I was talking to a SOC engineer (we don't work together) recently and they had said that they never wanted to be a team lead or higher because doing so means you lose your ability to be in trenches of an incident. After thinking about it, while yes to an extent your priorities 1

2. Change and your day to day might be different, but it is a sign of a bad leader that can't relate or pitch a hand, not just the position.

If anyone is interested Toast is hiring for a ton of positions! Cloud Security Engineer, SRE, Developers, System Security Engineers etc. It's a great place to be, and I'd be happy to give more info! careers.toasttab.com

I've had more and more moments when I realized that I was actually an adult recently. The first was commenting on the condition of a roof on a house in a TV show. The other is marking the new tax day on the calendar....what is happening....

Obviously there is phishing, but being hacked through a smart fish tank opens up a world of possibilities of using the wrong phish/fish. interestingengineering.com/a-casinos-data…

Ransomware admin has remorse? I didn't think that would ever be a thing. BleepingComputer: Ransomware admin is refunding victims their ransom payments. bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… via @GoogleNews

Anyone know of any remote job openings for a SIEM architect/engineer, as either a Lead/Manager or Individual Contributor? I have a friend currently looking, and I would 1000% recommend them.

Thinking about planning a trip to Asia (Japan/South Korea) in the next 12 months or so. Any recommendations on what to do/see?

Working on my upcoming #splunkconf21 presentation about breaking down the #mitreattck to be more digestible than the traditional bingo board that it is. What would be a better stat to portray value? Correlations on new alerts, increased # of triage alerts, decrease in triage time

That catalog for Splunk Conf has been published! It's definitely a sense of accomplishment to see my abstract in there.....now to just finish the presentation...

After 3 semesters I've learned that the secret to my MBA program is that it basically all equates to if you know PowerPoint.

I just went to a coffee shop and they used frozen coffee as ice cubes....mind blown 🤯 #lifehacks

It's important to reflect regularly and see how far you've come, and you'll usually be able to surprise yourself. While reflecting, I realized I was able to talk at #Conf21, create a few Courses for #CyberVista, get 1/2 way through an MBA from Villanova and more in less than 1 yr

The okta hack shows that the weakest link is still the person at the computer. No amount of training could have prevented the person from giving their credentials for money. Instead, they should have employed least privilege and proper logging. #infosec #oktahack

If you see a security professional today, get them a coffee. I'm sure they need it after answering tons of questions about Okta yesterday.

I'm in the middle of writing my first book, and my heart goes out to every author. I respect the amount of effort and time that goes into writing every single word. More work than expected, but I've already gained perspective and dividends. #newauthor #infosecbooks

Wanna hear about our ⁦DEF CON⁩ 30 black badge win? Check out our interview on The Audit podcast! #SECVC #socialengineering podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Any recommendations for physical security pen test professional services?

In an interview, #SOC manager Rebecca Blair discussed using ATT&CK to help SOCs with #ThreatModeling. Rebecca Blair bit.ly/3D3I2Wq

We are excited to announce that Rebecca Blair will be speaking at #TDI2024! Come see "Organizing Law and Order: Cyber Incident Reporting and Disclosures" on 5 Aug Get your ticket to see Rebecca Blair here buff.ly/48GKwIy #LiftWhileYouClimb