I liken the benefit of a diverse workforce to having a plethora of hurricane prediction models. No model will be perfect, but the sum of the models is the best chance of getting close to being correct. More people with different life experiences is the best chance for success in security and other technical disciplines.
Hidden Racism in ‘Professional’ Standards
Good read… reminds me a lesson I learned about how something as innocuous as a test question as “State the steps to create a peanut butter and jelly sandwich” is actually geared to people from certain regions. Much of the world has no clue what a PB&J sandwich is. Just as I’d have no clue…
COVID and Right-To-Repair
why I advocate for open source and “right-to-repair” fta…”As COVID-19 surges, hospitals and independent biomedical technicians have turned to a global grey-market for hardware and software to circumvent manufacturer repair locks and keep life-saving ventilators running.” “This little dongle—shipped to him by a hacker in Poland—has helped William repair at least 70 broken Puritan Bennett…