My challenges with communicating a business vision

In my latest post, I discussed a potential pricing strategy and related services. Links are provided at the end of the post. Now, it’s time to communicate this. Sounds simple, right? Well, it’s not as straightforward as it seems. Before we make any assumptions, what I’m about to discuss may be particularly useful for associations of fewer than five people, but it can also serve as a reference for larger companies. ...

April 22, 2024 · 9 min · Zoltan Toma

My biggest failer in cyber security

I recently received a reminder from a service I use that my next annual subscription installment is due soon. (Of course, when I first wrote this thought and when it was published are completely different questions.) This reminded me of my biggest failure in cybersecurity, which I had to endure. Throughout my career, I have faced numerous difficulties and failures, but I managed to overcome them. For example, when I wrote a web application firewall rule, instead of the expected mass catches, we only had one-off catches. Or when the software I wrote caused a kernel panic. Of course, it wasn’t my fault. On a certain version of a certain operating system, if a certain application was installed and a certain request was sent…, then indeed, the system would crash, and it affected more than 200 servers. (These stories are also worth telling. :)) ...

April 5, 2024 · 17 min · Zoltan Toma