women focused/only groups and people worth following We were chatting about cybersecurity careers today and I mentioned there are women focused/only groups to look into. That merited an email and then I kept writing ;) These are both well established orgs with many successful programs and happy...
4Ws and An H Once upon a time in a global security opetations team (a SOC) … We had some problems with SOC incident tickets that really symbolised the growing pains and cultural struggles our security organisation was going through. The time spent on incident tickets, number of tickets worked,...
Rolling up what could have been February and March updates on courses I’m taking and how my organisations are going. Courses QASL Immersion 101: a challenging and effective introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture ( https://www.queerasl.com/ ) Undead Voice Jumpstart: a...
A few notes on my professional development activity in Jan 2026: Applied Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence course, Joe Slowik / Paralus “2026 Cybersecurity Career Blueprint” , Taylor Banks / ImpactOS “Rethinking Trust and Leadership” Rachel Botsman, seminar hosted by ISACA We’re moving!...
SecOps Resources Updated (late 2025): free and inexpensive resources for cybersecurity operations leaders Working in cybersecurity and especially cyber security operations (SecOps) much is known about how to do things, what does and doesn’t work, and some of the tough choices every “shop” makes...