Retired founder of HITprivacy LLC. Commentator on intersection of health information privacy & information security. Opinions & views expressed are my own.
Washington, DC
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David Holtzman retweeted
If I were asking a board for one basic this week, it'd be decision rights. Who can take a system offline or push an emergency patch without waiting for a meeting. A phrase I heard at the Aviation ISAC summit fits: mean time to authority.
David Holtzman retweeted
as bad as things have gotten in the past 4 days, they are going to get a lot worse before they get better. security leaders, never let a crisis go to waste: please go to your boards and ask for help right now. not for ai, for the basics. (we need to hold on for ~18 months.)
David Holtzman retweeted
🚨 Organizations should immediately patch critical PHP vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. These vulnerabilities enable unauthenticated #RCE and affect PHP installations serving web requests. Learn more: 🔗 go.dhs.gov/5Hi
David Holtzman retweeted
Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
David Holtzman retweeted
🇺🇦 Zelenskyy delivers a blunt message to the United States:
“Just give us Starlink back. If you refuse, Ukraine will survive. We will continue defending ourselves with or without it.
But why would you restrict a country fighting for its survival? Why make it harder for us to defend our people?
I simply cannot understand the reasoning behind this decision. It is a mistake.”
Ukraine isn’t asking America to fight its war. It’s asking America not to stand in the way of its defense.
The post calls out Lynchburg Va city council member Martin Misjuns. wset.com/news/local/tensions…
David Holtzman retweeted
This is a rough September inflation report.
-Biggest monthly jump since May
-Higher than expected inflation AND core inflation
-Core Inflation for the past 3 months is running at well over a 3% annualized pace...that's problematic
-Inflation (3.7%) totally wiping out wage gains (3%)
Yes, high gas and diesel prices are the major driver, but also big jumps in airfares, used car prices, recreation, medical and apparel. The energy shock is spreading.
David Holtzman retweeted
Trump proffered sanctions relief for Russian diesel fuel, called on Ukraine to oust its leader and pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russian oil facilities. Putin, in return, offered more war. @PaulSonne nytimes.com/2026/10/13/world…
David Holtzman retweeted
Elon immediately suspended this account that showed Nick Sortor’s recorded call to the mental health facility was AI generated and is preventing community notes on the Sortor post.
It’s all hands on deck trying to make the fake Talarico story stick
David Holtzman retweeted
Trumps unnecessary war with Iran is the cause of higher diesel and gas prices in the US, not Ukraine.
Trump blaming Zelenskyy is both empirically wrong and morally disgusting.
David Holtzman retweeted
We need way more diesel than what they're offering and what they're offering they cannot satisfy. That seems to be a consensus view among energy experts. So Russia gets immediate sanctions relief while gas prices remain more or less the same. If I were a cynic I might conclude this is a sneaky attempt at rapprochement with Moscow couched in the language of affordability, with a decisive election less than a month away. All it does in the short term is provide more money for Russia to wage war on Ukraine.
David Holtzman retweeted
Another way to think about Trump announcement today: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?
David Holtzman retweeted
I'm sensing revulsion on the left and right, not so much for killing a death row prisoner - although firing squad seems extreme in the modern age - but for the Pentagon to live-stream it, turning this into a horrifying TV show to entertain the masses. Is this America?
David Holtzman retweeted
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
David Holtzman retweeted
#OOTD: My Nor'easter voting outfit!
Royal Blue rainjacket @nyandcompany
Navy Blue pants @LandsEnd
Voting blue, priceless!
Tell me, have you voted yet? What is your plan to vote?
David Holtzman retweeted
Bill Clinton: "Some days I can hardly believe what is happening in this country that I love so much. People in charge have created one set of rules for themselves and another set for everyone else. They've weaponized government to settle personal scores, prosecute enemies, stamp out free speech. They've even made the federal government a new profit centre for themselves and their allies."
Starting to wonder if @garagecycles in SLC is a real business or a scam. Did not honor their advertised Labor Day sale prices. Order made 10 days ago not shipped. No answers to phone or emails. Be careful if shopping @GarageCycles
David Holtzman retweeted
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen.
If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
