About This blog
This is the personal blog of Deirdre Anne Hendrick. It may occasionally have guest writers and will often have posts cross-posted at https://lastgrotto.net or https://redanne.net, where they contribute. This is a blog about the intersections of law, technology and society, and diverse other areas.
About Deirdre Anne Hendrick
Deirdre Anne Hendrick is an auditor, lawyer, and cyberspace weapons tester. A retired U.S. Army JAG Corps officer, they now work at the intersection of law, code, and critical systems, with a focus on governance, risk, and control in high-stakes technical environments. They hold a CISA, a Juris Doctor, and are completing advanced philosophical research on historical silences and resistance.
Their work spans operational testing, national security, and audit involving large-scale private networks and weapons systems. Deirdre also teaches ethics and philosophy at Northeast Lakeview College and has also taught at Our Lady of the Lake University
They write about the entanglement of power, history and identity.