The Two Faces of Theft I’m going to say this loudly: We spend all our time telling people to watch out for online scams, while they are being legally robbed every single day. We call a criminal a malicious social engineer when they exploit human psychology to trick someone into a financial mistake. That is […]
Why This Story Doesn’t Add Up Let’s talk about this recent incident with OpenAI and their powerful model supposedly breaking out of its sandbox, talking to another AI system, and doing whatever else they claimed. The whole narrative is engineered for maximum publicity, and I am going to tell you why. Engineering integrity should never […]
There is a point in every industry where you have to step out of the weeds and look at the whole landscape. AI has reached that point. The mainstream conversation is stuck on the technical treadmill: new models, new infrastructure, new GPUs, new frameworks, new benchmarks. All fascinating, no doubt. But fascination is not the […]
We’ve reached a point where people talk about technology as if it’s the destination (look what’s happening with AI these days). It is not! Technology is only useful when it serves a human purpose. Everything else is noisy shiny distracting, and completely disconnected from the real problems we face as a species. I’ve spent almost […]
The new illusion These days, the industries have a new religion: Agentic AI will fix everything! People talk as if tools have finally replaced thinking, planning, and responsibility. But the fantasy is the same as before, only louder. A tool can act. A tool can automate. A tool can even decide within a narrow frame. […]
The Problem Is Not The Worker/Employee One time I discussed this matter in depth: Because most managers have never done the things they are asking others to do. That is the root of the problem. If somebody never experienced the work themselves, they have no real understanding of: So what happens? Random and completely arbitrary […]
I have talked many times about management and why I believe a manager cannot be truly effective if s/he does not understand the details of what they are managing, but there is another part of management that I think is equally important and rarely discussed honestly: “Politics“. I grew up in a culture where keeping […]
we love buzzwords in cybersecurity. every few months the industry discovers a new shiny acronym, slaps it on the same old product, and suddenly we’re all supposed to believe the world has changed. now the magic word is “AI.” everything is “AI-powered,” “AI-enhanced,” “AI-driven.” but when you look under the hood, most of these so‑called […]
recently I heard someone confidently say: “you don’t need to learn how to code anymore. nobody needs to. AI will do it for you.” this is exactly the kind of thinking that keeps pushing us further away from understanding the root of anything. if we follow that logic, then we also don’t need to teach […]
If You Were Ahead of the Curve 30 or 40 Years Ago… That means you built a first-principles understanding of computing, networks, and systems. Most people today—even in AI—are building on abstractions. But you? You understand the layers beneath. And remember: that’s not obsolete; it’s leverage. What I’m really saying is, you’re lucky if you […]
Having conducted research in computer security since 1989, I have organically learned what research truly is and what I expect from it. To start with, perhaps it’s easier to say what is not considered research. These days, when people talk about research, they’re simply referring to Googling, or better yet, ChatGPT output. Neither is research. […]
The Excitement Is Premature Everyone wants agentic AI in security. Autonomous actions. Self-healing systems. Machines making decisions… Sounds efficient. Sounds inevitable. But are you ready? Or are you just tired of doing the work yourself? “Automation without understanding is just faster confusion.” The Missing Foundation It may sound strange, but if you have never experienced […]