Infosec-Samurai

HP Canada recently hosted a Printer Security tech day for a small number of participants that they considered influencers. Recognizing my contributions to both the Atlantic Security Conference (AtlSecCon) and the Halifax Area Security Klatch (HASK) I was fortunate enough to be included as one of the seven attendees. After it was identified that some of my friends and peers would also be attending I agreed to participate without hesitation. A free lunch and some time to catch up over drinks with friends sounded like a great idea, besides Mississauga in early February what could go wrong right? Well after a few flight delays for some we were all welcomed to the HP Canada offices located in Mississauga. Having worked in the office equipment industry very early in my career (yes, I was “The Copier repair guy”) I must admit I was not expecting to learn anything new, boy was I mistaken. To HP’s credit they were completely transparent and after a few presentations a clear secur

Hello World! (The extent of any coding language I have ever learned). My first blog post! Welcome to my blog, I have been active in the local infosec community here in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia for a number of years and have decided it is time to grow both professionally and personally. This blog will feature my thoughts feelings and opinions on Cybersecurity, Information Security and recent trends and happenings within those fields. Occasionally where applicable I will refer to books and movies that I feel help support the narrative for the topic at hand.  I would like to emphasize that the content at Infosec-Samurai does not reflect the opinions of my employer (past or present) or any associations that I am directly or indirectly affiliated or associated with.   Why Infosec-Samurai? I have been an avid martial artist, fan of Samurai, Ninja and Kung Fu films since I can remember, the name represents my own personal doctrines and personality. Those that have at