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Predictions for 2024

Earlier this week when I sat down to write my “Reflecting on 2023” blog post, I realized just how unspecific I was with my predictions for 2023 - so I decided to change things up this year 😊 Instea...

Reflecting on 2023

The end of the year is a great time for reflecting on how things went over the previous twelve months - and for contemplating how to improve one’s conditions in the year ahead. And so, as we round-...

Great Reads of 2023

This past year was an absolute rollercoaster. From the low of losing our 5 year old cat to cancer, to the high of obtaining my Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification, I foun...

Getting Humbled with Bug Bounty Hunting

After earning my Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification I felt like I was riding a wave of accomplishment; I truly believed I was ready to hack anything! So to keep riding t...

10x Your AppSec Program with this One Simple Trick

How’s that for a clickbait headline? 😜 But in all seriousness, there is one thing that I regularly see the best Application Security teams do - and which so many AppSec professionals seem to avoid ...

Hacking the OSCP: If at first you don’t succeed…

Well, it happened - In late June I sat for my first attempt at the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) exam and failed. Failing the first attempt with the OSCP is pretty common - and I...

Hacking the OSCP: Web Apps

Having recently completed the required exercises for locking-in bonus points on the exam, I thought I’d share some of the lessons I’ve learned through reacquainting myself with the repeatable proce...

Remembering Dalinar

Yesterday my wife and I had to say goodbye to our handsome five year old cat named Dalinar 😢 We learned last week that he had an advanced stage of intestinal cancer in two locations, and best case ...

Taking Breaks

One of the great joys of working with technology - especially in the Information Security industry - is that the space is constantly evolving. This offers perpetual opportunity for individuals to r...

You can’t do "DevSecOps" without doing "DevOps"

The knowledge shared in this post is derived from my experience building the DevSecOps program at Thermo Fisher Scientific - a global Fortune 100 laboratory sciences company with over 130,000 emp...