CrankySec

Hello friends!

It is a well-known fact that we dish out a whole lot of shit talk around these parts.

A couple of days ago I saw a post on LinkedIn made in response to another post I saw on LinkedIn made by some 10-ply influenza that went something like "Don't even try to break into infosec!

Here's my beef: cybersecurity journalists will go to the very bowels of the internet, gather a lot of information about the crime du jour, get criminals to talk to them on the record, explain in excruciating detail how the latest scam/fraud/attack works,…

Every goddamned time I break my vow to prioritize my mental well-being and my eyeballs by going on LinkedIn, I need to take a thousand deep breaths whenever I see a vCISO spouting bullshit about a talent gap in cybersecurity.

How have you guys been?

Some years ago, I volunteered at ISACA's Young Professionals Committee.

There's a concept in Japanese culture called honne and tatemae that a lot of people practice without knowing it or even acknowledging it.

Yo!

Okay!

I started this thing, like, last week, and I cannot fucking believe the number of people who have reached out to me via email and/or joined our Discord.

Let's come out swinging: the PCI SSC is a racketeering outfit that should be slammed with at least 30 RICO charges from the US Department of Justice.

Popping in to tell y'all the following: I read your emails.

Hi.

Before I say anything, let me say something: I am truly #blessed to be employed by a money laundering operation because there's absolutely no way in fuck that this corporation can be profitable simply doing what they say they do.

Hello, fellow traveler!

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