http://www.patricktalmadge.com My Thoughts and Ramblings Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:33:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's Friday! I have a bunch of meetings today but I think I should be able to get off work early. I have a meet and greet at The Parlor with some guys from Citrix. The Parlor is a pool hall / bar in Bellevue. I hope that will be ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2008/11/14/its-friday/ I changed my WordPress theme because I got tired of my old theme. So far I really like this new theme. It is simple and clean. The other day I joined Twitter. It is a neat little web app. I am not sure what the staying power of Twitter is but I desided to ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2008/11/13/updated-blog/ Here is a great article write by Martin McKeay check it out... Repeat after me, "The CISSP is not a technical certificate, it's a management certificate" I've held my CISSP for coming on 5 years now.  I earned my CCNA around the same time, though I've let it lapse.  Last year I ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/09/15/the-cissp-is-not-a-technical-certificate/ A major attack vector web programmers sometimes forget about is input cleansing. If user inputs are not cleansed prior to submitting the data to the SQL server attackers can submit malicious code to the server. This code can make the server return more data than it should or allow the ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/07/31/structured-query-language-sql-injection/ The other week I found a major security hole in one of the systems at work. I notified my manager who then notified the correct people. I am waiting to see if this issue gets resolved. So far I have not seen any progress towards closing the hole. Lack of motivation ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/07/29/security-hole/ Fun Article from the Security Catalyst. Full Article Here. In addition to getting to break things in order to help our customers prevent assorted miscreants from doing so, one of the many hats I wear at QuietMove is the amorphous responsibility of ‘business development.’ In English, that means I identify organizations ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/07/29/how-to-create-a-security-team-for-495-plus-tax-security-catalyst/ Great article by Bruce Schneier title How To Not Catch Terrorist. Click here for the article. "Data mining for terrorists: It's an idea that just won't die. But it won't find any terrorists, it puts us at greater risk of crimes like identity theft, and it gives the police far too much ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/06/11/how-to-not-catch-terrortist-bruce-schneier/ My Netflix account now has the new Watch Now feature. I have watched two movies with Watch Now and I am very impressed. The movies start streaming quickly and pay back is very smooth with little or no buffering issues. Netflix has done a great job with Watch Now. They have obviously ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/04/21/netflix-watch-now-2/ My new job is keeping me very busy. I have been working around 50 hours a week and with the drive time I am away from home for 12 hours a day. My class has been going well. I am almost done with the second class of the series of classes. I am ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/04/20/still-busy/ My new job is going well. It is keeping me very busy. I am really enjoying the work. The last few days I have been sick. I seem to be all better now. I am looking forward to getting a schedule going again.  Getting a schedule back should allow me ... http://www.patricktalmadge.com/2007/03/17/it-has-been-a-while-2/