ISSA Senior Member Nomination

I was humbled and honored to be nominated by the Board of Directors of the Kentuckiana ISSA chapter in Louisville Kentucky for ISSA Senior Member. I’ve been out of the Kentuckiana territory for a number of years to be the Chief Information Security Officer for Colonial Bank (Now BB&T Bank). I’ve been a member of… Read More

Education … or the lack thereof

I consider one of the most serious emerging security threats to the global community is in the lack of education and experience of those who follow in our footsteps. How can a person compete or be competent if they have not cultured the skills and experiences necessary to meet or exceed emerging challenges? Disasters will… Read More

A horse by any other name ….

If I were to be asked by anyone which volunteer activity I am most proud of, it would be my brain-child pet project known globally as the HORSE Project. The Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation (HORSE) project has been a four year commitment to the education, enlightenment, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and awareness of the global… Read More

Like a rocket

A good business colleague and friend once told me, “Dude, you just took off like a rocket!” This comment was made just a few years following my departure from the same company he remained in employment with. In just a few short years I went from being a peer with a similar resume and similar… Read More

Southern Comfort Biscuits

Ingredients: 1-1/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup cake flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter, chilled 1/2 cup cold buttermilk 1/4 cup cold heavy cream 4 Tbsp. melted butter Preparation: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Make sure oven rack is in the… Read More

Juris Doctor 72 and 73 of 215

Holy Cow! Two intense weeks and none of it really due to Law School. Work has been tumultuous to say the least. I suspect things will significantly calm down for a short while. The operative word is “short.” I generally have a manageable Family-Work-School schedule. I’m determined to catch back up and build that buffer… Read More

Strike a balance

There is a delicate balance that must be struck between leadership, management, and vocational prowess. A leader might be persuasive and personable or strong, steely-eyed in the face of disaster. A manager might be too closely involved, or disconnected, discombobulated. The technical or vocational prowess a person possesses comes in degrees from one extreme to… Read More

Juris Doctor 71 of 215

This week I’ve been inundated by a deluge of reading requirements. I’ve been told that this pace will continue until mid-term examinations. One of the best tools I have found to date is Dragon Naturally Speaking. I annotate the text books and then dictate to Microsoft Word. It saves me hours of typing transcription work… Read More