Having spent an hour or so walking the floor of @RSAConference, it's rather clear that #RSAC's not about security learning, but rather about selling security in a box. As @mattstratton famously said in a talk once, "you can't buy DevOps but I sure would like to sell it to you."
Here @SentinelOne teaches us that the tree of security must be refreshed from time to time with the logo of @HashiCorp. #RSAC
Here we see that Angry Twitter is making its presence known at #RSAC.
If you're speaking at or attending a three day conference, and the single not-dude on the agenda is giving a talk on "Why 10% of Women in the Conference Program Does Not Mean Gender Quotas," perhaps consider whether you really want to be involved at all with TrashGoblinCon.
...of course ESR is keynoting. Why wouldn't he be?
By my count, of 38 speakers named: 1 woman, 37 dudes.
I thought these Linux bros were supposed to be good at math or something?
An @RSAConference predictions thread in preparation for my attendance at #RSAC2022 next week...
At least one touched-in-the-head vendor will have swag that plugs into your USB port and will inevitably be confounded by why they get laughed at for it.
There are 470 listed sponsors for #RSAC2022, which means that there will be roughly a dozen differentiated products all told. Most will be marketing as some kind of firewall.
And now, a rundown of my personal (not corporate) security posture. Let's tune in...
First, I assume you're like me: my threat model is not "the Mossad," and I talk way too much to be worth the headache of kidnapping so attackers won't bother. If that isn't true for you, make different choices.
Update everything to current. Security patches aren't for funsies or Microsoft would have animated characters introducing Patch Tuesday every month.
Today's a bit of a bittersweet day. Not because it's @Quinnypiglet's 5th birthday, not because it's also National Dinosaur Day, but because it's @NatVeisWilliams's last day here at The @DuckbillGroup.
She's been here for over a year, and as Marketing Director, was our first Marketing hire.
Think about that for a second! That's *NUTS*! Someone with a marketing background and skillset shows up to work here. A place where "spite budget" and "shitposting" exist.
This is almost certainly her first and last job where the phrase "your copy is great, but can you also make sure to call that company's leadership 'total bastards?'"