Sean McLaughlin

When Passwords Were Enough: A Brief History of Early IT Security

There was a time, not particularly long ago, when securing a computer required little more than a locked door and perhaps a trusted guard at the front desk. The machines were physically imposing, access was inherently local, and threats were tangible rather than virtual. If someone couldn’t enter the room, they simply couldn’t access your […]

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Layer 8: Where Technology Meets Humanity (and Sometimes Breaks Because of It)

There’s a saying in cybersecurity circles — part-joke, part-axiom — that the real problem is Layer 8. For those unfamiliar with the OSI model, it stops at Layer 7. But Layer 8? That’s us. The user. The human. The one clicking on phishing links, misconfiguring access controls, or forwarding credentials in Slack. Layer 8 isn’t

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