Edit: Despite almost qualifying as a senior citizen, my award-winning friend Thom Langford agreed to write me a guest post (seeing as he writes guests posts for everyone else). I did not impose any conditions except that the topic be relevant and not self-serving in the slightest.       I found myself writing an article that I didn’t … Continue reading An Article about Information Security Articles →

One of the rules from our Infosec Rockstar video was that even if you can’t attend a con, you should tweet as if you’re there. Well, I kind of messed up on that tweeting part – but despite me not being at Bsides, Blackhat or Defcon this week, I’ve been living vicariously through the tweets … Continue reading Vegas from afar →

I often shoot myself in the foot by agreeing to doing things and then realizing it eats up a lot more of my time than I’d originally anticipated which is why I haven’t been blogging or making videos much recently. Some of the things that have been consuming my life lately have included (cue fast-paced … Continue reading A recap for Eve and Gillis →

Because infosec has cured cancer, ended poverty and created a utopian paradise that the villain in Demolistion Man could only dream of – the industry often finds itself trying to fix the really big issues via twitter and other social media platforms as well as within the hallways of conferences as to what is wrong … Continue reading Infosec conferences – client side vs server side →

I didn’t write the book, the book wrote me. Which is kind of true because I kind of wrote a lot of stuff independently and then combined it with some of my old notes that I took whilst preparing for the exam and scoured through old emails for the rest.   It’s definitely not something … Continue reading The CISSP companion handbook: A collection of tales, experiences and straight up fabrications fitted into the 10 CISSP domains of information security →

If you like to keep up with my ramblings on the Facebook or twitter, you'd probably have seen that not only was I nominated in several categories for the European Security Bloggers Awards, but so was Girl Cynic. Well, apparently Girl Cynic has been doing something right because she won the award for most entertaining … Continue reading We won!!! →

Full disclosure has announced it's shutting down. Even people far more capable than me are trying to comprehend why. One of the key grievances cited by John as to why Full Disclosure is being shut down was the constant battling against trolls - even from within the security community. It raises a number of interesting … Continue reading Here’s full disclosure – now no disclosure →

Monday morning and RSA 2014 has not even properly started but there I was up on stage in front of a rather packed room. Feeling jet-lagged and wishing I had more caffeine in my system, I was glad that I was simply moderating a panel which included Dwayne Melancon, Andy Ellis, Jane Lute and Mike … Continue reading The Cyber Security Skills Gap →