This is an awesome explanation from Cloudflare about what seems to have happened during the Facebook outage today. Despite the author’s best efforts, BGP still remains an almost complete mystery to me though (and probably always will)… blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-f…

Pro tip: if you’re setting up for a talk and are given an earpiece and a microphone, check if they’re switched on before doing your best Secret Service impression and and shouting “protect the President”

I spoke at BSides London this weekend about the top five things I think you can do to prepare for a cyber incident. Thanks for having me along! 🔗 Slides: github.com/gabrielcurrie/… 🔗 Blog: gabrielcurrie.medium.com/ready-for-near…

An interesting discussion sparked by Taz Wake - my thoughts: 1⃣ Playbooks are key to effective IR, especially for inexperienced teams 2⃣ Playbooks are just one part of the processes needed to help make a SOC effective and need to be supported by overarching plan + in-depth SOPs

🚨New role in Cabinet Office cyber security: Lead our Cyber Defence function, responsible for understanding, detecting and responding to cyber threats and vulnerabilities across the org. 💰£60,500 - £77,900 🌍Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, York civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…