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Rick Howard

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Rick is the President of the Cybersecurity Canon Project, a volunteer nonprofit seeking to be the Infosec Community’s first source for curated and timeless cybersecurity content. His prior jobs include Chief Security Officer, Chief Analyst, Senior Fellow, and podcast host at The Cyberwire (a cybersecurity podcasting network), CSO for Palo Alto Networks (a security vendor), CISO for TASC (government contractor), GM for iDefense (A commercial cyber threat intelligence service at Verisign), Global SOC Director for Counterpane (one of the original MSSPs), and Commander for the U.S. Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team where he coordinated network defense, network intelligence and network attack operations for the Army's global network. He wa ...more

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Cyber Security Essentials

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Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techn...

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The Odyssey by Homer
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Odysseus leaves Troy with 12 ships and more than 600 men, returns home alone, and somehow remains one of Western literature’s greatest heroes.

I came to The Odyssey late. I’m 67, ya, old as dirt, and the first time I picked up the book was last month.
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David Foster Wallace
“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

George Orwell
“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
George Orwell, 1984

Neal Stephenson
“This is a terrible country for old people. You put them away in horrible buildings that are completely shut off from life, and then do everything possible to keep them alive. It is a very stupid system.”
Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson
“While that thing was on, we ran a ridiculous amount of data through our servers.” “How much?” I asked. He looked exasperated. “Enough that I could make up some kind of strained analogy involving the contents of the Library of Congress and the number of pixels in all of the Lord of the Rings movies put together and how many phone calls the NSA intercepts in a single day and you would be like, ‘Holy shit, that’s a lot.’” “Holy shit, that’s a lot!” I exclaimed dutifully.”
Neal Stephenson, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

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