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Classify, Classify, Classify

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Category 5. (Not a hurricane)Part 2 (Information security) What kinda nonsense is this woman sputtering? Governmentese. ECCN stands for export control classification number; it’s used in export compliance. The base ECCN is always 5 characters. The format: A category in the first character (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9)A product group in the second character (A, B, C, D, or E)Numbers in the last 3 spots The designation EAR99 means […]

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Fog and trees

Fog

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I can’t see my neighbors. This morning it’s fog. August weather perils of the midwest. Yes, yesterday’s cross country warrior braved the rain. Today, he navigated the fog. Maybe with little cat feet. To non-technical workers, the inner workings of the Internet and our entire technical industry seem like a big glass aquarium of swirling fog. So, imagine, to do our jobs today we need computers – a given. Also, the Internet. Today, I’m “Heather

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Thunderstorm

They Thought They Had Time

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They thought they had time. So they met at 6:30 a.m. today with plans to get the run in early before it got hot. Even though weather forecasted likely thunderstorms. (They didn’t have time.) Booming sky cacophany hit right at the time they were likely 1.5 miles from the starting point. So, of course, how high school cross country practice go/no go is like cybersecurity strategy. ⚡We think we can predict safety; however, there remain

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Conjunctive Adverbs

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Connection. Commonality. Links. A conjunctive adverb ties related thoughts together as a link between two sentences by combining them into one. While retaining them as separate thoughts. The two most commonly written and spoken conjunctive adverbs are therefore and however. “I was aiming to achieve world domination; however, I instead found a good book to read.” “Cyber attacks are increasing in volume and effectiveness; therefore, organizations must intentionally combat cybercriminals.” Remember and implement the rules of semicolon

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Cashews Are For Rich People (And Other Fallacies)

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“Cashews are for rich people.” That’s a fallacy from my youth, along with thinking quicksand, snakebites, scorpions, and black widow spiders are actual daily perils. 🐍🕷️ 🦂 On the flip side – due to my father’s job, certain months of the year, we ate bucketsful of morel mushrooms many nights for dinner. So that seemed a given for adulthood.🍄 Our perspectives shift as we experience and learn more as to what’s real and where to

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Changing to a New Password Manager

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The password is imouttahere. When you seek to leave one Password Manager for another vendor’s Password Manager, you can export your passwords for easy import into the new Password Manager. Great, do that! And then change all of your passwords in the new password manager. Yes, all of them. Many password managers will show you the date of last change on a password, making that a possibility to be an interative project. But, don’t delay.

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