by Greg Scott | Aug 10, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life
When you wanna cry to your worst cyber-security enemy, hold up a mirror In a July 20, 2017 interview with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in a room full of very important people at the Aspen Institute, new CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, said,...
by Greg Scott | Jul 27, 2017 | Slice of Life, Technology
It’s all over the news. Fifty employees of a company named Three Square Markets, in River Falls, Wisconsin, are lining up to have an RFID tag implanted between their thumb and forefinger. With the company CEO and his family leading the way, employees are...
by Greg Scott | Mar 12, 2017 | Slice of Life, Technology
The Register recently published this article about IBM disallowing remote workers and it brought back a flood of memories. The article should be titled, “IBM cuts its own throat.” Here’s the key paragraph: According to well-placed sources, IBM’s Software and Systems...
by Greg Scott | Feb 24, 2017 | Slice of Life
I earned my MBA degree in 1996. I share that tidbit to communicate that tech people really can do more than sit in dark rooms and play with computers. Here’s more. I graduated in the top one hundred percent of my class, making me the opposite of a superstar....
by Greg Scott | Feb 16, 2017 | Slice of Life
A lot of people have asked me lately, “Greg, why do you write?” I ask myself that same question all the time, especially in the middle of the night after I’ve fallen asleep in front of the keyboard and I wake up with a sore neck and drool running...
by Greg Scott | Nov 14, 2016 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life
I’ve been asked many times why I care about IT security. It started in earnest for me way back in 2000 when somebody invaded my house. I first published this story in the February, 2001 edition of Enterprise Linux Magazine. International Terrorism in Minnesota...
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