Last week I hosted family for Thanksgiving.
My 12-year-old nephew asked for the WiFi password.
He wanted to play Roblox on his iPad.
I looked at the device.
Unmanaged. No antivirus. No encryption.
I’m an IT Professional. I don't run an open network.
So I didn’t give him the password.
Instead, I spent 45 minutes provisioning a Guest VLAN.
I set up a captive portal.
I throttled the bandwidth down to 56kbps.
Then I blocked all traffic on ports 80 and 443.
He came back crying. He said it wouldn't load.
My sister screamed at me to "just let him play."
I told her that Zero Trust architecture doesn't care about bloodlines.
We didn't have a "fun" Thanksgiving.
But we had a secure perimeter.
You’re welcome for the compliance.
March: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
April: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
May: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
June: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
July: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
August: “I can’t wait to watch my team play”
September:
got asked if i have a printer and now im like what if i bought a printer and became the friend with a printer? come on over big dog let’s have a beer and print those documents for you