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2015
On building fire extinguishers and fighting fires…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Jun 2015
28 Apr 2015
18 Apr 2015
Attribution is the new black…what’s in a name, anyway?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Feb 2015
The Active Response Continuum & The Right To Cyber Self Defense…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Feb 2015
Incomplete Thought: The Time Is Now For OCP-like White Box Security AppliancesRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Jan 2015
2014
J-Law Nudie Pics, Jeremiah, Privacy and Dropbox – An Epic FAIL of Mutual DistractionRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Sept 2014
How To Be a Cloud Mogul(l) – Our 2014 RSA “Dueling Banjos/Cloud/DevOps” TalkRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Mar 2014
2013
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Security Product Needs & Vendor Selection…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Nov 2013
My Information Security Magazine Cover Story: “Virtualization security dynamics get old, changes ahead”Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Nov 2013
The Curious Case Of Continuous and Consistently Contiguous Crypto…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Aug 2013
Incomplete Thought: The Psychology Of Red Teaming Failure – Do Not Pass Go…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Aug 2013
Incomplete Thought: In-Line Security Devices & the Fallacies Of Block ModeRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Jun 2013
Video Of My ’12 Microsoft Bluehat Talk: Sh*t My Cloud Evangelist SaysRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
11 Apr 2013
22 Feb 2013
Incomplete Thought: Where Is the Technology Disruption Forcing REAL Change In Security?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Jan 2013
Wanna Be A Security Player? Deliver It In Software As A Service Layer…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Jan 2013
2012
NIST’s Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud: PoC ImplementationRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Dec 2012
On Puppy Farm Vendors, Petco and The Remarkable Analog To Security Consultancies/Integrators…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Dec 2012
Are Flat Networkers Like Flat Earthers Of Yore?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Dec 2012
30 Nov 2012
The Tyranny Of Taming (Network) Traffic: Steering, Service Insertion and Chaining…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
30 Nov 2012
Why Amazon Web Services (AWS) Is the Best Thing To Happen To Security & Why I Desperately Want It To SucceedRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
29 Nov 2012
Quick Quip: Capability, Reliability and Liability…Security LicensingRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Nov 2012
Should/Can/Will Virtual Firewalls Replace Physical Firewalls?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Oct 2012
Cloud Service Providers and the Dual Stack DilemmaRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Sept 2012
The Cuban Cloud Missile Crisis…Weapons Of Mass Abstraction.Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
7 Sept 2012
TL;DR But My Virtual Machine Liked Me On Facebook Anyway…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Sept 2012
SiliconAngle Cube: Hoff On Security – Live At VMworld 2012Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Aug 2012
Software Defined Networking (In)Security: All Your Control Plane Are Belong To Us…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Aug 2012
Incomplete Thought: Virtual/Cloud Security and The Potemkin Village SyndromeRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Aug 2012
The Soylent Green of “Epic Hacks” – It’s Made of PEOPLE!Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
7 Aug 2012
Brood Parasitism: A Cuckoo Discussion Of Smart Device Insecurity By Way Of Robbing the NEST…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Jul 2012
Back To The Future: Network Segmentation & More Moaning About ZoningRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Jul 2012
Six Degress Of Desperation: When Defense Becomes Offense…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Jul 2012
Investing, Advising & Mentoring…An Observation Of Roles Using Different LensesRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Jun 2012
Is What We Need…An OpSec K/T Boundary Extinction-Level Event?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Jun 2012
PrivateCore: Another Virtualization-Enabled Security Solution Launches…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Jun 2012
Elemental: Leveraging Virtualization Technology For More Resilient & Survivable SystemsRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Jun 2012
Bridging the Gap Between Devs & Security – A Collaborative Suggestion…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
23 May 2012
Incomplete Thought: On Horseshoes & Hand Grenades – Security In Enterprise Virt/Cloud StacksRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
22 May 2012
Overlays: Wasting Away Again In Abstractionville…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2012
Tin Foil Hats: On BBQ Brisket & Security Purists…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Apr 2012
Incomplete Thought: Will the Public Cloud Create a Generation Of Network Stupid?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Mar 2012
Security As A Service: “The Cloud” & Why It’s a Net Security WinRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Mar 2012
19 Mar 2012
16 Mar 2012
A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To Malware Removal…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Mar 2012
Why Steeling Your Security Is Less Stainless and More Irony…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Mar 2012
Hoff’s RSA 2012 Schedule: My Talks, Panels, Seminars & SuchRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Feb 2012
15 Feb 2012
15 Feb 2012
PSA: Paula Deen, Sausage Pancake Egg Sandwiches & Security…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
9 Feb 2012
Building/Bolting Security In/On – A Pox On the Audit Paradox!Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Jan 2012
26 Jan 2012
QuickQuip: Vint Cerf “Internet Access Is Not a Human Right” < Agreed...Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Jan 2012
QuickQuip: Don’t run your own data center if you’re a public IaaS < Sorta...Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Jan 2012
QuickQuip: “Networking Doesn’t Need a VMWare” < tl;drRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Jan 2012
When A FAIL Is A WIN – How NIST Got Dissed As The Point Is MissedRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Jan 2012
2011
Stuff I’ve Really Wanted To Blog About But Haven’t Had the Time…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
13 Dec 2011
21 Nov 2011
Cloud: The Turducken Of Computing? [Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving]Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Nov 2011
The Killer App For OpenFlow and SDN? Security.Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Oct 2011
A Contentious Question: The Value Proposition & Target Market Of Virtual Networking Solutions?Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2011
Flying Cars & Why The Hypervisor Is A Ride-On Lawnmower In ComparisonRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2011
Cloud Security Start-Up: Dome9 – Firewall Management SaaS With a TwistRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Sept 2011
VMware vCloud Architecture ToolKit (vCAT) 2.0 – Get Some!Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Sept 2011
VMware’s vShield – Why It’s Such A Pain In the Security Ecosystem’s *aaS…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2011
Quick Blip: Hoff In The Cube at VMworld 2011 – On VMware SecurityRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Sept 2011
Unsafe At Any Speed: The Darkside Of AutomationRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
29 Jul 2011
More On Security & Big Data…Where Data Analytics and Security CollideRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Jul 2011
More On Security & Big Data…Where Data Analytics and Security CollideRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Jul 2011
InfoSecFail: The Problem With Big Data Is Little DataRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Jun 2011
SecurityAutomata: A Reference For Security Automation…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Jun 2011
(Physical, Virtualized and Cloud) Security Automation – An API ExampleRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
7 Jun 2011
Cloud & Virtualization Stacks: Users Fear Lock-In, Ecosystem Fears Lock-Out…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
7 Jun 2011
Security: “There’s No Discipline In Our Discipline”Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Jun 2011
Clouds, WAFs, Messaging Buses and API Security…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2011
Incomplete Thought: The Curious Case Of the Carnival CloudRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Jun 2011
31 May 2011
Quick Ping: VMware’s Horizon App Manager – A Big Bet That Will Pay Off…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
17 May 2011
More On Cloud and Hardware Root Of Trust: Trusting Cloud Services with Intel® TXTRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
7 May 2011
6 May 2011
29 Apr 2011
On the CA/Ponemon Security of Cloud Computing Providers Study…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
29 Apr 2011
Bye, Bye My Clustered AMIs…A Cloud Tribute to Don McLeanRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Apr 2011
Cloud Computing, Open* and the Integrator’s DilemmaRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
11 Apr 2011
OpenFlow & SDN – Looking forward to SDNS: Software Defined Network SecurityRead at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
9 Apr 2011
Incomplete Thought: Cloudbursting Your Bubble – I call Bullshit…Read at rationalsurvivability.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Apr 2011
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