I've heard that there are a few folks that were "annoyed" or "upset" from the #redteamfit posts in INFOSEC.
The intent is not to point out people that aren't doing this but to have a motivational group of people (anyone is welcome) that shares in a common goal for better health
This is a very easy hashtag to mute or ignore if it doesn't interest you.
Fitness isn't for everyone and certainly wasn't for me. I never want to go back to big 317lb Dave - where I was struggling health-wise, had heart surgery due to weight, and wouldn't be around for my kids.
My journey has been long, hard, and one that now I'm enjoying my progression, my body, my energy, and my ability to be there for my family.
If it's annoying to you, it is easy to unfollow, mute me, or others trying to motivate themselves to be healthier.
I won't be offended if that's the case, neither will others. Social media is about sharing experiences, one that is almost always polarizing and negative.
I'm happy to share my journey with others, and to see others' journey, and to motivate one another.
I'm loving this.
This *should* be positive, and if it's not for you - there is an easy fix.
Keep it up everyone in #RedTeamFit#DFIRFit and all of the other groups challenging one another to get better with your health.
If you aren't healthy, or you have eating disorders or are not happy with you - I hope you find your own path that works for you and for you to be happy.
I'm not judging or trying to shame anyone by posting my progress. I'm doing it to help stay motivated + to motivate others.
I didn’t start #redteamfit, but I’m sure glad I’m part of it + that people in tech are taking health seriously. We sit in front of our desks all day.
Seeing a massive problem in the security industry today. We have brand new candidates lacking "hands on" experience coming into the workforce and finding it extremely difficult to find a job. 1/10
We talk about skills shortages everywhere in cyber security - but almost 99% of the job postings I see are for already experienced individuals.
We have a skills shortage because we are not hiring new security folks into this industry. 2/10
As an example, we recently opened up two internship spots and had over 900 applicants. This is insane and impossible odds for these folks.
Salaries are out of control for minimal experience where companies are paying outrageous wages for just a few years of experience. 3/10
A friend sent me a pic of mandatory/required in-person training they are required to do and one of the topics was cybersecurity.
Of course, it was a black hoodie-looking hacker, and the course was about as dry as it could possibly be.
It was good to get his perspective (1/4)
He learned absolutely nothing.
It was more on scare tactics of what hackers could do to spy on you and the company.
It wasn't exciting and wasn't about what's happening and what you can do to protect the company and your own personal assets.
(2/4)
If we are looking to curb user behavior, we need to explain WHY humans are a risk factor in the organization's overall threat model in very basic terms.
Assigning responsibility and ownership here is key in that it's everyone's mission in an org. Again, keep it basic.
If you control your calories, you control your body.
It starts with eating.
Losing weight == less calories.
Some tools can help, mostly short term such as intermittent fasting, keto, etc. These are great things for fast or short term..some can do it long term but is rare.
Once coming out of these "diets", you need a program to keep the weight off.
Count those calories.
Don't start with cardio and buying a treadmill.
It won't work unless your mind is right on food.
Control your food first, and add cardio or weightlifting once your calories are right.
More cardio == you wanting to eat more == eating too much.
I wanted to clarify some complex topics regarding the Exchange / ProxyLogon discussions that happened since the dust has settled.
1. I'm concerned generally about the negativity against security researchers releasing code as I view this as taking steps back not forward.
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2. I think researchers should be mindful of when a PoC drops. In the ProxyLogon event, I was against dropping early to give companies time to patch. In stating that, there should be no hindrance as to when a researcher publishes code, especially after a patch is released.
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3. My biggest fear is we are moving back to where red is secretive in TTPs which does not help the industry progress forward. This occurred several years ago in this industry, and there were several years of organizations not understanding how to defend themselves.
Last week, made a comment about how I wasn't a huge fan of Sentinel overall. Got to dive a bit deeper into it with my team over at Binary and has definitely changed my perspective a bit.
Sentinel is not easy by any stretch but there is a lot to it.
If you have the right data going into it (which isn't easy), and you have a team behind you to build up the detections, Sentinel is extremely powerful.
With jupyter and KQL foundation is super powerful to build what you need to off of it.
From my comments earlier, it is a solid product.. It just requires a substantial lift to get it to a point that will help you mature monitoring and detection capabilities.
Requires a knowledgeable team is the biggest thing there.