A Guy Who Wrote The Code Died In 2005. I Still Have To Secure It
Dark Reading, Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
The real frontline of American cybersecurity is a bidding war on eBay for 30-year-old industrial controllers.
If you walk the expo floors at any of the Black Hat or RSAC Conferences, the industry tells you the future is here. It's all quantum-resilient encryption, AI-driven security operations centers, and cloud-native architectures.
Then, I go back to my day job.
With over 20 years of experience spanning federal government, private manufacturing, and enterprise security, I've seen the industry from every angle. In my current dual roles -advising Fortune 100s as a field CISO and protecting a major US city as a sitting practitioner - I spend half my time discussing the "cutting edge," and the other half defending the "rusting edge."