Writing · 2008 — present

# 59 essays. Six threads.

Eighteen years of field notes on security, data, and leading technology teams — every original URL preserved. Filter by thread:

- 2026-08-07 [Your AI Is Learning From Someone. Make Sure It’s Your Best Engineer](https://briangreenberg.net/2026/08/07/your-ai-is-learning-from-someone-make-sure-its-your-best-engineer/): AI
- 2026-07-30 [Default-On AI: Are SaaS Vendors Outsourcing Their Risk To You?](https://briangreenberg.net/2026/07/30/default-on-ai-are-saas-vendors-outsourcing-their-risk-to-you/): AI
- 2026-06-30 [A Claude Code Skill to help you write better code.](https://briangreenberg.net/2026/06/30/a-claude-code-skill-to-help-you-write-better-code/): AI
- 2026-05-07 [How to Lock Your Identity: Freeze Your Credit, SSN, Tax Return, and More](https://briangreenberg.net/2026/05/07/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/): Security & Privacy
- 2026-05-07 [Micro-Transformations: AI's Real Path to ROI](https://briangreenberg.net/2026/05/07/micro-transformations-ais-real-path-to-roi/): AI
- 2025-10-05 [Deepfakes And Social Engineering: A Growing Threat To Everyone](https://briangreenberg.net/2025/10/05/deepfakes-and-social-engineering-a-growing-threat-to-everyone/): Security & Privacy
- 2024-12-08 [The Case For Federal Regulations In Cybersecurity: Requiring Passwords And Multifactor Authentication (MFA)](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/12/08/the-case-for-federal-regulations-in-cybersecurity-requiring-passwords-and-multifactor-authentication-mfa/): Security & Privacy
- 2024-11-07 [How To Incorporate AI Into Your Company Without Feeding The Beast](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/11/07/how-to-incorporate-ai-into-your-company-without-feeding-the-beast/): AI
- 2024-09-15 [Why Every Website & Newsletter Publication Should Offer an RSS Feed: A Call for Cleaner, Convenient News Reading](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/09/15/why-every-website-newsletter-publication-should-offer-an-rss-feed-a-call-for-cleaner-convenient-news-consumption/): Field Notes
- 2024-08-13 [Rocking The Boat: Interim CIO/CTO Challenges](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/08/13/rocking-the-boat-interim-cio-cto-challenges/): Leadership
- 2024-05-15 [Workers Of The World Unite: Embracing Technology In Every Job](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/05/15/workers-of-the-world-unite-embracing-technology-in-every-job/): Leadership
- 2024-04-05 [Understanding Smishing: How to Protect Yourself from SMS Phishing Scams](https://briangreenberg.net/2024/04/05/understanding-smishing-how-to-protect-yourself-from-sms-phishing-scams/): Security & Privacy
- 2023-07-31 [Reassessing The Allure Of ‘Shiny Objects’ In Business Strategy](https://briangreenberg.net/2023/07/31/reassessing-the-allure-of-shiny-objects-in-business-strategy/): Leadership
- 2023-06-26 [Unleashing The Power Of IT Leadership: Revolutionizing The Business Landscape In The Digital Age](https://briangreenberg.net/2023/06/26/unleashing-the-power-of-it-leadership-revolutionizing-the-business-landscape-in-the-digital-age/): Leadership
- 2023-04-02 [The top five cybersecurity issues in 2023 and five ways to protect yourself and your business.](https://briangreenberg.net/2023/04/02/the-top-five-cybersecurity-issues-in-2023-and-five-ways-to-protect-yourself-and-your-business/): Security & Privacy
- 2022-06-16 [Cyber Insurance And Reassessing The Cyber Business](https://briangreenberg.net/2022/06/16/cyber-insurance-and-reassessing-the-cyber-business/): Security & Privacy
- 2021-07-23 [Entity-Level Encryption: The Only Defense Against Ransomware](https://briangreenberg.net/2021/07/23/entity-level-encryption-the-only-defense-against-ransomware/): Security & Privacy
- 2021-06-28 [Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: The Achilles' Heel Of Business Technology](https://briangreenberg.net/2021/06/28/zero-day-vulnerabilities-the-achilles-heel-of-business-technology/): Security & Privacy
- 2018-05-11 [To Delete Or Not To Delete — That Is The Question](https://briangreenberg.net/2018/05/11/to-delete-or-not-to-delete-that-is-the-question/): Data & Resilience
- 2018-02-19 [Three Considerations To Help You Get A Grip On Your Data.](https://briangreenberg.net/2018/02/19/three-considerations-to-help-you-get-a-grip-on-your-data/): Data & Resilience
- 2018-01-09 [Three Considerations To Help You Better Secure And Control Your Data](https://briangreenberg.net/2018/01/09/three-considerations-to-help-you-better-secure-and-control-your-data/): Security & Privacy
- 2017-08-06 [Listen. Feedback matters.](https://briangreenberg.net/2017/08/06/not-your-beta-tester/): Leadership
- 2017-07-03 [This is Inbox Hell.](https://briangreenberg.net/2017/07/03/this-is-inbox-hell/): Field Notes
- 2017-04-23 [What’s your identity worth to you?](https://briangreenberg.net/2017/04/23/whats-your-identity-worth-to-you/): Security & Privacy
- 2017-04-16 [Backup; the panacea for computer viruses and ransomware.](https://briangreenberg.net/2017/04/16/backup-the-panacea-for-computer-viruses-and-ransomware/): Data & Resilience
- 2017-04-09 [Orphaned Data, Ghost Accounts, and their mysteries solved.](https://briangreenberg.net/2017/04/09/orphaned-data-ghost-accounts-and-their-mysteries-solved/): Security & Privacy
- 2016-05-29 [There is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.](https://briangreenberg.net/2016/05/29/there-is-no-cloud-its-just-someone-elses-computer/): Data & Resilience
- 2016-01-15 [The real life replay gap.](https://briangreenberg.net/2016/01/15/the-real-life-replay-gap/): Data & Resilience
- 2015-10-22 [Apple Maps v. Google Maps and why I'm sticking with Google for driving.](https://briangreenberg.net/2015/10/22/apple-maps-v-google-maps-and-why-im-sticking-with-google-for-driving/): Field Notes
- 2014-06-27 [Why you still need to think about Disaster Recovery in the Cloud.](https://briangreenberg.net/2014/06/27/why-you-still-need-to-think-about-disaster-recovery-in-the-cloud/): Data & Resilience
- 2013-12-20 [programming languages](https://briangreenberg.net/2013/12/20/programming-languages/): Field Notes
- 2013-10-01 [The six stages of debugging.](https://briangreenberg.net/2013/10/01/557/): Field Notes
- 2013-03-28 [Are your backup systems secure?](https://briangreenberg.net/2013/03/28/are-your-backup-systems-secure/): Data & Resilience
- 2013-03-20 [Big Data Under Attack](https://briangreenberg.net/2013/03/20/big_data_under_attack/): Security & Privacy
- 2013-02-12 [Uneducated Employees and their 7 Deadly Sins](https://briangreenberg.net/2013/02/12/uneducated-employees-and-their-7-deadly-sins/): Security & Privacy
- 2012-06-06 [Why you should stop write protecting your backup tapes.](https://briangreenberg.net/2012/06/06/stop-write-protecting-your-tapes/): Data & Resilience
- 2012-06-01 [Cloud Computing and the Virtual Law Office](https://briangreenberg.net/2012/06/01/cloud-computing-and-the-virtual-law-office/): Data & Resilience
- 2011-12-15 [Social Media for Financial Services and Managing all that Data](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/12/15/social-media-and-financial-services/): Data & Resilience
- 2011-07-16 [Photos of the Moon using my iPhone and a telescope.](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/07/16/photos-of-the-moon-using-my-iphone-and-a-telescope/): Field Notes
- 2011-07-05 [What to look for when seeking a new data center.](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/07/05/what-to-look-for-when-seeking-a-new-data-center/): Data & Resilience
- 2011-06-23 [Are your data backup systems secure?](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/06/23/are-your-data-backup-systems-secure/): Data & Resilience
- 2011-03-28 [Data2.0 Conference](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/03/28/323/): Field Notes
- 2011-02-22 [Backup early and often.](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/02/22/backup-early-and-often/): Data & Resilience
- 2011-02-11 [Rise of the Digital Information Age](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/02/11/rise-of-the-digital-information-age/): Systems Thinking
- 2011-01-21 [Seven questions every CIO should be able to answer about eDiscovery and legal holds.](https://briangreenberg.net/2011/01/21/seven-questions-every-cio-should-be-able-to-answer-about-ediscovery-and-legal-holds/): Data & Resilience
- 2010-12-31 [Prediction of Top 15 Data Storage Trends of 2011](https://briangreenberg.net/2010/12/31/prediction-of-top-15-data-storage-trends-of-2011/): Data & Resilience
- 2009-10-15 [A shot over the bow of unsecured, poorly architected cloud storage services.](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/10/15/a-shot-over-the-bow-of-unsecured-poorly-architected-cloud-storage-services/): Security & Privacy
- 2009-02-18 [TECH cocktail Chicago 10 Startup Preview](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/02/18/tech-cocktail-chicago-10-startup-preview/): Field Notes
- 2009-02-17 [EFF Re-Launches Legal Guide for Bloggers](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/02/17/eff-re-launches-legal-guide-for-bloggers/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-15 [Free Your Phone](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/15/free-your-phone/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-09 [ifPeople: Plone makes Econtent 100 List for 2008](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/09/ifpeople-plone-makes-econtent-100-list-for-2008/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-09 [Typing On A Plane: Notes From The Field](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/09/typing-on-a-plane-notes-from-the-field/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-09 [Year-end 2008, Darknet Assumptions = True](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/09/year-end-2008-darknet-assumptions-true/): Security & Privacy
- 2009-01-08 [An Update On Chicago Tech News From Todd Allen](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/08/an-update-on-chicago-tech-news-from-todd-allen/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-08 [Calling All iPhone Developers: Support EFF's DMCA Exemption for Jailbreaking](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/08/calling-all-iphone-developers-support-effs-dmca-exemption-for-jailbreaking/): Field Notes
- 2009-01-08 [TechTarget Posts 2009 Event Schedule](https://briangreenberg.net/2009/01/08/techtarget-posts-2009-event-schedule/): Field Notes
- 2008-12-21 [A change in hosting plans...](https://briangreenberg.net/2008/12/21/a-change-in-hosting-plans/): Field Notes
- 2008-12-20 [Web publishing and a new blog.](https://briangreenberg.net/2008/12/20/web-publishing-and-a-new-blog/): Field Notes
- 2008-07-30 [How do you report on your backup utilization?](https://briangreenberg.net/2008/07/30/how-do-you-report-on-your-backup-utilization/): Data & Resilience
- 2007 [A Cost Analysis of Media Consumption using System Dynamics Modeling in a Data Storage Backup Environment](https://gsysd.com/insights/a-comparison-of-disk-v-tape-in-a-backup-system): Data & Resilience

## From the research archive

More longer-form research from my General System Dynamics years is restored at gsysd.com — including [What Every CIO Needs to Know About Legal Holds](https://gsysd.com/insights/what-every-cio-needs-to-know-about-legal-holds.html).

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