I’m Brian Oakes, author of Undermined, a cybersecurity and technology professional, gold miner, husband, father, and someone still learning how to turn hard seasons into something useful.
This site is where I unpack the crossroads of life, security, technology, work, resilience, and digital freedom. Some of it comes from my professional life. Some of it comes from personal experience. Some of it comes from the dirt, the desert, the rivers, and the long road back.
I write for people who are trying to stay human in a world that keeps getting faster, louder, more automated, and more disconnected.