by Charles Herring | Dec 11, 2022 | blog, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo
The following abstracts are available for delivery at security meetings and conferences. Additionally, archived talks outlined in the 2021 Talks are also available. Bio Charles Herring is co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at WitFoo. WitFoo was founded to enable...
by Charles Herring | Feb 27, 2021 | blog, InfoSec Business, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
Brewers CAP Theorem Computer Scientist, Eric Brewer, stipulated in the theorem that carries his name that you can have two out of three guarantees in distributed data storage with the guarantees being consistency, availability and partition tolerance. The limitations...
by Charles Herring | Jan 25, 2021 | blog, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Coding
When we founded WitFoo five years ago, we wanted to analyze data in SIEM and other data stacks to provide craft knowledge that would stabilize communications within cybersecurity teams and between those teams and their organizations. A few months into that journey we...
by Tim Bradford | Jan 19, 2021 | blog, InfoSec Business, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
Cybersecurity is difficult, even for the most well-funded and security conscious organizations. The amount of knowledge and skill required to be successful is immense. Even with deep pockets and expert personnel, the volume of work required is more than...
by Charles Herring | Nov 24, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Business, InfoSec Craft, Inside WitFoo, Law Enforcement, WitFoo Story
On Emergency Leave on 9/11 In September of 2001, I had been on active duty in the US Navy for 6 years. I was stationed with the World-Famous Golden Dragons of VFA-192 in Atsugi, Japan, running the night shift of the Integrated Weapons Team. On the morning of September...
by Charles Herring | Sep 3, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Business, Inside WitFoo, WitFoo Story
By the end of 2015 it was clear to me that the craft of cybersecurity was broken. My mind continuously compared SECOPS with other mature crafts that I had observed and executed, and it bothered me to the point of stealing peace and sleep. I decided I was going to...
