Author: iamit

  • May the force? May in full force…

    Lack of updates here usually means that time constraints are in effect… But apparently all that work is paying off as some of the research we have been working on is starting to get front-and-center stage. May marks a busy month where I’ll be bouncing around a few places (São Paulo, North Carolina, and locally…

  • ISTS12 Keynote and Red Team

    I’ve had the pleasure and the honor to keynote this year’s ISTS (Information Security Talent Search) that ran at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Additionally I was also fortunate to get a seat with the Red Team during the event itself and work closely with some of my friends and colleagues. It has been…

  • Honest review – CSI:Cyber

    There seems to be a lot of chatter (at least on my highly biased Twitter and Facebook feeds) about how terrible of a show CSI:Cyber was. People seem to be extremely concerned about the fact that the show did not portray all the hacking related activities (cyber, infosec, whatever you want to call it) precisely…

  • Sensationalism – doing more damage than good

    It took me a while to really decide to pull the trigger on this post. For several reasons: 1. I think the way that @ZeroFOX handled this was impeccable. As far as “we” are concerned this issue was to bed once the instigator (@avriette) balked out on actually having a constructive discussion when invited to. 2.…

  • Killing (innovation) in the name of the law

    I am not a lawyer. Nor I want to be one. But fortunately I have enough education and practice around legal systems – domestic and international to be “dangerous” enough so I can actually get my job done wherever I need to. This, however, is a constant balancing act, especially in light of the proposed…