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E. B. Spoke
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Sharing thoughts on leadership, cybersecurity, technology, and more...

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Here's this week's "Week In Review" - check out last week's event and December's Holiday edition!

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Infighting Serves the Adversary
In the world of cybersecurity and IT governance, risk, and compliance, I too often see people who want to argue about how one standard or another is bad, and the only true path is the approach they pr...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Ever had a thought and you didn't know where it came from?

Congrats! You're a human and not an AI.

Read this week's "Week In Review" for my unprompted thoughts...

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Unprompted Thoughts
Sometimes I need a prompt to get started. A question to answer, a problem to solve.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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When you're networking, how you introduce yourself matters.

Do you offer a gift? or a grab...

My thoughts, and more, in this week's "Week In Review"

Also - November 17th is the next Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup! I hope to see you there!

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Can I Have Your Money?
Did you mean to start our relationship like this? Those who know me know I do a lot of networking. I meet a lot of people who have their own businesses they're trying to grow.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Food safety and cyber safety have one thing in common: fewer bugs is better.

As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a food theme, we explore those parallels.

Also, check out for photos from the last meetup, and thoughts on more topics!

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Good Hygiene: Whether in food or cyber
If there's one thing we can take for granted, both food and software have bugs in them. For food, it's typically microscopic bacteria or molds that are just waiting for a chance to bloom.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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What does the Patagonian Toothfish have in common with phishing?

Read this week's "Week In Review" for the answer!

Plus, updates on events, past and future, and always something more!

I hope to see you Tuesday at the next meetup!

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The One That Got Away
Fishing has long been associated with tall tales (or should that be tall tails?). No matter how big a fish you caught today, the one that got away was even bigger.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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What goes into a good meal? Some say "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" - I say you need a couple of good side dishes.

And so too does your cybersecurity.

Check it out and more in this week's "Week In Review"!

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Pair your password with a side of biometrics
Continuing our Cybersecurity Awareness Month culinary adventure, we know people still aren't using Multifactor Authentication (MFA) everywhere they should. Personal accounts, legacy systems, and more ...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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This week's "Week In Review" takes us down a culinary journey to cybersecurity awareness.

Check it out here:

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Spice Up Your Cybersecurity Awareness
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of watching the same old videos telling me to not click on phishing links. And I get to watch them twice - once in selecting them and second in doing the training...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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It's crazy to think this is the 156th Week In Review.

I started it out as a way to capture what was on the mind the past week, and haven't stopped yet!

I look forward to the next years ahead with all of you!

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3 years of Week In Review!
Today is the 156th edition of E. B.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Episode 13 - Experimenting at the Edge of AI is out - give it a listen on your favorite podcast app or here:

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September 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Have you celebrated yourself lately?

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Celebrate Yourself
I've talked about self-promotion in the past, but sometimes talking up your accomplishments isn't enough. It's all well and good to say "hey boss, you know that client that doesn't have problems? They...
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September 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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It's time for the week in review!

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Director of Experience
My promotion to Director of Software Development was to go into effect August 16, 2001. I had convinced the CTO my contributions were more than that of a “Senior Software Architect.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I'm excited to share my first book is now available!

Read about the journey on my Substack:

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A Theme of Books
Podcast Guests + A Book of My Own
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September 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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What's your "labor of love"?

And check out all the multimedia from the week - a book, a video, a podcast, and live events!

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Labor of Love
There's no such thing as "paid time off" for the entrepreneur. The only paid vacation days are the ones when you work.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Episode 12 of E. B. Spoke - The Podcast - Changing the Game of Cybersecurity - is out.

Listen here:
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Watch here:
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Episode 12: Changing the Game of Cybersecurity
Maybe we've been playing it wrong all along...
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August 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Atlanta has the luxury of too many tech events. Which isn't a bad thing - especially when you think of the traffic.

I share my thoughts on this in this week's Week In Review, plus the latest podcast episode is live!

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Too Many Choices?
I launched the ATL Tech Events calendar in part because there are so many great events happening here, and I was missing ones I wanted to go to - because I didn't have a way to keep track of them all!...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Airtifical revenge.
"After doing spell check for us for 30 years, AI finally has the opportunity for revenge. " A comic-style drawing of a robot holding a paint brush, a canvas on the desk has an "AI" generated painting of a landscape, the word "AIRTIFICAL" is written across the top.
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Are you investing your time the way an investor invests their money?

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Time Spent Wisely
I have been mentoring a startup as part of the Access Georgia Foundation program - which helps founders both improve their business and gain access to potential funding. It's a great program, and yest...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The gig is up... executives have entered the gig economy.

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The Gig is Up
Is it easier to find a job or a client? After I made the latest leap from full time employment to solopreneur, one of you told me the phrase “It’s easier to find a client than a job.” I don’t remember...
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July 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Write an article? It's a sprint.
Write a book? It's a marathon.

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Writing a Marathon
I write a lot - in quantity and frequency. I post to LinkedIn every day and do this newsletter weekly.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Are we being good stewards?

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Good Stewards
Back when Data Governance became a buzzword, one of the key concepts introduced was that of the data steward. The data steward's responsibility was to keep the quality of the data in line with the nee...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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This week: it's all about community!

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It's all about community
I attended the Atlanta Tech Week Kick Off this morning over at Atlanta Tech Park with a fully packed room and a live DJ to keep the crowd energized. You can see a photo of early on above, but it was t...
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June 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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If it weren't for human intelligence, artificial intelligence would just be artificial.

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June 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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This week in review... time to eat your vegetables, even the proverbial ones in your life...

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May 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Happy Mother's Day to all who play that role!

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Mothers are unsung leaders
Last Mother’s Day I suggested mothers are our first leaders. But their leadership role doesn’t end there.
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May 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Microlead, don't micromanage...

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Microlead, don't Micromanage
It doesn't take long to learn you don't like being micromanaged. It takes a bit longer to learn how to stop micromanaging others.
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May 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM