Supportability as Software with MinIO SUBNET
This was a bespoke piece I wrote for MinIO back in 2022 Tl;dr MinIO leverages engineering focus and minimalist thinking to add supportability functionality, which means finding and fixing issues before they become problems in your installation. Going Beyond: Supportability as Software in MinIO In the same way that DevOps and Cloud Native require a […]
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR)
When discussing disasters and recovery from them, it’s often a hard sell, just based on numbers. That’s unfortunate, because the first casualty of downtime is your credibility as a corporation. It’s important to be clear on the idea that cost of backup/replication will never be higher than the costs of business lost due to poor BC/DR planning.
Passive Voice and Hacker Zombies
Originally published April 18, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. Passive voice in written communication is a huge part of the InfoSec […]
Cambridge Analytica Debacle – The Definition Of Breach
Originally published March 20, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. Pretty much the motto of my profession is “word choice matters.” I say […]
Infosec Language Grows Up: The Bishop Fox Cybersecurity Style Guide
Originally published March 13, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. On February 15, Bishop Fox released their Cybersecurity Style Guide. I am absolutely […]
When Bad Language Happens To Good Systems
Originally published January 25, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. In my last blog, I wrote about how words are created and then […]
Shakespeare’s Netymology
Originally published January 18, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. One of the coolest things about editing in the tech space, for […]
Cryptocurrency Isn’t Crypto
Originally published January 11, 2018 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2018, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. For the love of all things glittery, you guys, here I am […]
Agile Development, Agile Documentation
Originally published December 18, 2017 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2017, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. I remember when software documentation was linear and waterfall. No, really. Those […]
It’s Only A Hacker If It’s Linus Himself
Originally published December 12, 2017 | Laureen Hudson Note: this is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2017, working for the late, great AlienVault in their Content department. Any references to AlienVault Editorial should be assumed to be in past tense. Anyone who’s worked in any field related to internet security for any […]