It’s back! BSides London is back and this year along with a couple of ex-rookie speakers from 2013 – Anne Wood (@fairycakepixie) and Diarmaid McManus (@MadcapOcelot) as well as Glyn Wintle (@glynwintle) I’m running the Lightning Track. What’s the Lightning Track you ask? Well it’s the unscheduled track – No CfP and no pre-registration. So if you […]
Information Security Buzz Article
My first article for InformationSecurityBuzz was published in February. I’m planning my next one and will try and get one out every month, hopefully, maybe 😉 Entitled – From Rookie Speaker To Mentor To Track Organiser – My BSides Journey. Check it out here
Popping the Bubble
Are you living in a bubble? Now you’re thinking “Bubble? You what…” Let me explain. My experience is that a lot of the time we security types – yes, you and me – don’t actually know what the rest of the departments within the business actually do on a day-to-day basis. We know they exist […]
Look at What I Learnt in Class
The below is my first contribution to The Analogies Project started by Bruce Hallas. When he asked to me contribute I couldn’t say no. You can also find it here on the analogies pageOne of the best pieces of work experience I’ve ever had wasn’t in IT or information security, in fact, it was Teaching English as a […]
I have an air conditioned room with leather seats…
Who was I kidding the Tube strike wasn’t going to be cancelled! I woke up grumbling like Muttley and made my way across London town. Once I’d picked up my pass I headed upstairs and although I’d seen the Council Chamber the day before (aka swag bag pack day) when I walked in on Tuesday I was […]
Goodbye 2013 hello 2014
At the beginning of a New Year I usually set myself some goals, If I reach these goals then I reward myself. If I don’t reach them well then no goodies for me. This harks back to when I was a child…discipline ruled. Naturally, I didn’t like it at the time but in most things […]
