E. B. Spoke
@ebspoke.bsky.social
Sharing thoughts on leadership, cybersecurity, technology, and more...
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Check out ebspoke.substack.com for more!
Office hours, meetups, and more...
All in this week's "week in review"...
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All in this week's "week in review"...
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Let's Connect!
It looks like "Lunch Club" ran out of vapors. The site seemed to be running on autopilot the last year or so, but everyone knew it would eventually stop working if something didn't change.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Office hours, meetups, and more...
All in this week's "week in review"...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-c...
All in this week's "week in review"...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-c...
You can't help people if you don't meet them.
But do more than collect their card. Build a connection!
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But do more than collect their card. Build a connection!
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Card Collecting or Genuine Connecting?
You can't help people if you don't meet them. And you can't help them if you don't know them better than a passing "nice to meet you" at a networking event.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
You can't help people if you don't meet them.
But do more than collect their card. Build a connection!
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But do more than collect their card. Build a connection!
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Are we ready to grow together in the new year!
We've built a strong community together in 2025, through events and more, and together, we will face the the new year!
Happy New Year to all, and I hope this week and this new year bring what you need.
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We've built a strong community together in 2025, through events and more, and together, we will face the the new year!
Happy New Year to all, and I hope this week and this new year bring what you need.
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Grow into '26
PHEW! 2025 was a year..
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December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Are we ready to grow together in the new year!
We've built a strong community together in 2025, through events and more, and together, we will face the the new year!
Happy New Year to all, and I hope this week and this new year bring what you need.
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We've built a strong community together in 2025, through events and more, and together, we will face the the new year!
Happy New Year to all, and I hope this week and this new year bring what you need.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/grow-2...
Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate this week!
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Here's to longer days (together)!
Happy Winter Solstice! It's Sunday, December 21st, the shortest day of 2025. From here on out, the remaining days of the year will only be getting longer, all the way up until the summer solstice in J...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate this week!
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Here's this week's "Week In Review" - check out last week's event and December's Holiday edition!
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Infighting Serves the Adversary
In the world of cybersecurity and IT governance, risk, and compliance, I too often see people who want to argue about how one standard or another is bad, and the only true path is the approach they pr...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here's this week's "Week In Review" - check out last week's event and December's Holiday edition!
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Ever had a thought and you didn't know where it came from?
Congrats! You're a human and not an AI.
Read this week's "Week In Review" for my unprompted thoughts...
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Congrats! You're a human and not an AI.
Read this week's "Week In Review" for my unprompted thoughts...
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Unprompted Thoughts
Sometimes I need a prompt to get started. A question to answer, a problem to solve.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Ever had a thought and you didn't know where it came from?
Congrats! You're a human and not an AI.
Read this week's "Week In Review" for my unprompted thoughts...
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Congrats! You're a human and not an AI.
Read this week's "Week In Review" for my unprompted thoughts...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unprom...
When you're networking, how you introduce yourself matters.
Do you offer a gift? or a grab...
My thoughts, and more, in this week's "Week In Review"
Also - November 17th is the next Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup! I hope to see you there!
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Do you offer a gift? or a grab...
My thoughts, and more, in this week's "Week In Review"
Also - November 17th is the next Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup! I hope to see you there!
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Can I Have Your Money?
Did you mean to start our relationship like this? Those who know me know I do a lot of networking. I meet a lot of people who have their own businesses they're trying to grow.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When you're networking, how you introduce yourself matters.
Do you offer a gift? or a grab...
My thoughts, and more, in this week's "Week In Review"
Also - November 17th is the next Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup! I hope to see you there!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-i-...
Do you offer a gift? or a grab...
My thoughts, and more, in this week's "Week In Review"
Also - November 17th is the next Atlanta Cybersecurity Meetup! I hope to see you there!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-i-...
Food safety and cyber safety have one thing in common: fewer bugs is better.
As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a food theme, we explore those parallels.
Also, check out for photos from the last meetup, and thoughts on more topics!
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As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a food theme, we explore those parallels.
Also, check out for photos from the last meetup, and thoughts on more topics!
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Good Hygiene: Whether in food or cyber
If there's one thing we can take for granted, both food and software have bugs in them. For food, it's typically microscopic bacteria or molds that are just waiting for a chance to bloom.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Food safety and cyber safety have one thing in common: fewer bugs is better.
As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a food theme, we explore those parallels.
Also, check out for photos from the last meetup, and thoughts on more topics!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-h...
As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a food theme, we explore those parallels.
Also, check out for photos from the last meetup, and thoughts on more topics!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-h...
What does the Patagonian Toothfish have in common with phishing?
Read this week's "Week In Review" for the answer!
Plus, updates on events, past and future, and always something more!
I hope to see you Tuesday at the next meetup!
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Read this week's "Week In Review" for the answer!
Plus, updates on events, past and future, and always something more!
I hope to see you Tuesday at the next meetup!
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The One That Got Away
Fishing has long been associated with tall tales (or should that be tall tails?). No matter how big a fish you caught today, the one that got away was even bigger.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What does the Patagonian Toothfish have in common with phishing?
Read this week's "Week In Review" for the answer!
Plus, updates on events, past and future, and always something more!
I hope to see you Tuesday at the next meetup!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-go...
Read this week's "Week In Review" for the answer!
Plus, updates on events, past and future, and always something more!
I hope to see you Tuesday at the next meetup!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-go...
What goes into a good meal? Some say "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" - I say you need a couple of good side dishes.
And so too does your cybersecurity.
Check it out and more in this week's "Week In Review"!
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And so too does your cybersecurity.
Check it out and more in this week's "Week In Review"!
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Pair your password with a side of biometrics
Continuing our Cybersecurity Awareness Month culinary adventure, we know people still aren't using Multifactor Authentication (MFA) everywhere they should. Personal accounts, legacy systems, and more ...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What goes into a good meal? Some say "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" - I say you need a couple of good side dishes.
And so too does your cybersecurity.
Check it out and more in this week's "Week In Review"!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/pair-y...
And so too does your cybersecurity.
Check it out and more in this week's "Week In Review"!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/pair-y...
This week's "Week In Review" takes us down a culinary journey to cybersecurity awareness.
Check it out here:
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Check it out here:
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Spice Up Your Cybersecurity Awareness
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of watching the same old videos telling me to not click on phishing links. And I get to watch them twice - once in selecting them and second in doing the training...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This week's "Week In Review" takes us down a culinary journey to cybersecurity awareness.
Check it out here:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/spice-...
Check it out here:
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It's crazy to think this is the 156th Week In Review.
I started it out as a way to capture what was on the mind the past week, and haven't stopped yet!
I look forward to the next years ahead with all of you!
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I started it out as a way to capture what was on the mind the past week, and haven't stopped yet!
I look forward to the next years ahead with all of you!
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3 years of Week In Review!
Today is the 156th edition of E. B.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's crazy to think this is the 156th Week In Review.
I started it out as a way to capture what was on the mind the past week, and haven't stopped yet!
I look forward to the next years ahead with all of you!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-year...
I started it out as a way to capture what was on the mind the past week, and haven't stopped yet!
I look forward to the next years ahead with all of you!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-year...
Episode 13 - Experimenting at the Edge of AI is out - give it a listen on your favorite podcast app or here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-13...
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-13...
September 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Episode 13 - Experimenting at the Edge of AI is out - give it a listen on your favorite podcast app or here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-13...
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-13...
I'm excited to share my first book is now available!
Read about the journey on my Substack:
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Read about the journey on my Substack:
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A Theme of Books
Podcast Guests + A Book of My Own
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September 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm excited to share my first book is now available!
Read about the journey on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/ebspoke/...
Read about the journey on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/ebspoke/...
What's your "labor of love"?
And check out all the multimedia from the week - a book, a video, a podcast, and live events!
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And check out all the multimedia from the week - a book, a video, a podcast, and live events!
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Labor of Love
There's no such thing as "paid time off" for the entrepreneur. The only paid vacation days are the ones when you work.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What's your "labor of love"?
And check out all the multimedia from the week - a book, a video, a podcast, and live events!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/labor-...
And check out all the multimedia from the week - a book, a video, a podcast, and live events!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/labor-...
Episode 12 of E. B. Spoke - The Podcast - Changing the Game of Cybersecurity - is out.
Listen here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-12...
Watch here:
youtu.be/ePPa_AWLj1A
Listen here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-12...
Watch here:
youtu.be/ePPa_AWLj1A
Episode 12: Changing the Game of Cybersecurity
Maybe we've been playing it wrong all along...
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August 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Episode 12 of E. B. Spoke - The Podcast - Changing the Game of Cybersecurity - is out.
Listen here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-12...
Watch here:
youtu.be/ePPa_AWLj1A
Listen here:
ebspoke.substack.com/p/episode-12...
Watch here:
youtu.be/ePPa_AWLj1A
Atlanta has the luxury of too many tech events. Which isn't a bad thing - especially when you think of the traffic.
I share my thoughts on this in this week's Week In Review, plus the latest podcast episode is live!
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I share my thoughts on this in this week's Week In Review, plus the latest podcast episode is live!
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Too Many Choices?
I launched the ATL Tech Events calendar in part because there are so many great events happening here, and I was missing ones I wanted to go to - because I didn't have a way to keep track of them all!...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Atlanta has the luxury of too many tech events. Which isn't a bad thing - especially when you think of the traffic.
I share my thoughts on this in this week's Week In Review, plus the latest podcast episode is live!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/too-ma...
I share my thoughts on this in this week's Week In Review, plus the latest podcast episode is live!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/too-ma...
Are you investing your time the way an investor invests their money?
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Time Spent Wisely
I have been mentoring a startup as part of the Access Georgia Foundation program - which helps founders both improve their business and gain access to potential funding. It's a great program, and yest...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Are you investing your time the way an investor invests their money?
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