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People usually fall into one of two groups. Some fill up their tank as soon as it drops to half. Others, like me, treat the fuel gauge as more of a suggestion than a rule. I definitely belong to the second group, and I’m not even ashamed to admit it. How the Global Situation Shows…
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Every Holy Week, I tell myself I will slow down. And every year, I fail a little. Work finds its way in. Messages keep coming. Problems do not take a holiday. It feels like the world keeps moving, even when you are supposed to stop. But this year, I’ll try something different. I’ll stop trying…
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When your vendor gets breached, it’s not their problem anymore. It’s yours. In a connected ecosystem, no company operates alone. Your SOC, your MSSP, your cloud host, and even the patch cadence of your vendors all extend your attack surface. When one link fails, the shock travels fast. When “Their” Incident Becomes “Your” Problem Picture…
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Cyber incidents love bad timing. They don’t wait for daylight or coffee. They strike when everyone’s offline and your alert inbox is blissfully quiet, right before it ruins your morning. That’s precisely how this one started. The 3:00 A.M. Surprise At dawn, the 24/7 SOC logged a new alert:“Possible Compromised Account (High Severity).” By 9:00…
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In IT, budget defense meetings sometimes feel like boss fights. On one side: IT folks armed with LAN/WAN diagrams, scare tactics, and a half-broken laptop that “still works fine.” On the other: Finance, armed with spreadsheets, pivot tables, and the ability to ask “Do we really need this?” with Jedi-like calm. Here’s the thing: Properly…
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The past month blurred into a cycle of offshore trips between the SWP platform and the Noble Viking drill ship, ending with a return to SWP once more. After three rotations in such quick succession, I started to feel like my bag never left half-packed mode. The Rhythm of Two Offshore Worlds Each site carried…
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Every rainy season, Metro Manila and the provinces transform into water parks nobody asked for. Streets become rivers, basements turn into aquariums, and you suddenly find out which of your neighbors secretly owns an inflatable boat. And yet, year after year, billions of pesos are poured into “flood control projects.” The catch? Many of these…
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Out here, several kilometers from shore, the ocean is endless, the horizon never changes, and the rig becomes your entire world. For weeks at a time, this steel island is home, not just to heavy machinery and oil and gas operations, but to the people who keep it all moving. And in this world, the…
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This Subic getaway wasn’t planned at all. It was one of those sudden, “Let’s just go!” long weekend decisions. Bags were thrown together in minutes, snacks piled into the car, and off we went. The only problem? A typhoon was passing through. Great timing, right? The drive down had me second-guessing. The sky was grim,…