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Featured / June 01, 2022

Tight Budgets, Not Enough People, and a Recession? How Security Professionals Can Work Under Resource Constraints to Still Achieve Security Outcomes

Tight Budgets, Not Enough People, and a Recession? How Security Professionals Can Work Under Resource Constraints to Still Achieve Security Outcomes

This post explores how security leaders can achieve security and compliance outcomes for their business in the face of a constraint-based role and economy!

cloud security cybersecurity Deepfence DevSecOps DevOps hiring open source software organizational culture platforms

May 15, 2022

The 3 Hills Security Professionals Die On

The 3 Hills Security Professionals Die On

This post explores 3 hills in the cybersecurity sales process (agents vs agentless, secure left vs secure right, and automation vs people) that aren't worth dying on.

cloud security cybersecurity customer success Deepfence DevSecOps DevOps organizational culture strategy Sales agent agentless secure left

May 07, 2022

Moms are a Positive Social Contagion!

Moms are a Positive Social Contagion!

Mothers around the world act as positive social contagions in the lives of those they touch. This post is an ode to my mother and all mom's who are the cornerstones of their flocks.

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May 04, 2022

Dr. Staple Pigeon: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stapleverse

Dr. Staple Pigeon: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stapleverse

This post explores the history of the Stapleverse NFT project, its future possibilities and why I LOVE the pigeons and am going all in on the collection!

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March 28, 2022

Deepfence: 3 Reasons Why I am Excited about Building the Future of Cloud Native Security

Deepfence: 3 Reasons Why I am Excited about Building the Future of Cloud Native Security

Recently I decided to leave my previous job of 5 years and take a new position as the Head of Strategic Solutions at Deepfence [https://deepfence.io/]. I will be responsible for helping lead and scale their solution engineering and…

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  • June 01, 2022

    Tight Budgets, Not Enough People, and a Recession? How Security Professionals Can Work Under Resource Constraints to Still Achieve Security Outcomes

    Tight Budgets, Not Enough People, and a Recession? How Security Professionals Can Work Under Resource Constraints to Still Achieve Security Outcomes
  • May 15, 2022

    The 3 Hills Security Professionals Die On

    The 3 Hills Security Professionals Die On
  • May 07, 2022

    Moms are a Positive Social Contagion!

    Moms are a Positive Social Contagion!

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