What is this blog about?
Life in the IT Security Industry (Information Security). A fuller answer is here
Where is the privacy policy?
You can find the policy here.
Can you test the security of my website?
No - don’t be offended - its nothing personal.
Can you test the security of a website if I pay you?
No - I’m busy enough thanks.
Are you open to employement offers?
I’m currently employed full-time doing a job I enjoy and working with a great team. To avoid wasting everyone’s time, I’ll be upfront and say it would have to be a very tempting and legitimate offer. If so, please email me.
Are you hiring?
Sorry, no.
Where did you get the tagline for your blog?
Two of the responsibilities I have in my day job are to test computer security and develop IT Security professionals (the truth of course is that people develop themselves, mostly its about helping them do that).
The tagline is therefore a play on words aswell as a reference to a paper that changed a lot of peoples understanding of how computer security could be subverted.
In case its not obvious: this blog is not about literally ‘breaking into’ IT security companies (google for Fluffy Bunny if you want to know about that).
Can I write an article on your blog?
Please email me with your idea/suggestion. Don’t be offended if I decline, it will depend on whether your idea fits in with my aspirations for this blog and the quality of the writing.
Some of the links on your blog are for affiliate sites. What is your policy on this?
I will only recommend products or services within blog posts where I can do so in good conscience. That means either I’ve used them myself and had a good experience or someone that I trust has. I understand that some people immediately dismiss affiliate links as untrustworthy or suspect. Put it this way: if you do end up actually *buying* a product or service by following an affiliate link from my site, you are contributing to the on-going existence of this blog at no extra real cost to you. The other ads on the page under ‘Sponsored Links’ are contextual or job ads where I receive a small payment per click. The ‘Featured Sites’ links are purchased links.
Who are your hosting with?
After an evening of research, I chose Slicehost as they offer VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting at reasonable rates. So far I’m really pleased.
Given its security track record, why did you go with WordPress?
Simple - convenience :-). I didn’t find any ’secure’ blogging software that offered anything like the themes and plugins available with WordPress. If this blog gets hacked, it gets hacked - I have off-site backups and will just restore. If anyone feels its a badge of honour to hack this blog they seriously lack imagination!
Hey, I found a security weakness in your site!
Boost your positive karma, email me.
I like your blog theme - where did you get it?
Check the credit on the footer at the bottom of this page.
