After a long pause, I felt that it would be wise to collect my thoughts in one a general commentary about the state of the industry. In particular the shifting priorities, rapidly changing workforce, a return to a perceived normalcy, and near-future predictions. Diverging Paths: Business & Technology Despite arguably ample warning the pandemic arrived abruptly. People were sent home with little notice, or promise that they'd return, to find that that remote work was going to be reality for awhile. Two things arose from this: first companies began to posture themselves very quickly to preserve profitability, and second IT departments were tasked with supporting their entire workforce working from home. Many IT teams were also given notice that their internal priorities may be shifting. As a security engineer the question that was often posed: Do we need to continue on this path, or is our time better spent elsewhere? For many of us in the retail space these diverging pa...
This is nearly as meta as it gets. A write up detailing the process of standing up a website from the perspective of someone who has never done so on the open internet in the modern era of website builders, countless hosting providers and a million ways to mess up. Starting at concept, going all the way to live on the internet and beyond. I had only a bit of free time this evening. At this point of writing the post I am pushing 3 hours of actively working on this mini-project, not bad. I also did not want to break the bank in any way, so we're coming in at just under $50 for this endeavor. About Me I feel like I need to pause for a brief moment to introduce myself, this is the first post after all. I am Jake Hooker, a Security Engineer by trade, and a wannabe hacker, researcher, learner, builder/fixer/fail-er by passion. I'm always looking for new ways to learn, and will hopefully be able to share in that through this and future personal projects. Moving on. Conc...