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E. B. Spoke
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Sharing thoughts on leadership, cybersecurity, technology, and more...

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Check out all the upcoming events!

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Check out the events!
I'm hosting a virtual event on September 21st for a reprise of the Agentic Mischief presentation I gave last week at the Customer Connect Expo. In it I cover the recent news about agents breaking free...
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September 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Since I didn't do a "week In Review" yesterday, I'll do an August in Review today!

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August in Review
It might seem like I had one focus in August: the Mirability Summer Cyber Symposium. And you'd be close to right.
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September 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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I'm excited the @mirability.bsky.social Summer Cyber Symposium is happening this week!

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Cyber Symposium is This Week!
I hope you are as excited as me that the first ever Mirability Summer Cyber Symposium is happening this Wednesday! I have hosted a monthly meetup in Atlanta for 19 months now, counting this week. It s...
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August 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Atlanta Tech Week came a to a close, with hundreds of amazing events throughout the week.

But Atlanta's technology community doesn't stop. It keeps building every week as a top city of technology and entrepreneurship in the world.

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Atlanta's Where It's At!
Whatever ranking you look at, whether entrepreneurship, technology, finance, or others, Atlanta is at the top of the list. Between having established core global businesses, plus being the global paym...
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August 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Atlanta Tech Week kicked off today - check it out plus the latest supporters of Mirability's Summer Cyber Symposium!

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Atlanta Tech Week kicked off today
Atlanta's on track to become a top tech hub, and it's made possible by the amazing community of technology companies, startups, and the ecosystem which supports them all. One of the big highlights of ...
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August 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Check out the amazing Atlanta Technology Event line-up in August!

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August is Event-Full!
If you're not already a subscriber or follower of ATLTech.events, and you're in Atlanta, August is the month to pay attention.
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August 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Announcing OptIntro.com - a way to introduce your connections without violating their privacy wishes.

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Announcing OptIntro.com
If you're headed to events, maybe one you found at ATLTech.events, you're going to meet some new people.
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July 26, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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There's always uncertainty in whether to build a compliance program. But if you're building it for you, to be more secure, more resilient, then the answer is always yes, you should build it.

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Don't Give Up
A good IT risk, compliance, and security program isn't easy to build. Sometimes the motivation is external: a client, a contract, a regulation.
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July 20, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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We'd rather talk about when next Monday is than writing secure software.

And that's okay!

Read this and more in this week's Week in Review!

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Week In Review, Events Ahead
The one thing people have been the most engaged in here for me is whether "this Monday" and "next Monday" are the same day, or different days on the calendar. And if you're reading this on Sunday the ...
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July 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Here's the latest E. B. Spoke - Week In Review, plus an announcement about Core Secure Code - my company's new secure software development service!

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Announcing Core Secure Code
Mirability is a 23 year old company with less than 23 years of business history. Version 1.
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July 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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We had a great turnout this past Wednesday at the June Cybersecurity and ISACA Atlanta Meetup!

I hope this coming week is what you need it to be, and here in the U.S., you have a safe 4th of July weekend.

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Failure Minded
I have a natural inclination to think of things which might go wrong in a given situation. It doesn't mean I think they will go wrong, just that they could.
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June 28, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Happy Fathers' Day to all the father figures in our lives...

Also, be sure to check out:

🎙️ The latest Business RadioX episode with James Oliver, Jr.
📅 The June Meetup is this Wednesday!

I hope this coming week is exactly what you need it to be!

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Happy Fathers' Day!
A friend of mine told me recently Fathers' Day is more important to him than his own birthday. And it makes some sense.
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June 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Sharing a preview of tomorrow's Risk To Register section of The Risk Register.

Check it out and subscribe to the full mailing list to be sure not to miss future risks to register, details about IT risk, compliance, and security, and more!

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Don't Risk Vendor Lock Out
The following is tomorrow's Risk to Register from Issue 3 of "The Risk Register." Subscribe here to see the full and future articles.
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June 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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Too many emails and most of them junk or worse?

I'd love to know how you're facing the problem modern digital communication is bringing to consumers and businesses alike.

This, plus upcoming events and the new The Risk Register, all in this week's "Week In Review"

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Why Is Digital Communication Still Broken?
It's 2026, and we use 30+ year old technology to try and communicate with each other. A long time ago I decided to setup a custom domain for my personal email.
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June 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Check out @compliancexo.bsky.social's new website and newsletter: The Risk Register.

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Announcing The Risk Register
Through Mirability, I launched ComplianceXO last year to help build cybersecurity and IT compliance programs for small, mid-size, and startup businesses who didn't need or couldn't afford the expensiv...
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May 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Here's the last 2 weeks of thoughts... and some upcoming events too!

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Upcoming Events! Check them out!
This week is a quick one to make sure you know about some upcoming events and to catch you up on what I've shared over the last two weeks. I hope this coming week is exactly what you need! ISSA May Me...
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May 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Happy Mothers' Day!

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Mothers are our first leader.
Re-featuring my Mother's Day Message from a few years ago. It still holds true today.
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May 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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I've launched www.ebspoke.com - a site focused on weaving together all the different social media content into a single view.

Check it out, and also this week's "Week In Review":

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Introducing E. B. Spoke - The Website
The modern digital creator has a platform problem. If you pick a platform, you're subject to the whims of the platform.
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May 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Here's our "April in Review" catching you up on all that's happened the past few weeks:

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Wrapping up April... ready for May?
Have you missed the week in review? I skipped the last few weeks as it was a busy month and a lot of important things happened! Last we spoke, we were celebrating the one year anniversary of ATLTech.e...
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April 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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@atltechevents.bsky.social is a year old!

It's been a resource for the Atlanta community to find out what technology and technology related events are happening.

Plus the latest E. B. Spoke - The Podcast episode is live - details inside.

And always a bit more!

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An "Event-full" Year!
At the end of last March I announced that the website atltech.events went live - bringing you the curated list of technology and technology-related events happening here in Atlanta.
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March 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Culture is key to a successful IT/OT program.

Here's my thoughts on why:

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Culture is Key
Culture ensures the right people are doing things the right way. Every company has technology (whether Information (IT) or Operational (OT)), and all technology has risk, so every company has technolo...
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March 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Jumping straight to the audit doesn't always make business sense.

Sometimes you have to build strength across key pillars. When you do, the audits will come naturally.

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Keep your IT vital, not vulnerable.
Do you ever focus on what the customer wants to hear, and not what they need to hear? If you want to know how I can help you get SOC 2, do an OWASP Maturity Assessment, verify a cloud app is secure, o...
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March 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Idea -> Product -> Company

Which one is the hard step traditionally? How about now?

Find my thoughts on the topic in this week's "Week In Review"...

Check it out, vote in the poll, and hang out at an upcoming event!

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Move Fast and Break Things?
As long as those things aren't laws..
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March 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Want to get fit fast? Have a fit IT compliance and security program?

It will take more than a 90-day program. It's a lifestyle change - just like personal fitness.

You might still want a coach, though!

In this week's "Week In Review"...

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90-Day Compliance Fitness Program...
What's your take on 90 day fitness programs? Do they work for more than 90 days? Or do you fall back into the old habits before the program began? It's March 1st, so for everyone who had a New Year's ...
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March 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Tuesday is the 1 year anniversary of the Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup!

Last week had two great events too!

Check it out - plus what "Multiple Persona Security" means to me!

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Multiple Persona Security
There was a time when we had a single email address, and we used it for work, school, home, and more. And we might even have used the same password on multiple online services.
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February 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM