Security n Cigars

Security n Cigars

Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt

A Place for Me to Talk to the World

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Eric
May 21, 2013
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Welcome to Security, Cigars and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). The title of this blog comes from my profession and my love of good cigars. Anyway, here’s some stuff about me.

I’ve been in the world of security, both physical and information, for 25 years now, give or take a day. That includes 11 years in the US Army, ’cause I’m pretty sure that standing on the East German border with a rifle during the cold war counts as “security”. Then I went to work in the civilian world, where I’ve been ever since. All of my jobs had a focus on security. I’ve been involved in military security, physical facility security and information systems security. Currently, I work for a very large catholic healthcare system headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. I live near Seattle, one of the most beautiful places on earth. My organization has over 60,000 employees, more than 30 hospitals and 400 other sorts of facilities. I’m the guy who runs Information Security for this whole, big thing.

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