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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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The Count of Monte Cristo

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“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.”
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