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Author: Michael Kavka

CarbonBlack doesn’t do it again

Posted on August 10, 2018August 15, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on CarbonBlack doesn’t do it again

No Summer Camp for me this year. Instead I had a small family style vacation, hence why there was no post last week. This week, I figure on ranting about CarbonBlack again. Seems while I was on vacation they did back end upgrades to Defense. These wonderful upgrades, that should have been properly tested, have…

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Anatomy of a Rejected CFP

Posted on July 26, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Anatomy of a Rejected CFP

Call For Presentations, a staple of any conference. Those of us that come up with ideas to share, love and dread them. I wrote about them in my CFP season post earlier this year. Of 4 CFPs I put in for conferences this year, I got rejected for 3 of them. The last one, which…

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The Secret Sauce Does Not Help Security

Posted on July 19, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The Secret Sauce Does Not Help Security

There are a ton of tools out there, some work well, some not so well. Most of them have some sort of secret sauce, you know the stuff we are not supposed to see because it might be a trade secret or the company is just not good at documenting them. I recently have been…

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