Oct 30Random Number Generation — Who Cares?Random numbers (entropy) are important for everything from scientific modeling, to making video games interesting, to picking lottery winners. They are most important for cryptographic security — the security of your social media accounts, smartphone, the electric grid, school, work, and the government. David Johnston’s textbook of random number generation…Cybersecurity2 min readCybersecurity2 min read
Jun 20Tip of iceberg in cybersecurityIt was a pleasure to work with SAE on their recent book “Cybersecurity for entrepreneurs,” where I focused on the topic of secure communications. What I liked about the book and the writing team was the focus to entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses (SMB) — the “every man” category of…Cybersecurity3 min readCybersecurity3 min read
Sep 18, 2022Past illuminates quantum R&D todayThe “Biography of the Pixel” book is written by the co-founder of Pixar and tells the fascinating story of digital light. I highly recommend it to anyone involved in quantum or classical computing. The story of 1950's digital innovation (now classical or legacy technology) that it details also illuminates the…Quantum2 min readQuantum2 min read
Mar 21, 2021Now is the time for quantum hardeningIt is 5-years since NIST and the NSA declared that “now is the time” to implement quantum hardening … and the technology is finally at a tipping point into the mainstream. https://cryptome.org/2016/01/CNSA-Suite-and-Quantum-Computing-FAQ.pdf It is good to see quantum coming into the money, leaving behind the taunts of science project, lion…Quantum3 min readQuantum3 min read
Sep 21, 202010 Reasons why the DC, MD, VA (DMV) Metroplex is a cybersecurity clusterThe US Government sets cybersecurity law and is the world’s largest consumer of cybersecurity. There are 180 cybersecurity companies locally, plus defense contractors, and the “Big 5” West Coast IT vendors There is 350% more cybersecurity talent here than in the rest of the US combined. Technology is woven into…1 min read1 min read
Sep 18, 2020Hutzpah or faux pas? Why CAGE distance important for overseas cyber products launching in the USI made the following quick observations in the context of cybersecurity startups, especially those from Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel looking to enter the world’s largest cybersecurity market in the US. CAGE distance is a short-hand for the Cultural, Administrative, Geographic, and Economic distances that exist between…2 min read2 min read
Sep 16, 2020BlackBerry — rags to riches to ragsI really enjoyed the “rags to riches to rags” story of BlackBerry (BB). https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Signal-Extraordinary-Spectacular-BlackBerry/dp/1250096065 Was fun to step back from my day to day work in secure mobile and think about longer term changes in the mobile world over the last 20 years. My 2c insights are that BB just…2 min read2 min read
