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Rio sunset: caught Rio sunrise: also Next up: Christ the Redeemer!… With the sun up, we headed on over to the one and only Christ the Redeemer statue! But of course we did! This imposing masterpiece of both engineering and art is simply mandatory for any visitor to Rio de Janeiro!… …So, of course, “any […]

The month May this year was pretty busy with business trips around the world. But, as ever, I still managed to squeeze in some tourisms and meditative appreciation of beauty. Back in Abu Dhabi – one such beauty was the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque -> You can see why they call it “grand”:

After all the presentations, meetings, and interviews at our Latin American partner conference, we had some important business visits lined up in a couple of places around Rio the next day. But all work and no play makes Eugene a dull boy – especially in Rio… I’d long secretly dreamed not just of being back […]

If you’re not in the know, the words Louvre and Abu Dhabi might seem incongruent. But it turns out there’s an art museum in the latter that’s renting just the name Louvre off the famous Paris museum for 40 years (2007–2047) for US$500,000! What?! Just goes to show: never underestimate the value of a brand […]

People often ask me what I talk about these days at the numerous conferences I speak at around the world. Most of my talks aren’t deep technical dives or analyses of specific cyberattacks. For those, our experts give detailed presentations at specialized events, and publish articles in cybersecurity media. I usually provide a broad overview: […]

Hey everyone! As I write this I’m recovering after a 32-hour multi-stopover flight back from Latin America; however, despite the exhaustion, I’m already back into reminiscing about Rio de Janeiro while the memories are still fresh… The first time I visited this splendid city (and Brazil, for that matter) was way back in 2006. We […]