by Charles Herring | May 8, 2023 | blog, InfoSec Craft, WitFoo Story
In a 2021 DarkReading article titled Handcuffs over AI, I describe the importance focusing on the outcome of increasing deterence in cybercrime. The presentation can be downloaded here. SECOPS DRIVING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION via a Global CyberGrid At a key point in the...
by Charles Herring | Feb 27, 2021 | blog, InfoSec Business, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
Brewers CAP Theorem Computer Scientist, Eric Brewer, stipulated in the theorem that carries his name that you can have two out of three guarantees in distributed data storage with the guarantees being consistency, availability and partition tolerance. The limitations...
by Tim Bradford | Jan 19, 2021 | blog, InfoSec Business, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
Cybersecurity is difficult, even for the most well-funded and security conscious organizations. The amount of knowledge and skill required to be successful is immense. Even with deep pockets and expert personnel, the volume of work required is more than...
by Charles Herring | Nov 24, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Business, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo, Law Enforcement, WitFoo Story
On Emergency Leave on 9/11 In September of 2001, I had been on active duty in the US Navy for 6 years. I was stationed with the World-Famous Golden Dragons of VFA-192 in Atsugi, Japan, running the night shift of the Integrated Weapons Team. On the morning of September...
by Charles Herring | Nov 19, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Craft, InfoSec How-To, WitFoo Story
Bio CHARLES HERRING WitFoo Chief Technology Officer Charles’ dedication to maturing the craft of InfoSec is built on a diverse career path across the industry. He started his career in InfoSec in the US Navy in 2002 serving as the Network Security Officer at the US...
by Charles Herring | Sep 3, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Business, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
By the end of 2015 it was clear to me that the craft of cybersecurity was broken. My mind continuously compared SECOPS with other mature crafts that I had observed and executed, and it bothered me to the point of stealing peace and sleep. I decided I was going to...