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Cyber CSI: Digital Forensics and the Fingerprints You Leave Behind - ITS Tactical

Cyber CSI: Digital Forensics and the Fingerprints You Leave Behind - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — In the 1980's, computers slowly started to become a part of daily life for the general population. By the mid-1990's, this was accelerated by the rapid adoption of the Internet by people outside the previous tight-knit circles of academia and scientific work.
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Hit the Range: Why the Pocket-Sized Sig Kilo 2000 Rangefinder is a Winner - ITS Tactical

Hit the Range: Why the Pocket-Sized Sig Kilo 2000 Rangefinder is a Winner - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Back in 2010, I bought my first laser rangefinder (or "LRF"), a Nikon Prostaff 550. At the same time, I was pushing my maximum shooting distance further and further out. As a result, I quickly outgrew the limitations of the Prostaff, which as you may have deduced from the name, has a range-finding distance limit of 550 yards.
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Three Layer Idiocy Cake: The Sickly State of the 2nd Amendment in California - ITS Tactical

Three Layer Idiocy Cake: The Sickly State of the 2nd Amendment in California - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Chances are good that if you believe in the legitimacy of the Second Amendment, you're already familiar with California's blatant disregard for that pesky section of the Bill of Rights. You may not know, however, the degree to which the multiple layers of government routinely try to kick that amendment and the people who choose to exercise that right, in the metaphoric teeth.
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A Glimpse Into the Future of Digital Security at the RSA Conference 2017 - ITS Tactical

A Glimpse Into the Future of Digital Security at the RSA Conference 2017 - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Every February, the flagship RSA Conference comes to San Francisco. It brings with it a bevy of cryptography and information security companies displaying their wares to other security companies, vendors, resellers, corporate information security and information technology personnel. There's also the occasional "security enthusiast" consumer.
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Shining Light on the S.H.A.D.O. Pack from Prometheus Design Werx - ITS Tactical

Shining Light on the S.H.A.D.O. Pack from Prometheus Design Werx - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Prometheus Design Werx first unveiled their S.H.A.D.O. Pack to the general public about a year ago during SHOT Show. While there was a bit of a wait before they were available, as soon as they went live, I placed my order immediately and was pretty excited to get my hands on the pack.
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Looking at Security through the Eyes of a Physical Security Analyst - ITS Tactical

Looking at Security through the Eyes of a Physical Security Analyst - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — While my background is mostly in computer security, I've always been interested in the intersection of physical security and the general concepts behind the field. Through this has come a number of physical security classes where I've honed skills like lock picking, bypassing, red teaming and social engineering.
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Lock it Down Part II: How to Secure Your Firmware and Access Computers Remotely - ITS Tactical

Lock it Down Part II: How to Secure Your Firmware and Access Computers Remotely - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Let's say the worst has happened and someone has stolen your laptop; you've basically got two major concerns here. First, you're now missing the hardware you use, which can mean having to spend some hard-earned money to replace it (unless you were smart enough to have insurance to cover this potential event).
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Hide and Seek: The Compact Assault Ghillie from Crye Precision - ITS Tactical

Hide and Seek: The Compact Assault Ghillie from Crye Precision - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — The Ghillie Suit, originally developed by Scottish gamekeepers as a sort of portable hunting blind, was first adapted for military use by the Lovat Scouts. Lovat Scouts were a Scottish Highland regiment of the British Royal Army in 1916, who eventually formed the first sniper unit of the British Army.
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Hide and Seek: The Compact Assault Ghillie from Crye Precision - ITS Tactical

Hide and Seek: The Compact Assault Ghillie from Crye Precision - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — The Ghillie Suit, originally developed by Scottish gamekeepers as a sort of portable hunting blind, was first adapted for military use by the Lovat Scouts. Lovat Scouts were a Scottish Highland regiment of the British Royal Army in 1916, who eventually formed the first sniper unit of the British Army.
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Tactical Startup: Thyrm and Their Silicon Valley Roots - ITS Tactical

Tactical Startup: Thyrm and Their Silicon Valley Roots - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Silicon Valley has a long tradition of companies born in garages of suburban homes. Bill Hewlett and David Packard gave birth to this tradition and in fact, to "Silicon Valley" itself when they started what would become Hewlett-Packard back in 1939 in a wooden garage in Palo Alto.
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Lock it Down: How to Use Encryption Options Already Installed to Lock Your Data Down - ITS Tactic...

Lock it Down: How to Use Encryption Options Already Installed to Lock Your Data Down - ITS Tactic...

itstactical.com — Encryption is the application of cryptographic techniques to encode data so only authorized users can read the information. With the ubiquity of UNIX-based operating systems like Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X, users of these operating systems have ready access to a slew of different encryption options, giving them the ability to protect their data and communications from prying eyes.
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FBI Tells Apple, "Just This Once." Why a One Time Exception is a Slippery Slope - ITS Tactical

FBI Tells Apple, "Just This Once." Why a One Time Exception is a Slippery Slope - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Major news outlets and social media are ablaze today, with self-proclaimed pundits offering their analysis on Apple CEO Tim Cook's recent Message to Customers. A US District Court has issued a court order in an attempt to force Apple to "assist law enforcement agents in obtaining access to the data" on deceased San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone 5C.
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Building a Bolt Bag: Prepared to Go at Any Moment

Building a Bolt Bag: Prepared to Go at Any Moment

itstactical.com — Fresh off the heels of ITS Muster IV, I've taken some of what I learned on building a Bolt Bag and applied it to my home "Bolt Bag," which generally speaking, I always have with me. A Bolt Bag contains mission essential equipment that you'd never want to be without, no matter what your "mission" happens to be.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: A Comprehensive Intro to Night Vision Devices - ITS Tactical

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: A Comprehensive Intro to Night Vision Devices - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Night vision devices, or NODs (Night Optical/Observation Devices), were once considered too costly for consumer use. Recently, they've not only become more powerful and popular, but less expensive due to so many different manufacturers cranking out devices in the last few decades.
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Nike Missile Base SF-88: A Living Cold War Museum in Northern California - ITS Tactical

Nike Missile Base SF-88: A Living Cold War Museum in Northern California - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — In this era of the Global War on Terror, the Cold War seems like a distant memory. For those of us that lived during that time though, that memory has yet to fade. The threat of nuclear annihilation hovered constantly in the collective consciousness and the American military was tireless in its efforts of preparation for just such a catastrophic sequence of potential events.
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Drink Up: Learn How To Always Have Clean and Potable Water Using Filtration - ITS Tactical

Drink Up: Learn How To Always Have Clean and Potable Water Using Filtration - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — There's a wilderness survival axiom, known as the Rule of Threes. This rule speaks to the importance of prioritizing actions in a life-or-death situation. Basically, it boils down to this: you can live without air for three minutes, you can survive in a harsh climate for three hours without shelter, you can survive for three days without water and you can live for three weeks without food.
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Are Smart Rifles a Vulnerability Nightmare? Don't Panic Just Yet. - ITS Tactical

Are Smart Rifles a Vulnerability Nightmare? Don't Panic Just Yet. - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Imagine a "smart rifle" capable of being programmed to track a target at an unknown distance, determine the atmospheric conditions it's operating under and reliably adjust itself in order to hit its target, no matter what. Now imagine a malicious hacker with the ability to co-opt control over that rifle and misdirect those precise shots.
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ITAR Changes: Keeping Up with the Times or Backdoor Gun Control? - ITS Tactical

ITAR Changes: Keeping Up with the Times or Backdoor Gun Control? - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Recently, the State Department announced that they intended to make some changes to ITAR regulations as part of the President's Export Control Reform efforts. You may have heard the Internet chatter about this measure and the proposed implications of it silencing the media when it comes to posting technical information about the manufacture of weapons (firearms and ammunition.)
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It's finally time for Punch-over-IP. - M. N. Sharp - Medium

It's finally time for Punch-over-IP. - M. N. Sharp - Medium

Medium — It's 2015, and Silicon Valley is awash in specious ideas being showered with venture capital again. Speculation about whether this second wave of Internet entrepreneurialism is overblown and poised to collapse is plentiful, and a substantial portion of that speculation is probably justified.
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The Littlefield Collection: A Heavily Armored Glimpse Into the Past - ITS Tactical

The Littlefield Collection: A Heavily Armored Glimpse Into the Past - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Jacques Littlefield was an engineer, heir to a sizable fortune, philanthropist and a collector of military vehicles from all over the world. Born in 1949, Mr. Littlefield grew up in Burlingame, California, the son of the CEO of the Utah Construction Company.
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The Illusion of Security - M. N. Sharp - Medium

The Illusion of Security - M. N. Sharp - Medium

Medium — Security is defined as a state of being free from threat or danger, which is an ideal state, by which we mean that absolute security does not actually exist. Helen Keller once wrote that, " Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
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US Optics Academy: Two Days in the Dirt Shooting Long Range Precision Rifle - ITS Tactical

US Optics Academy: Two Days in the Dirt Shooting Long Range Precision Rifle - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — The US Optics Academy began as an idea to incentivize US Optics dealers. If they met certain goals, they'd be able to send two employees down to Apple Valley, California to the US Optics Academy for a two-day long range shooting class.
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Always Be Early. - M. N. Sharp - Medium

Always Be Early. - M. N. Sharp - Medium

Medium — Throughout a corporate career spanning a couple of decades, I've spent my fair share of time in meetings. Whether or not my presence in any given meeting was functional or contributive, I've always tried to abide by the rule of being early, and never being late.
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Red Teaming and the Adversarial Mindset: Have a Plan, Backup Plan and Escape Plan - ITS Tactical

Red Teaming and the Adversarial Mindset: Have a Plan, Backup Plan and Escape Plan - ITS Tactical

itstactical.com — Recently, I attended a fascinating class given in San Francisco by fellow ITS Tactical contributor and author of the Red Teams Blog, Uri Fridman. The class, "Red Teaming and the Adversarial Mindset," was a solid overview of what Red Teaming is and how it works.
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