@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Mar 07, 2026

BSides Detroit is inTechTown Detroit on Saturday, May 30.

Tickets went on sale yesterday. Only 25 left. Get ‘em soon!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsides-detroit-tickets-1983905545893

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by AI.

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Feb 16, 2026

My lovable echo chamber machine thinks I should walk to the car wash. That’s fine, I’m sure.

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Feb 12, 2026

What eternal September was for the early open Internet, is that what OpenClaw and moltbook is?

A flood of inexperienced personalities let loose on the Internet with little understanding and less oversight.

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 30, 2026

Frozen pipes. I call my favorite plumber. Their AI answers. We schedule a visit for tomorrow. Hours later, the plumber calls back. He can’t do the work. His AI hallucinated.

The best part was the plumber saying, “You need to punch your zipcode and frozen pipes into Google.”

So I google up another plumber. Done with AI, I book online instead of calling. Hours later, the plumber calls back. He can’t make the time. His website is broken.

This isn’t the future I worked to build. Also, pipes remain frozen.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 29, 2026

OODA loop can be useful. But also can be over-used.

First, most organizations aren’t fighter jets. They are aircraft carriers. Big. Slow.

Second, most teams are cross-functional. Cyber may OOD. But it’s front-line teams that Act.

Defenses still need to hold and win, even when (especially when) decisions and actions are sluggishly delayed.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 28, 2026

Being understood and feeling understood is two very different things, especially when what’s doing the understanding is a server farm.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 25, 2026

Excited for my RSAC talk with Helen Patton, on all the ways the zero trust buzzword has failed us, and all the ways to make the most out of buzz.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 19, 2026

People are becoming the average of the 5 AIs they spend time with.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 18, 2026

CypherCon in Milwaukee. I’m excited to bring my latest research and thinking on LLM’s social hacking capabilities.

Your AI is Social Engineering You
https://cyphercon.com/speaker/your-ai-is-social-engineering-you/

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 16, 2026

The homebrew computer is the new starter home. Affordable, not so much.

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I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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J Wolfgang Goerlich

@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange

I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.   https:// jwgoerlich.com

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@jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange · Jan 11, 2026

Working with an LLM is like a freshman group project. Did the bot understand the topic? Did they get bored or lazy half-way through? Are they drunk or maybe asleep?

Forget it, I'll just do all the work myself. Just like college.

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