I harden systems against the threats that slip past every other defense, and bring the same attention to the body through running, and the mind and spirit through writing. One discipline, applied on purpose.
“The future is built on what we do in the present, and the present, on what we learned in the past.”
M.M.T., 1993WARM, hardening, and people-first awareness for regulated markets.
SEE THE WORK →Where the discipline gets honest: the long, repeatable work of showing up.
RUNNING NOTES →Essays and book reviews on faith, running, and living deliberately in a distracted age.
READ THE WRITING →If an attacker gains access to your website, what stops them from causing further damage? After investigating two compromised WordPress websites on the same server, I found that both had unauthorized administrator accounts,but the extent of the file changes differed. That experience reinforced my belief that we need to design systems to limit what attackers can do after gaining access. In this article, I share what I learned, how Linux filesystem immutability can add another layer of protection, and why understanding your technology stack matters as AI accelerates the cybersecurity challenge. What controls would still protect your systems if an attacker got past your initial defenses?
Read more →For many years I have been told that I look younger than my age, and I never really thought much about it. I not only look younger than my age, but physically I have the health and agility of someone much younger.
I grew up hearing the following popular Jamaican proverb "Nuh mek yuh lef han know weh yuh right han a do." Literally in English it is saying that you should not let your left hand know what the right hand is doing.
What keeps the runner running even when the pain is great and the thirst is heavy? What keeps them pushing past the shaded tree without stopping? As a runner, what keeps me going is remembering my goal, the finish line. Sometimes I must slow down, but never will I choose to stop.