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In one of my many altruistic endeavors, I run several Internet related services for an organization including Web sites, DNS and Mailing Lists. For the most part, things go well, and as a member of the organization, I feel I'm contributing.
But every so often, something goes awry, and not only do I give up hours of my time, but get unbelievable aggravation from people.
I keep asking myself, "Why do I do it?"
Alas, here is what happened. One of the mailing lists (which have over 21,000 people on it) is a moderated list. There are only three addresses that are able to immediately send posts to the list, and these posts are then distributed. Any other e-mail sent to the list, is immediately trashed.
It worked like a charm for about 18 months, until some spammer/spoofer hit it lucky. They sent the right spoofed "From" address to the right auto-responder, which bounced off another auto-responder and then hit the mailing list. Normally when this happens, the third leg of the bounce gets trashed, no loop, no foul.
With the move to the cloud, CISOs must shift priorities from operating security programs to overseeing (monitoring and auditing) outsourced cybersecurity programs.
2022 was a boon year for IT salaries. 2023 came in like a beast with layoffs, raise freezes, and ChatGPT, but that beast has few teeth.
Age is only a number. Don't let a high number cancel your career.
