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I am, by nature, a sheepdog in the way that Dave Grossman defined the term in his essay.

I have an overly developed sense of justice and a need to keep bad things from happening to good people.

This is why I soldiered for many years when there were lucrative opportunities to do other things, and why I chose cybersecurity when I hung up my Army Greens.

So when a friend asked me several years ago why security professionals do what they do, I told her what has since become known as my single mom at Walmart story.

Picture a single mom shopping at Walmart.

She is staying just above the poverty line simply through hard work, determination, and personal resolve.

Her kids don't wear new clothes, but they are always neat and clean.

Their bellies are never empty, if only through the three jobs she works.

It's shopping day. She's clipped her coupons throughout the week and is trying to get her

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