Insights inspired by my navigation of business, security, life — and things that interest me most
Tony On Security
Security is in a constant evolving state and keeping up with the various changes can be hard. As my journey in the security industry continues, I will share thoughts and opinions based on my experiences. I'll focus mostly on website security, sprinkled with general security concepts — all tailored to the everyday user.
Tony On Business
Running a business is the most exhilarating, challenging experience of my life, rivaled only by my tours overseas. I've learned that very few people actually know what they are doing, and most of us are just trying to figure it out. I hope to share my own insights and opinions, in the hopes that my experiences will be of value to you.
Recent Posts On Security
Creating a Safe Online Experience At Home
As a parent, and a technologist, I struggle with creating a safe online experience at home. I’m constantly playing with different technologies – hardware and software – trying to find…
Good Password Hygiene Requires Behavior Changes and Password Managers
For years I advocated the importance of good hygiene. The importance of using complex, long and unique passwords. But where this approach falls short is that it’s dependent on one…
Analyzing Sucuri’s 2017 Hacked Website Trend Report
The Sucuri team just released their first annual security report that looks at telemetry from hacked websites – Hacked Website Report 2017. It uses a representative sample of infected websites…
Recent Posts On Business
Don’t Allow Yesterday’s Failures Stop You From Getting to Tomorrow
When you’re building or leading your team, it’s easy to be crippled by the myriad of decisions, and indecisions, you’re faced with on a daily basis. It’s easy to be…
Thinking Through the WP Engine Acquisition of StudioPress
As a fun thought exercise I decided to think through the WP Engine and Studio Press acquisition. Specifically, what I would do, and think they will do, with the new…
The Lost Art of Making Decisions
At the end of one of my keynotes last year I was asked: Tony, how did you know what decision to make? In war, there is nothing worse than a…