# published work (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover published work. Page: Feed: --- ## [The browser is NOT an OS, and it is time we stopped saying this](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/the-browser-is-not-an-os-and-it-is-time-we-stopped-saying-this/) _2026-06-29 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ We take the web for granted until something stops working, and this past weekend I got to see this firsthand. I was helping my wife install a system that would support a SaaS application to help her design spaces for … Continue reading → ## [CSOonline: AI-SPM buyer’s guide: 14 tools to secure your AI infrastructure](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/csoonline-ai-spm-buyers-guide-14-tools-to-secure-your-ai-infrastructure/) _2026-06-26 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Widespread enterprise adoption of AI has created a pressing need for security solutions — a tall order given that AI’s reach into organizational infrastructure and data is enormous and continues to grow. The market for AI security posture management (AI-SPM) … Continue reading → ## [Introducing the forward deployed engineer](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/introducing-the-forward-deployed-engineer/) _2026-06-09 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Back in 1984, I was hired by Faceless Insurance to work in a new department within their IT organization, the Information Center as it was called. It was a ragtag group of about 15 or so of us, supporting several … Continue reading → ## [Book review: The NIST 2.0 Cybersecurity Framework By Cynthia Brumfield](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/book-review-the-nist-2-0-cybersecurity-framework-by-cynthia-brumfield/) _2026-06-08 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Cybersecurity expert and noted tech journalist Cynthia Brumfield has updated her seminal reference work explaining the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework, which we’ll call NIST 2.0 for brevity’s sake. The book has been extensively revised for the … Continue reading → ## [Book review: The Fake Wife by Emily Shiner](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/book-review-the-fake-wife-by-emily-shiner/) _2026-05-25 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ This thriller has a great series of plot twists, none of which I will give any away here. The story opens with the husband about to murder his wife, only to find her replacement several chapters in. Who is the … Continue reading → ## [CSOonline: Ten of the top data security posture management tools](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/csoonline-a-dozen-of-the-top-data-security-posture-management-tools-2/) _2026-05-25 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Tracking down sensitive data across your cloud estate can be vexing. By their very nature, cloud computing is dynamic and ephemeral. Cloud data is easily created, deleted or moved around. Correspondingly, the cloud attack surface area is equally dynamic, making … Continue reading → ## [Quantum’s Q-Day may soon be here](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/quantums-q-day-may-soon-be-here/) _2026-05-21 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ The day that quantum computing becomes stable and workable enough to be generally deployed is quickly approaching. This is the day that quantum can break less secure public key encryption and decode protected emails and financial transactions. As Sultan Meghji, … Continue reading → ## [How surveillance has changed since the Cold War](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/how-surveillance-has-changed-since-the-cold-war/) _2026-05-20 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Spying hardware has certainly come a long way in my lifetime. I had an interesting experience that illustrated this point this week when I was attending the first OzCon security conference in Kansas City. One of the sponsoring vendors is … Continue reading → ## [Book review: The Ultimate Disruptor by Tim Scannell](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/book-review-the-ultimate-disruptor-by-tim-scannell/) _2026-05-12 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ I’ve known Tim Scannell as a fellow editor in the tech b2b space for many decades. Since his retirement from IDG/Foundry/whomever they are now called/ he has been busy pulling this book, called The Ultimate Disruptor, together. It represents a … Continue reading → ## [Agent-ready directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eSELTuZseaBe) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; get machine-readable blog pages and JSON ## [book review: Liberty Island by Virginia Hume](https://strom.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/book-review-liberty-island-by-virginia-hume/) _2026-05-05 · David Strom · David Strom's Web Informant_ Liberty Island transports us into the lives of several families beginning in the late 1890s and moving along with the same cast of characters into the 1920s. The time shifts back and forth so we see the characters as young girls … Continue reading →