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terryclothToday I went to the mandatory security training that all employees are going to have to take on a yearly basis. After the mind-numbing tedium of the book we were required to read, I had pretty dire expectations, but the class was actually fairly interesting.
It was taught from a clever angle, too -- the 'here's something stupid that you probably just did yesterday that you'll have to go fix now' segments were interspersed with 'no, really, this works, we've been getting results' cheerleading and humorous anecdotes about how such and such box got pwn3d.
He had a sticker on his laptop: "My other computer is your linux box."
So, professionally, it was a well done course with some useful information about security (at least, as far as I can tell, given that my security expertise pretty much extends to 'well, I went to this course...').
Personally, the guy is a total dick. Every time anyone asked him a question, it was an opportunity for him to mock them mercilessly, usually misinterpreting them for comedic effect.
But I'm not bitter.
It was taught from a clever angle, too -- the 'here's something stupid that you probably just did yesterday that you'll have to go fix now' segments were interspersed with 'no, really, this works, we've been getting results' cheerleading and humorous anecdotes about how such and such box got pwn3d.
He had a sticker on his laptop: "My other computer is your linux box."
So, professionally, it was a well done course with some useful information about security (at least, as far as I can tell, given that my security expertise pretty much extends to 'well, I went to this course...').
Personally, the guy is a total dick. Every time anyone asked him a question, it was an opportunity for him to mock them mercilessly, usually misinterpreting them for comedic effect.
But I'm not bitter.
