I've been breaking and fixing technology since 1999 (https://teapaw.org/t.co/togtUJep9U). Founder @ NERO Consulting & https://teapaw.org/t.co/OxRz60ErTW. FORBES contributor & TEDx speaker.
New York, NY
Joined February 2009
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Roughly three out of four breaches still involve a human being. Not a zero-day. A person who trusted the wrong voice at the wrong moment.
That's what I'm bringing to @TEDx Issaquah this Saturday: a practical, non-technical way to think about security as a human responsibility. One that starts at your kitchen table, not your IT department.
Grateful to the #TEDxIssaquah team!
🤖 Made with AI
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“Normies” - referred to as people NOT in the tech field - are going to be in for a weird Awakening for the next 12-18 months as they experience many websites that they are familiar with across the internet being hacked and affecting them personally e.g. banking websites, and medical site such as Quest Diagnostics - letting them know that their accounts have been compromised.
We need to stop pretending this is just
'unforeseeable' progress. It's time for real accountability before the next major grid or financial institution goes down.
More drop 🎤
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Playing my classic N64 games on the @modretro is such a nostalgic experience 🥹
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I got kicked out of a @WhiteHouse tour today for wearing @Meta glasses. Everyone is allowed phones and cameras but not smart glasses, why?
Anyway I was able to capture a cool photo of #MarineOne landing 🛬 on the new heliport but still 😤
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@Meta’s #Muse, is a FREE agentic AI 🤖, that can shop for you! I told it what headphones I want -> it went to the @BestBuy page -> it mentioned that the product is not live yet (release date was officially 10/15 according to the page), and then kept checking until Checkout was available, and PURCHASED it for me! This is a small example of what agentic AI can do for your personal life (imagine booking restaurants, disputing bills in a chat, looking up places, etc.).
Oh and the headphones?
They’re from @Bose bestbuy.com/product/bose-noi…
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I genuinely dislike ordering #Cisco equipment. The products are excellent, but customer service is either missing or overly complex, such as CCW or PXP. I end up practically pleading with my representative to process a five- or six-figure order each time. My IT peers share this view, so I know I am not alone. Perhaps they are too big to fail for now, but Adobe once held that status—recall their Flash plugin? Today, a smaller firm like Nitro PDF provides the same PDF capability with real attention to service, avoiding the constant upselling and renewal hurdles typical of Adobe “reps”. Who’s going to step it up and replace Cisco to end the ordering nightmares?
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post 2/2 truly embarrassing $64 billion dollar company. Gives no shit about it's partner page either. @merakipartners
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Going live in 30 minutes!
Watch my Deep Dive: How Top MSPs Prevent Omnichannel Attacks!
events.channelpronetwork.com…
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Thirty plus years later and a few thousand protected users, I'm taking everything that the cyber security world taught me to a TEDx stage! Feeling blessed and thankful for the opportunity 🙏
74% of data breaches start with a human, not a hack. This September, our CEO @anthonyoren will be on a @TEDx stage to explain why that number should worry you less than what's coming next.
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Proof I was deep in thought about @NEROconsulting zero trust architecture. Definitely not the bourbon 🥃
Day 1 of ChannelPro LIVE is in full swing in Parsippany! 🔥The MSPs in attendance aren't learning passively...they're sharing their own best practices and throwing real curveballs to the experts on stage.
If you're here, share your own pics and tag them #ChannelProLIVE 📸
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Stumbled upon a @saylor video on @60Minutes from the early 90s and he wasn’t talking #BTC lol youtube.com/watch?v=rcLrLH_g…
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This is the greatest sports compilation video ever (@newyorkcity or Nowhere!) @nyknicks @Yankees @Giants
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I met @FloydMayweather IRL today and he is a real nice guy. He made sure to talk to everyone, pose for photos, even partake in videos during every autograph session (despite the rules that disallow that). Thank you, champ. #GOAT 🥊 @FanaticsFest was awesome!
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30 年にわたる NVIDIA とセガの歴史を日本のゲーマーと一緒に祝うゲリライベントを開催！
来場者には抽選で「GeForce RTX 5090 FE」をプレゼント！ 🎁
イベント当日は Jensen Huang が来日し、「NVIDIA RTX Spark」をお披露目します。
日時：7 月 15 日 17:00 ～ 18:00
会場：GiGO 秋葉原 3 号館
「NVIDIA やセガの思い出」を写真や動画、エピソードなどをそえて 7 月 12 日までに投稿してください。素敵な投稿をされた方には、本イベントへ招待します。当選者には、7 月 13 日に当アカウントから DM にて連絡いたします。
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Proud to be American 🇺🇸
Thank you to this amazing country for affording me the life, liberty and opportunities since 1990 🇺🇦 🤝 🇺🇸 @america
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As an official member of the #Forbes Technology Council my first article just went live. 🎉
forbes.com/councils/forbeste…
The article addresses the problem with the advice being given of “just use AI.” So I wrote about what to do instead — a simple way to grow from AI-curious to AI-in-control without slamming the brakes on your team.
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DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH @usefinally
Quick recap: Finally.com froze all of my virtual cards meant for vendor payments with no notice, as part of a closure of their #Visa Business Card program (issued by @column) which they haven't announced publicly or formally. Two sums remain owed to my business for credits.
On June 18, I sent a formal, professional written demand for those funds. Clear account details, clear amounts, a reasonable request for confirmation and a timeline. The response? Silence for a week. Then today, they closed the ticket — and sent me an automated survey asking: "How would you rate the support you received?"
I'll let that speak for itself. /1
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A closing program still owes its customers an orderly wind-down — and returning money that is plainly owed is the bare minimum. Closing a funds-recovery request without a single substantive reply, then requesting a satisfaction rating, is not that. For every operator reading: keep redundancy in your payment rails, and keep records of everything. Both are saving me right now. /2
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I can’t wait to be a part of this all over again next year 🤗 Let’s Go @nyknicks !!!
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