Jake Williams

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Breaker of software, investigator of incidents | GSE #150 | Faculty at IANS Research | Stuff: jake at malwarejake dot com | He/him

A 6" tree branch fell on the fence with the neighbor from my side, but mostly hanging over their side.

I made new friends...

I just typed the "_correct" to the end of a filename I'm sending off to someone and almost added "_horse_battery_staple" but figured that was too niche of a joke...

Tomorrow morning I'm keynoting the Southeast Cybersecurity Summit. Can't wait to see you there!

I'll also be talking on a panel about AI in security later in the day. I'll be around most of the day. Track me down - I'd love to talk!
https://www.secybersecurity.com/

Southeast Cybersecurity Summit 2026 | April 15 - 16, 2026

The purpose of the Summit is to strengthen and promote the internet security profession in the southeastern United States region.

Most clients struggling with AI governance are struggling because they haven't fully defined their enterprise data governance requirements.

You can't code "people will use their judgment" into coherent AI governance, as much as you might want to.

When life hands you lemons, squeeze lemon juice in the eyes of your enemies.
It is frankly infuriating that our alcoholic SECDEF couldn't plan to adequately support our service members and families evacuated due to a war of choice and left that work to community groups instead.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5770491/evacuation-bahrain-norfolk-troops

ICE was checking IDs at the Atlanta airport today. The.guy said "your DL photo is super light, so facial recognition might not work."

I snapped back "that's so you know not to illegally deport me."

His buddy said "we can find a reason" and NOTHING could be more on-brand for an encounter with ICE.

Looks like doggo is getting ready to take flight :)
Not a week passes that I don't find more evidence that Copilot was a rush job from Microsoft and has serious limitations for enterprises.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/dlp-microsoft365-copilot-location-learn-about
I couldn't get rid of this pop-out without submitting an email, so I did the only responsible thing I could think of...