
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Are you a senior, non-technology executive or board member? especially so for a public company? Have you had to deal with your CISO lately? Isn’t it just the most fun you could ever imagine having? Fifty Shades aside, let’s talk for a moment about why those conversations usually end up with only one person (not […]
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An Emerging Supply Chain Problem that will RAPI-dly give you a Headache

  • Posted by barak engel
  • On February 4, 2022
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Everybody remembers at least one action movie (or MacGyver episode) where the protagonist uses a mirror to reflect a laser in order to bypass a protective grid. They often do it by redirecting the beam to fry some sensor around a corner, taking down the system in the process and gaining unauthorized access to something […]
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Preface from “The Security Hippie”

  • Posted by barak engel
  • On December 14, 2021
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Wanna hear a crazy story? Shall we go to lunch? For me, these two questions seem to be naturally interlinked. So much so that I had struck many lasting friendships while answering them, as is (for example) evident in the foreword. Let’s face it: sharing stories over food – be it next to a campfire, […]
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