Jesika McEvoy
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The Security Pigeon
The Security Pigeon I spent the early part of my career getting paid to break into things. Energy infrastructure, manufacturing plants, financial systems. If it had a network and someone… Read more.
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Rubber Ducky, You’re the One!
Many years ago, when I was a wee baby programmer, someone taught me about “rubber duck programming”. When you can’t find the source of an error, explain your code line… Read more.
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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Consequences
At this point, arguing about whether AI belongs in software development is a little like arguing about whether the internet belongs in software development. The discussion is over. The tooling… Read more.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Mastering the Art of Remote Leadership
I will preface this by saying that I have been primarily remote since about 2013. While I did a fair bit of work visiting customers in their offices for a… Read more.
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Inspiration Series: Eric Reiners
This one is very special to me, because in all this series, Eric is the first person I’m featuring who has been my direct leader. Eric is the person who… Read more.
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No Dislocated Knees!
I was recently re-reading my old posts, just to see how they’ve held up with evolution within the industry as well as within my own thinking. When I came across… Read more.
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Inspiration Series – Coach Gregg Popovich
This has been sitting in my drafts for longer than I care to admit, and today’s passing of the torch seemed like the right time to get these thoughts out… Read more.
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Inspiration Series – Dan Kaminsky
I said I’d write a few of these posts and, having referenced Dan in my last post, I realised he should be next. This is a hard one to write,… Read more.
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Guppy in the Sea
Reflecting on Chef Kristi’s incredible success yesterday really made me think about my own trajectory and my tendency to mentally downplay the significance of my own accomplishments. While I can’t… Read more.
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Inspiration Series – Chef Kristi Brown
[Foreword: I shared this on my personal social media in light of an event I was attending yesterday, but it sparked a serious fire of reflection on my current growth… Read more.
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You have no thumbs!
Many years ago, I received a seemingly random text from a friend. He said he was sitting in a meeting and it suddenly dawned on him, “You have no thumbs!”… Read more.
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Hold the door! Hodor!
We seem to have a lot of great work going on to increase diversity in our talent pool, through mentorship and outreach, for STEM generally and specifically in infosec. We’ve… Read more.
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Leading Without Authority
This is a simple infographic that boils down a very complex thought pattern. When I spent several months working closely with a colleague from our Customer Support team last year, he… Read more.
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YOU HAVE BEARS!
Vulnerability management is still a tough thing to rally support for and everyone loves a good story, so today I figured I’ll just combine both! Once upon a time, a company… Read more.
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When You Point a Finger, Three Point Back At You
Sometimes, you reach a point where when you look back, you shake your head and wonder how it ever was that you got there. That’s a bit how I feel… Read more.
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Putting the “Management” Back Into “Vulnerability Management”
One of the most frustrating parts of external penetration testing was coming back the next year and finding the same vulnerabilities. When you look at the remediation plan you gave… Read more.
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Project Management for Geeks
One of the interesting things about the infosec community is how lopsided the skill sets tend to be. Most of the seriously brilliant creative people I know are from this… Read more.
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Who’s Job Is It, Anyway?
In security, we’re not only expected to be Jacks of all Trades, we need to maintain a high level of mastery in each area, as well. We must be able… Read more.
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Understanding your Organization
One of the interview skills that is most often preached yet least often followed is this – Research the company before you walk in the door. Without understanding the organization,… Read more.
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The Compliance Sword
Regulatory Compliance – Two simple words that make security practitioners around the world shudder in fear and disdain. Compliance is traditionally the realm of box-checking auditors who seek to undermine… Read more.
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Sexism in Hacker Culture (Or: The Day I Discovered I was a Man)
DISCLAIMER: This was written a very long time ago. My feelings have changed, but I think it’s important we don’t just scrub away the things where we might have been… Read more.
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Telling your career story
Interviews are scary. You’ve managed to get past the screening software and onto the hiring manager’s short list. You have a legitimate shot at the job you’re hoping for. Your… Read more.
