Joshua Goldfarb

Recently, I was reminded of the well known quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: "A rose by any other name would smell...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, 2018.  The regulation is primarily designed to protect the private...

In the incident response world, we used to draw a clear line between the capabilities of attackers affiliated with nation-states and those not affiliated...

The time has come to start paying attention to the other sixty percent.  No, this isn’t a political piece.  Rather, I am trying to...

Security Leaders Must Speak the Language of the Audience They Are Trying to Communicate With

All Organizations Deserve a Mature Security Operations Function

Attackers Don't Examine Market Size When Deciding Whether or Not to Target an Organization or a Person

Although French mathematician Blaise Pascal was known for many things, I have always admired his quotes.

It’s Time to Bring the Capability to Achieve a Mature Security Posture Through a Robust Security Operations Function to the Masses

Too Many Organizations Focus on the Means, Rather than the Ends

I have lost count of the number of conversations I’ve either observed or been involved in where people simply aren’t listening to one another....

Security has evolved to the point that I can now say that collection, sensing, and alerting are yesterday’s news. How can I make such...

I’ve always considered myself a pragmatist.  Perhaps not surprisingly, I have also always been a big fan of pragmatism.  I guess one goes along...

As many of you are aware, I have spent quite a bit of time in Security Operations Centers (SOCs) over the course of my...

As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously noted, “the only constant is change”. This statement was as accurate 2,500 years ago as it is now....

I have had the privilege of meeting some great security analysts during my time in the information security profession.  One thing I experienced when...

We have a documentation and writing problem in the information security field, and it holds us back.

Defending is an Important Piece of the Security Puzzle Too Often Missing From the Broader Dialogue

The 1999 hit movie “Analyze This” can teach us a lot about the future of information security.  In the movie, the main character, Paul...

Stephen Sills’ 1970 single “Love The One You’re With” inspired me to write about a topic that I’ve been meaning to write about for...