Reasonable Expectations for Cybersecurity Mentees

Most of my audience is on the more senior end of the career spectrum. As a result, a lot of my writing about careers is aimed at senior cybersecurity professionals, encouraging managers and experienced practitioners to support the next generation. But that doesn’t mean newcomers are free from responsibility in their career journey. If you’re […]

September 24, 2025
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Open Online Mentoring Guide

I’ve had a sign up for open online career mentoring on my site for quite a number of years now (in addition to running similar career clinics in-person). As I’ve gotten more and more traction internationally on the program, a lot of senior folks have asked how to set up a program for office hours […]

September 2, 2025
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I’m in Melbourne, and PancakesCon 6 is On!

Hello all! It’s my pleasure to announce I’m settled enough to operate my free educational conference for the 6th year. It will be a bit late this year, on September 21st. I invite you to check out the website at https://www.pancakescon.com as well as our associated socials, where you can find information and important submission […]

June 18, 2025
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Interview with Safety Detectives

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a great weekend. I had an interesting interview with Safety Detectives about steps we can take to make things better for the next generation of cyber defenders. I encourage you to check out the article, here: http…

April 21, 2025
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My New Paper on OT Ransomware!

Hello friends, I’m very excited to publish my first SANS Institute Whitepaper. I have developed a formal framework for preparing for OT / ICS ransomware attacks. I really hope you enjoy the paper and find it useful in building a strong defense against cyber-crime. You can download the white paper, A Simple Framework for OT […]

April 17, 2025
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BlueSky InfoSec News List

Hello all, happy Tuesday. I’ve migrated my cybersecurity news feed list to BlueSky and it can now be found here: https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/hacks4pancakes.com/lists/3ll6ownhbuz2o

I hope you find this useful. If you’re using Mastod…

March 25, 2025
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