Been mulling over this idea for a whileโ€ฆ

Originally I was thinking about writing a book called ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ

I even put together an outline and pitched it to a publisher. Their response was that it didnโ€™t align with their current publishing strategy.

I considered finding another publisher. I considered self publishing.

The more I sat with it, however, the more I realised it probably works best as a blog series.

The original concept was too technical to be fiction, yet too abstract to be a traditional technical security book. What started as a book proposal gradually evolved into something else entirely.

So, without further ado, let me introduce you to my new blog series: Beyond The Door.

Episode 1, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, explores a simple idea:

๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.

It starts to set the scene for the series and introduces some of the assumptions about trust, access, identity, and security that I hope to unpack in future articles.

Iโ€™d love to hear your thoughts, either in the comments on the blog or here on Mastodon, and Iโ€™m looking forward to the discussions it hopefully sparks.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

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Beyond The Door #1: The Illusion Of The Locked Door

We keep acting like doors are portals into trust and expected good behaviour. That was never true, but has never been more dangerous an assumption than it is now.

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