Geek, Husband, Father of 6

Two special needs children (blind, nonverbal, etc)

• Adopted from China
• Our two adopted children are not biologically related as many people suspect

20+ years in IT

• IT Operations - NetOps performance monitoring
• Security Operations - Host based intrusion, perimeter security, etc
• Big Data
• Technical sales and leadership roles in two large software companies on the West coast

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SysOp - The system operator of a Bulletin Board System

• First BBS (CBBS) software created by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess in 1978 as a way to stay connected with their computer club during a brutal winter
• BBS’s were computer systems set up as servers which allowed others to connect over dial-in modems to exchange messages, chat, share files, and interact in other ways. These humble systems were often simple desktop computers sitting in someone’s home
• BBS’s tended to be very personal as users typically dialed into local numbers in their vicinity as to not incur long distance charges
• The SysOp was the admin, owner, and facilitator of the BBS and would often communicate directly with users.

Regular Show Format

• Intro
• Sponsors/Patrons
• Share comments, letters, follow-up materials, etc from previous episode
• Tip of the week (Security, apps, hacks, etc)
• 2 -3 news stories, articles, interesting nuggets from the web
• Closing comments

Regular Show Schedule

I will release a new episode and upload weekly on Sunday evening so listeners can begin the work week with access to the latest episode.

• Available with IOS 16.3
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213154
• Yubico - hardware security key manufacturer - https://yubico.com
• Multi-factor auth   Authentication using two or more factors to achieve authentication. Factors are (i) something you know (e.g., password/personal identification number); (ii) something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token); and (iii) something you are (e.g., biometric). Source(s): NIST SP 1800-12b under multifactor authentication
• What is NIST?
• Mastodon

What is Mastodon? I did have a link to recent blog post I made, but I took that blog down after the recording of the podcast.  Here is where you can learn more about Mastodon.

• November 2022 Meta laid off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce
• Google, IBM, and SAP, and others have made significant layoffs already this year
• Many of these layoffs are being blamed on slowdowns in customer demand, recession worries, and issues related to the COVID pandemic