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| Source |  AlienVault Blog |
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| Identifiant | 499121 |
| Date de publication | 2018-03-07 14:00:00 (vue: 2018-03-07 14:00:00) |
| Titre | An Interview with Graham Cluley |
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I can’t remember what year I first met Graham Cluley. It may have been around 2006 at an awards event of some sort. We were both nominated in the same category; I believe it was for best security blogger. Graham was already well-established with many awards under his belt, whereas I was the jittery newbie, glad to have even been nominated for anything at all.
As you may have guessed, Graham won that night. Usually I’d force a smile, congratulate the winner with some hollow words and then drown my disappointment at the buffet.
But Graham is quite the quintessential gentleman. He sat and chatted with me throughout the evening, sharing tips and techniques and being overall very encouraging.
I’ve kept an eye on his career ever since and stayed in touch with him. I felt like it was worth getting some time once again and talking through what makes him tick.
 You’ve been in the industry for a long time, what’s the secret to staying so apparently happy and enthusiastic - not to mention retaining a full head of hair?
Life is so ghastly and absurd that it's impossible to take it too seriously. One of my failings is that I have a pitifully low boredom threshold, and find it a hard thing to disguise. This isn't a good thing, and has probably harmed my career immensely.
Recently my wife says she's spotted a couple of grey hairs on my head, so it does appear that I am mortal
My brothers don't seem to have lost their hair either, so it must be something in the Cluley gene pool. That or the fact I spent the first eighteen years of my life eating only cheese sandwiches.
There were your early days at Dr. Solomon’s, the Naked Security era, and now your life as an independent expert - with a more respected brand than most companies have. Was this a planned journey? How did your career end up here?
I don't really think I have a career. I find it hard to describe to people what exactly it is that I do for a job. When I meet up with my brothers, they're baffled as to how I'm able to make a living too.
So, there was no planned journey to get to this point. At college, I wrote and sold computer games, and they're what got the attention of Alan Solomon who offered me a job as a programmer in the early days of anti-virus.
I left Dr. Solomon's (which was a fun place to work) because they got acquired by McAfee (who didn't seem very fun). I joined Sophos because it was a small fun company, and then left when it became big and stopped being fun.
I make decisions like these fairly impulsively. Something will switch in my head and make me say, "I'd rather do something fun", and then that's it, my mind’s made up.
Life is a little different now as I have a wife and young son, and I need to remind myself that I have some responsibilities. If they weren't in my life, it's quite possible that I would be doing something other than computer security. But I do enjoy finding new things to do – and my latest obsession is the weekly podcast I co-host with Carole Theriault.
You’re a pretty public figure, but what little-known fact about your background usually surprises people?
While I was studying at university, my girlfriend joined a cult.
I tried for years to get her out, without success. That was pretty horrible, but I met a lot of good people and - hopefully - helped some other people l |
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