At the beginning of 2011 I made a resolution to learn how to cook something
new each week for the entire year. Up until that point I had a handful of
recipes in my pocket and was boring my family with a constant rotation of
very similar dishes. Not to long after starting this journey I realized that
cooking and technology have a lot in common. In fact, people in the
information security field often talk about how we should “Bake in Security”
instead of adding it on at the end. I will talk about what I have learned
from cooking and baking all while making some delicious recipes (using some
TV magic). You may think it a stretch that the two topics have something in
common, but by the end I hope you walk away understanding what “Baking in
Security” actually means.
After 14 years as both an internal/external auditor, I decided to “see the
light” and got into the field of information security. Most of my time in
audit was spent reviewing IT systems in both the private and public sector.
Being a father of four young children helps me keep things simple, while
being married to a School Neuropsychologist helps me understand the way
people think and learn. Mixing that all together, I try to bring a different
perspective by associating real life events to the challenges in information
security at
ghostnomad.com while trying
to simplify the complexities of Technology through the simplicity of Haiku
at
it-haik.com.