I’ve now published 80 articles on Medium, focused largely on Systems Engineering, Systems Security Engineering, leadership, assurance, and resilience. A growing body of work built around one principle: Engineer First. Assure Always. medium.com/@pjhillier #SystemsEngineering #SSE

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Read writing from Peter Hillier/Halton on Medium. Veteran SSE practitioner, and author, focused on resilience, risk, and building systems that actually work.

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TGIF! Time for Shenanigans! Of course I'm not thinking about MAGAts: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bfx...

Most orgs don't have an evidence problem. They have an engineering problem. Evidence only supports assurance when it is tied to reqs, arch, configuration, verification, validation, and traceability. medium.com/@pjhillier/e... #SystemsEngineering #EngineeringLeadership #MissionAssurance

Evidence Is Not Assurance

Why executives must understand the engineering basis for confidence

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Execs can delegate cyber, engineering, procurement, and ops. They cannot delegate accountability for mission success. My latest article on why mission assurance is an executive responsibility. medium.com/@pjhillier/m... #MissionAssurance #SystemsEngineering #EngineeringLeadership

Mission Assurance Is an Executive Responsibility

Leaders are accountable not merely for whether systems function, but whether the organization can continue to achieve its mission through…

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A little break from the politics to promote my work. Please share with those who might be interested.

Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊

Yeah, it’s like this

A tale of two countries: 1. Canada 🇨🇦....sends our "super scoopers" to the US to help with wildfires in California, Idaho, Oregon, sends our fire fighters into the inferno. 2. USA.....threatens Canada, imposes more tariffs, threatens to bomb us......AGAIN. NO offer of assistance. #FuckAmerica

Dear Americans, having leadership that grew up in the 50’s and find it much easier to throw around the stupid “communist” label is part of the problem. Vote younger!

Regarding the death/illness of any MAGA “statesman”; what’s the point of trying to remain the bigger person, or taking the high road, when it’s absolutely obvious that your current administration sinks to new lows daily and is counting on you’re doing just that!?

Buh bye Lindsay

Sorry! <not sorry>

Still, I'd salute this Major!

Literally - Algaegate

The historical signing of the (MOU) Memorandum of Unconditional surrender

I give you the White Trash House. Freedom's just a fancy word for 'living in a double-wide with delusions of grandeur.

The most expensive myth in project delivery? That engineering slows projects down. Deferred engineering doesn't eliminate work; it creates engineering debt. The bill arrives as cost overruns, delays, security gaps, and operational risk. medium.com/@pjhillier/t... #SystemsEngineering #Leadership

Technical Debt: The Silent Driver of Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays

When major projects exceed their budgets or miss key milestones, the post-mortem often sounds familiar.

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“Your pronouns are what’s between your legs!” So you’re…a d¡ck? “No, I’m a man!” So you have a man between your legs? Too easy.

CSIS is warning that foreign intelligence services are using fake job offers and recruiter profiles to target Canadians with access to sensitive information. Verify first. Share less. Report suspicious approaches. www.canada.ca/en/security-... #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #CounterIntelligence

My Birdfy feeder is always busy! #birds

Major projects rarely fail all at once. They fail when assumptions go untested, integration risk is deferred, and security is treated as something to bolt on later. medium.com/@pjhillier/t...

The Engineering We Skip Is the Money We Waste

Major capital projects rarely fail because of one catastrophic decision.

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Reiner: "I'll be interested to see what testing they do today because if they repeat some of the scans that have been done in the last year or so, that tells us they are surveilling something and that's never been disclosed to us."

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Cyber Assurance Should Start With What the Organization Cannot Afford to Lose

Cybersecurity programs often begin with frameworks, tools, controls, audits, and compliance obligations.

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Were I half as articulate. This is what it takes folks.

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Separatists - Get over yourselves - your nuisance referendum is d.o.a. #radiofreecanada #teamcanada #canadastrong #alberta #abpoli #canada #canpoli #CFTG #daniellesmith

There’s software as a service (SaaS), Data as a Service (DaaS), etc, but my new service is No as a Service (NaaS)!

Zero Trust is not a replacement for Systems Security Engineering. It is one design strategy. A useful one. But if your “engineering outcome” is a checklist, a dashboard, and three vendors saying “journey,” I have concerns. medium.com/@pjhillier/z...

Zero Trust: The Newest Old Idea Everyone Just Discovered

I am still perseverating on Zero Trust.

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