Book Signing / Meet-and-Greet

Totally impromptu: if you are in the Chicago area, and would like me to sign any of my books that you might have (the CCSP Study Guide, Practice Tests, Exposed, or whatever), we'll be hosting a short signing at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown River North on Sunday, 05 SEP 2021, from 5:00 - 6:00 pm in the lobby (or, if a small enough group shows up, the bar, when I will buy a round). Robin will be joining me, if you want to meet the full cast of “The Sensuous Sounds Of INFOSEC.” Hope to see you there!

79. Greatest Hits - Prepping

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This week, we are on hiatus while we avoid Hurricane Ida and preserve our own most precious assets (our asses, and those of our pets). This is a perfect time to catch up on past episodes of “The Sensuous Sounds Of INFSOEC”…and what better time to revisit our show on prepping for disaster? We promise— as soon as we’ve stabilized, we’ll feature a show about our own experiences and lessons learned.

In this episode, we prepare for the endtimes through personal continuity and disaster recovery, and nerd out on some truly great media.

Just a few of the books, movies, and TV mentioned (or associated with this topic):

  • Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)

  • Chernobyl (HBO, 2019)

  • The War Game (Peter Watkins, 1966: not to be confused with the 1983 classic WarGames)

  • Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt, 1984)

  • Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)

  • Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, 1987)

  • Firefly (Joss Whedon, 2002-2003: should have been 6 seasons and a movie)

  • Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005: at least we got the movie)

  • Deadwood (HBO, 2004-2006)

  • The Road, Cormac McCarthy

  • Z for Zachariah, Robert C. O’Brien (THE BOOK— not the terrible movie that threw in some horrible racial overtones and a love triangle for no reason)

  • Lucifer’s Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

  • Lord of the Flies, William Golding

  • To Build a Fire, Jack London

  • Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

  • On The Beach, Nevil Shute

79 Greatest Hits - Prepping
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75 Consulting with Evgeniy Kharam

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75 Consulting with Evgeniy Kharam
Ben Malisow and Robin Cabe

 We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the consulting world with guest Evgeniy Kharam of the Herjavec Group.

 

My Udemy courses, mentioned in the trailer: https://www.udemy.com/user/ben-malisow/

The Herjavec Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-herjavec-group/

Evgeniy’s show, the Security Architecture podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/company/secarchpodcast/

 

 

Guests on Another Podcast

While this has nothing to do with INFOSEC, or with our own podcast, Robin and I had the amazing opportunity to be guests on another show, the Topic of Choice podcast, hosted by Joey Police. We discussed Harry Potter (well, Robin discussed Harry Potter, and I was kind of just along for the ride), and had great fun.

If you’re interested, check it out: https://topicofchoice.com/welcome-to-diagon-alley/

74 Pathways With Alan Paller

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74 Pathways - Alan Paller of SANS
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USMCJROTC Cyber STEM camp: https://mcjrotc.net/cyber-stem-camp-s

The Cyber Hub; the facility which hosted the event: https://cyberbytesfoundation.org/quantico-cyber-hub/

The Cyber Bytes Foundation, the nonprofit entity which supports a variety of educational and research efforts: https://cyberbytesfoundation.org/

CISSP Study Guide and Practice Tests Books

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The Ninth Edition of the Official CISSP Study Guide and the Third Edition of the CISSP Official Practice Tests books are now available! (You can get them in one convenient bundle on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Information-Security-Professional-Official/dp/1119790026/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=mike+chapple&qid=1626107911&sr=8-4.)

Mike Chapple, David, James, and Darril have done an absolutely fantastic job with these; I had the honor of doing a tech review on both books before publication, and I highly, highly recommend them to anyone studying for the exam. They will help immensely. Good luck to all the CISSP candidates out there!

64 Cheer Moms Gone Wild

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