How Jeroen Zomer sees IT

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How to handle a security incident

Saturday, March 5th, 2011 Posted in security, technology, work | No Comments »


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Or: Coping with the Human Bug If you work in IT, just like me, every now and then you stumble into something, you shouldn't have. Most of the times this happens because someone has given you temporary access with too many ...

A secure blanket

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in security, technology, work | 1 Comment »


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You shouldn't trust the Internet. It is dangerous and because most people do not fully comprehend the technology and inner workings, it is hard to understand how and when you are in danger. And yet, as we become more and ...

What works for me

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in draft, work | No Comments »


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I was recently asked to give a training to a technical staff to help them improve their skills. Their manager asked me if I could help them improve on troubleshooting skills and problem management. I thought about it for a ...

unstash in Java

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in security, technology, websphere, work | 45 Comments »


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It has been ten years ago - 1999 - since the (in)famous unstash-script came out. It was a cryptic PERL script, which could read IBM's stash files and deliver you the 'encrypted' password. I was in need of the script, as ...

smart lazyness

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in draft, work | No Comments »


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I am lazy. I admit it. I wouldn’t know how to cope with the information overload otherwise. You know what: Actually being lazy keeps me quite busy. You need to be lazy and apply it in a smart way. ...