At first I thought it was an exaggeration. A story that had got out of hand. But after spending over 72 hours travelling with Erich Kron, I do believe he is cursed to travel with. Despite everything being booked in advance, Erich spent an awful lot of time on the phone sorting out issues that … Continue reading The Curse of Erich
FAQs: Joining KnowBe4
Welcome back from the mid-season break! Quick recap, I left AT&T Cybersecurity aka the company formerly known as AlienVault, so I wandered the earth like Caine from Kung Fu, took up yoga, and got into adventures. Just kidding, I’ve never tried yoga! I have joined KnowBe4 as one of their Security Awareness Advocates / Evangelists. … Continue reading FAQs: Joining KnowBe4
An alien no more
I resigned from AT&T Cybersecurity, the part of the company formerly known as AlienVault. It was a great place and I enjoyed my time there. The days were filled with joy, like lens flare in J.J Abrams Star Trek. But everything comes to an end sooner or later. And sometimes it's best to end it … Continue reading An alien no more
The RSA 2019 Shortlist
Last week, Thom Langford wrote a post on his RSA 2019 itinerary, which featured some of the sessions he'd shortlisted to visit. I found it to be a useful list, and thought I'd try compiling my list of vendors I'd put on my shortlist to find out more about. My employer AT&T Business - 5545 … Continue reading The RSA 2019 Shortlist
IRISSCON 2018 Recap
I finally made it over to Ireland! It's quite embarrassing having lived all my life in London that I never did get the chance to hop sooner. But we are where we are, and what better reason to go over than to attend IRISSCON. At the airport, I was about to board my flight I … Continue reading IRISSCON 2018 Recap
Victim-blaming by any other name still smells just as bad
One of my favourite bloggers Troy Hunt posed a question on Twitter yesterday asking whether a user should share responsibility for a weak password that they reuse across multiple services. There was a lot of great discussion and debate, and I found myself opposing Troy’s views. It was getting late in the night and despite … Continue reading Victim-blaming by any other name still smells just as bad
Buying Open Source
Red Hat was recently acquired by IBM for and eye-watering $34 Billion, and while it's the largest deal of its nature, it did get me curious as to how frequent it is for open-source companies to get involved in a bit of M&A. To keep it simple outside of my usual IT Security wheelhouse, let's … Continue reading Buying Open Source
