Well, here it is. My first-ever post.
A hilariously bad stock image, generated by ChatGPT
Before I begin, I’d like to highlight that all imagery on this site has been generated by ChatGPT. I don’t have an artistic bone in my body, so sue me.
They all have misspelt words, but I’m keeping them because I find it amusing. They are also completely unrealistic, like the fact the baby owns a Mac… I wouldn’t be caught dead with a Mac, even if I could afford one.
Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, I should probably talk a bit about myself.
I’m an Australian cybersecurity professional, with a keen interest in understanding how things work and why we do them the way we do. I don’t claim to be a super-expert, but I think I have a pretty decent grasp of the subject.
Over the following var_post_count posts, I intend to share a few things I’ve picked up that have helped me over the years. Just as context can turn information into intelligence, I firmly believe context can turn knowledge into wisdom. For that reason, I enjoy discussing topics like:
- The presumption of compromise.
- Why perimeter-centric cybersecurity is outdated.
- The perfect solution fallacy.
- The perfect attacker fallacy (It’s different from the last one, I promise).
In addition to context and concepts, I spend a lot of time on threat detection. As an enthusiast of threat hunting and detection engineering, it’s also likely I’ll write posts on:
- TTPs vs IOCs.
- Detection Engineering and how to begin.
- Hunt queries vs Detection queries.
- Analysis and Hunt Techniques - where to start when you don’t know where to start.
I’ve only ever given presentations in person, typically in front of a whiteboard that ends up looking like a child’s crayon drawing on the kitchen wall. I hope to start a YouTube channel at some point but need to find the right technology to effectively transfer my thoughts to the screen.
I hope you enjoy reading what I have to say, or even just dropping by my GitHub and checking out some stuff I’ve made.