Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

So true story...I'm in the changing room at the pool. There is a guy there, just a few feet away, naked.  The pool supervisor co...

So SCADA are Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems. They are a form of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that m...

Fascinating video with Dan Tentler on the Shodan Search Engine...which CNN calls the "scariest search engine on the Internet." ...

Nice little video from Mandiant  on "The anatomy of a cyber attack." Despite the typical firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion de...

Interesting video demonstration of how botnets work and can literally take over your computer. In essence, your computer becomes a zombi...

In IT circles, IV&V generally refers to Independent Verification and Validation, but for CIOs another important definition for leading...

Good video on centralization vs. decentralization. A spider is the model of a centralized organism or organization--cut of the head and t...

Like many of you, as I watch the events unfold with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, I am amazed at the "restraint" bei...

I liked this advertisement for the movie sequel to the 300 coming out this week.  Anyway, for this scary-looking dude, "War is in m...

This spool of cable has been hanging from this utility pole for days, maybe weeks.  I have never quite seen anything like this.  This ...

So, true story. I know identify theft is a serious matter, but really... I'm heading out of the driveway and I see the newpaper de...

This was a funny picture on the streets of Washington D.C. Someone drew these "armed" and dangerous penguins on the back of a ...

Coming to work this week, I saw a penny on the ground...then another...and another. I saw people passing the money, and instead of picki...

How About Google Fiber for Washington, D.C.?  - Lead, by example, the rest of the nation forward. - Speed up the functioning of ...

This is a fun cooking experience. We're making tie dye cake. It's not yet done--just went into the oven. Frosting and ...

Saturday Night Live has a spoof about Negative Nellie's and they call her Debbie Downer.  We all know people like this who are the Vo...

This video is a wake up call on the state of our national cyber insecurity.  It is the opening statement (about 6 minutes) of Chairman M...

Interesting article in BBC about a project underway to develop a system that will rate information on the Internet as trustworthy or not....

I really like this poster graphic outlining Jewish history and key figures from Genesis until modern times.  While there is already a ...

No this is not an alert, but some strategic thinking about alerts.  As a kid, we get our first alerts usually from the fire alarm going ...