DFIR notes

women focused/only groups and people worth following We were chatting about cybersecurity careers today and I mentioned there are women focused/only groups to look into.

4Ws and An H Once upon a time in a global security opetations team (a SOC) … We had some problems with SOC incident tickets that really symbolised the growing pains and cultural struggles our security organisation was going through.

Rolling up what could have been February and March updates on courses I’m taking and how my organisations are going.

A few notes on my professional development activity in Jan 2026: Applied Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence course, Joe Slowik / Paralus “2026 Cybersecurity Career Blueprint” , Taylor Banks / ImpactOS “Rethinking Trust and Leadership” Rachel Botsman, semin…

SecOps Resources Updated (late 2025): free and inexpensive resources for cybersecurity operations leaders Working in cybersecurity and especially cyber security operations (SecOps) much is known about how to do things, what does and doesn’t work, and some…

Flash talk idea: Filesystems in Cybesecurity Investigations Feedback appreciated!

Here we are thinking by writing about past, current, and future roles and work.

Some unfinished ideas and references about what’s useful to cybersecurity defense to and from CTI … leads into the infamous 127.0.0.1 story.

Here again** are some thoughts and links about some of the things we have planned for professional development and education for the year.

Things I Learned (TIL) FOR508 Review 2024 As part of my overly ambitious professional development plan for 2024** I took advantage of a SANS program to review (and not re-test!)