One of the big questions that I often get is: How does someone become successful in a cybersecurity career? In this blog I want to share with you the three key lessons I’ve learned during my 18-year journey in the cybersecurity industry. These lessons have paved the way for my success, and I believe they …
Let’s talk about a topic that’s incredibly important for your privacy and data security. In this blog I’m going to talk about why you should opt out of the sharing of CPNI data and why that seemingly simple annual email from your mobile phone provider is more significant than you might think. What is CPNI? …
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Below are the links and further reading material that I mentioned at the end of my talk “How to Lead High-Performance Security Teams” (aka: Management Hacking 101). Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for coming to my talk! Video from my BSides Las Vegas version of this presentation is …
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Here’s the links and references from my 2023 BSides Las Vegas talk “Management Hacking 102: Personalities, Empathy, and Difficult Conversations”. Here’s the link to the YouTube video of the talk. Thanks for attending! I hope my talk will help you become a great manager and leader! Personality Types Enneagram (Book) Discovering Your Personality Type: The …
I was 11 years young when The Hacker Manifesto was originally published in 1986 (yes, I’m that old). I had no idea about the manifesto at that age but several years later I begin tinkering with my first computer (an Apple IIe) and convinced my parents that I needed a separate phone line for a …
As many of you may know, I’ve been co-hosting the Shared Security Podcast (formally known as the Social Media Security Podcast) with my fabulous co-host Scott Wright from Security Perspectives Inc. We’ve been recording this podcast every month (mostly) since 2009 and over the years we’ve had feedback from many of our listeners that they’ve always …
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If you attended my talk “Using Technology to Defend Digital Privacy & Human Rights”, thank you! Here’s a list of supplemental material discussed during the presentation as well as where you can find out additional information about the topics covered. I’m happy to answer any questions that you might have via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. …
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Each year my team conducts hundreds of Penetration Tests in a wide variety of industries, ranging from Healthcare to Retail, Finance to Manufacturing, and many more. The team analyzed data collected from each of our penetration tests at SecureState since 2011 and found common themes in the methods of compromise utilized to break into organizations and compromise …
Top 5 Attack Vectors Report: Defend It Before You Hack It Read More »
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I’ll be teaching SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking in St. Louis July 8-13th through the Community SANS program. This is a fantastic 6 day class with lots of hands-on exercises, sharing of my real world web app testing experiences and a Capture …
I’ll be at SANS 2013 in Orlando this weekend assisting Kevin Johnson with his SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking class and giving two SANS@Night presentations: Social Zombies: Rise of the Mobile Dead w/Kevin Johnson – Monday, March 11th, 7:15pm – 8:15pm “Hall of Shame” Apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play – Wednesday, …
