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What is the difference between Frontend, Back End, and Full Stack Developers?
Originally published 2023-04-12 on thisisgrc.com. I will always remember how I learned the difference between frontend and backend development. It was the first semester of my computer science degree. I attended a career fair on campus,...
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What is DevOps?
Originally published 2023-04-05 on thisisgrc.com. It's hard to grasp the intricacies of an organization's information technology (IT) department. Most people only have contact with IT as "the computer guy" who fixes laptops and resets p...
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How Criminals Will Use Generative AI to Scam Us
Originally published 2023-03-29 on thisisgrc.com. The recent mainstream success of generative AI promises to make us more productive, and that includes cybercriminals. "But ChatGPT has safeguards!", I hear you say. Well, this researcher...
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What is a Database?
Originally published 2023-03-22 on thisisgrc.com. Ever wondered how the scan at the grocery store's cashier gets you the item's price? Basically, the infrared scanner translates the information encoded in the bar code into a digital ide...
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What is an API?
Originally published 2023-03-08 on thisisgrc.com. API is the most interesting technical term for me because hearing it is the easiest way to spot developers at parties (okay, I admit, as a dadx4, I only attend children's birthday partie...
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Why Are So Many Companies Getting Hacked?
Originally published 2023-02-22 on thisisgrc.com. I got a weird credit card transaction notification during my son's birthday party a few weeks ago. I looked up the records and filed a report. It took about 10 minutes, but I remained di...
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Is AI About to Take Your Job?
Originally published 2022-12-07 on thisisgrc.com. 👁️🗨️Written in December 2022, when ChatGPT first went mainstream. At the time, ppfosec was more of a general tech newsletter. My focus has shifted since, but I’m keeping this as a snaps...
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How To DevSecOps
Originally published 2022-09-07 on thisisgrc.com. I spent a good portion of my first internship in cybersecurity supporting a large IT operations department in the financial sector. I created service accounts with minimal permissions, m...
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Exclusive: Security Absent from Twitter Terms
Originally published 2022-08-31 on thisisgrc.com. 💡2025 edit: This is a dated article, but this is my first and only "journalistic" piece, as, at the time, with the Elon Musk Twitter acquisition, this story was a big deal. I'm keeping i...
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It's Always a Question of Identity
Originally published 2022-08-17 on thisisgrc.com. While I'm a GRC specialist, I'll always keep a fondness for Identity and access management. I love IAM for the same reason most hate it: it's embedded into organizational complexity, the...
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