About Me
Hi all – I’m Alex Smolen. I’m a security consultant working at Foundstone, where I specialize in helping people develop software that won’t get hacked.
This blog, KeepItLocked.net, is my professional thought-sink where I provide my thoughts, tips, and opinions about security, software and technology in general.
Professionally, I focus on secure application development using the .NET and Java platforms. I am fascinated by software development, the business of software, software architecture, and of course, the overwhelming but fertile subject of software security.
Also, I enjoy yoga, transcendental meditation, freestyling while breakdancing, wine, listening to music, making music, humor, travel, style, turntablism, cooking, sketching, spoken word, baseball, and bocce.
Also, I am interested in the culture of psychology, the psychology of culture, marketing, productivity, education, political activism, and environmentalism.