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 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 | Nov 19, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Craft, InfoSec How-To, WitFoo Story
Bio CHARLES HERRING WitFoo Chief Technology Officer Charles’ dedication to maturing the craft of InfoSec is built on a diverse career path across the industry. He started his career in InfoSec in the US Navy in 2002 serving as the Network Security Officer at the US...
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...
by Charles Herring | Feb 20, 2020 | blog, InfoSec Craft, InfoSec How-To, Uncategorized, WitFoo Story
Last year, I spoke at 26 security meetings and conferences. I learn the most when I’m in the field with my heroes. If you have a local meeting or conference that would benefit from any of these topics, let us know and I’ll do my best to show up. Bio...
