CISO at University of Washington. Come for the hot privacy and security takes, stay for the hot bread bakes. Views are my own. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦/šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø

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19 Dec 2020
If you are not spending as much time, money, and effort in detection and response as you are prevention/protection, you are not running an effective program. And if your security budget is not enough (whose is?) then you should be putting even more % into D&R.
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Listening to @bjuul talking about the IT@UofT value of Shared Leadership
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12 Jan 2023
Always and forever this. If you don’t have a system, if you get buried in busy work, if you’re always firefighting - start here and use it consistently.
12 Jan 2023
How to get more done in less time. The Eisenhower Matrix:
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can’t stop thinking about how montreal, which mostly looks like a pretty normal North American city that speaks french, has protected or fully separated bike lanes everywhere and the metro trains come every 5 minutes. it’s not that hard
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9 Jan 2023
What a great opportunity for someone!
Come be my manager! Happy to answer any questions about our team or our work šŸ˜€ #scicommjob #scicommjobs #astrojobs #hiring
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Congratulations, and shout out to our brother Naz on being selected to the 2023 NHL All-Star Game. Well deserved!šŸ‘ŠšŸ½
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6 Jan 2023
Hear, hear. Structures that equate leadership and level of contribution with people management are outdated and increasingly ineffective. Individual contributors are essential to high quality outcomes and career tracks should be purposefully built to develop and empower.
Why do we have to ā€œmanage peopleā€ to be ā€œsuccessfulā€?! Be an GREAT ENGINEER instead of a MEDIOCRE MANAGER This career paradigm is broken I’ve managed ppl. You could’ve awarded me ā€œbest ppl mgr everā€ but I don’t WANT to manage people. I’m great and happy where I am as an IC
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Why do we have to ā€œmanage peopleā€ to be ā€œsuccessfulā€?! Be an GREAT ENGINEER instead of a MEDIOCRE MANAGER This career paradigm is broken I’ve managed ppl. You could’ve awarded me ā€œbest ppl mgr everā€ but I don’t WANT to manage people. I’m great and happy where I am as an IC
5 Jan 2023
Replying to @empathyx100
1. If you remained an individual contributor (IC) beyond the approx age of 35, you have inevitably set yourself up for a lot of challenges as you move up in your field. That's because very few companies see designers as molders of strategy.
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Looking for a summer internship in ML and alignment? I'm hiring at @TorontoSRI! Projects could include MARL and normative infrastructure, LLMs and human feedback/governance, justifiable AI, and experiments involving contracting norms. Apply here by Jan 9: vectorinstitute.ai/internshi…

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The fact that it isn't a major continuing scandal in the news every day that criminals located in adversary safe havens feel free--with either the acquiescence or actual encouragement of their authoritarian gov protectors--to target our hospitals is itself appalling.
N.J. hospital halts admitting patients after cybersecurity issue nj.com/healthfit/2022/12/nj-…
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31 Dec 2022
1/ @Unit42_Intel published an interesting way of how malware bypassed DNS and DNS logging by using legitimate services like ip-api[.]com for domain name resolution(s). Example: wget ip-api.com/csv/infoguard.ch Output: success,[...],91.236.220.100 🧵 #CyberSecurity

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@RonDeibert attributes his accomplishments to his colleagues and late parents. He adds, "I’m very proud to be Canadian. I couldn’t do this research in any other country except Canada, at an institution like the @UofT
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31 Dec 2022
Well earned and well deserved. We are all lucky to have @RonDeibert and the team he enables.
Ending the year with amazing news. Our Director @RonDeibert has been appointed to this year’s Order of CanadašŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦. He says, ā€œit’s no secret that I’ve been critical of our lack of accountability around law enforcement but that doesn’t mean I’m not patrioticā€. thestar.com/politics/federal…
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Ending the year with amazing news. Our Director @RonDeibert has been appointed to this year’s Order of CanadašŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦. He says, ā€œit’s no secret that I’ve been critical of our lack of accountability around law enforcement but that doesn’t mean I’m not patrioticā€. thestar.com/politics/federal…
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31 Dec 2022
This holiday’s airline mess is a good reminder that most companies are one major operational issue away from discovering that they are, in fact, now software companies and need to invest & manage to this reality.
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ā€œI’m just very proud to be Canadian. I couldn’t do this research in any other country except Canada, at an institution like the University of Toronto. Anywhere else, it would be shut down.ā€ — @RonDeibert thestar.com/politics/federal… via @TorontoStar
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TL;DR: 7 bad habits to get rid of for 2023 • #1: Saying yes to everything • #2: Needing everyone to like you • #3: Not making time for yourself • #4: Staying in your comfort zone • #5: Obsessive overthinking • #6: Not valuing your time • #7: Giving up too soon
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1ļøāƒ£ Even lower tier threat actors will continue to cash in on our technical debt The most intense threats of 2022 ā€œwere mundane, pragmatic, and wildly successful,ā€ says @juanandres_gs.
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I feel sorry for the haters and losers that don't appreciate this beautiful building
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