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Quick Hits

Posted on July 13, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Quick Hits

Since I do not really have much as far as a normal post goes, I just want to touch on a few things quickly: 1) Keep your eye on Hacks4Pancake’s blog as she is thinking of doing a post based on her experience as a reviewer for Derbycon’s CFP 2) I am still working on…

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Infosec SHOULD be an entry level job

Posted on July 6, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Infosec SHOULD be an entry level job

I see the tweets and comments everywhere that Infosec is not an entry level position, and for the most part those statements are correct. It is an unfortunate thing, because Infosec should be an entry level position. Hear me out on this, before you tie me up to be eaten alive by the bugs of…

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Cyclical

Posted on June 15, 2018June 28, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Cyclical

There was a new Intel flaw announced this week dealing with Floating Point Calculations and Math processing. You would think it would take longer than 24 years for Intel to have another Floating Point issue. Now, I am not saying it is the same type of flaw, but the general public won’t understand that, at…

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