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infosecgreybeard.bsky.social
Grumpy old InfoSec beard. Whether it's physical security or grumbling about firewalls and governance, I ramble about it all.
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It's pancake day! youtu.be/lS9J4vJ5K78?...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

What was really in His Majesty's letter to Trump?

It's a shame that it's not a state visit, but this is good news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Um, no thanks.

I've discovered that the local pizza shop gets visited by the neighbourhood cats most nights. Leaving with a pizza is like being accosted by a group of small, furry students! 🤣🤣

When your enthusiasm eclipses your technical skills...

There's a strong correlation between how badly employees are treated and how likely they are to become an insider threat. Treating people well isn't woke and DEI isn't an expense, it's good business.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

The more I work with certain parts of the UK government, the more amazed I am by the skill, dedication, imagination of the staff and their willingness to help security professionals. Then there are the bits which work with Cyber/Info security professionals...

Expect to see a lot more of this 👇 in the coming months & years. If Europe is at least pretending to have a serious conversation about life without a US security guarantee, then the same conversation has to be had about tech dependence on the US. Whether anything will happen is another matter.

If you work in Information, cyber or physical security in the UK, the National Security Act 2023 applies to you and places additional requirements on you. You should take the time to understand it and take the required steps.

Meanwhile, when they're not making cheese and setting fire to sheep: newatlas.com/energy/franc...

If you don't have a Protective Security Strategy, are you really doing security?

Who could have possibly foreseen this? (said no one, ever!) www.itpro.com/technology/a...

If you don't look after the time to talk to your staff, listen to them, take an interest in them, listen to their hopes and aspirations, help them achieve them and pay them fairly, someone with less pure intentions will.

Installing a remote access solution into a customer's systems can reduce call outs and allow remote monitoring but it also places a lot of legal and compliance requirements on you!

No matter how wealthy you are, you still have to trust someone to feed you, look after your health and keep you safe.

If the US treated Presidents in the same way as the UK treats Prime Ministers, they'd have been about four votes of no confidence and three new Presidents already.

Friday co-worker vibes:

Out sourcing a function doesn't mean that it's no longer your problem. You still have to check the out sourcing company is following your rules and completing the work properly. Guess what most companies fail to do....

Today's WTF moment is Elon Musk Vs Iron Mountain. And I haven't had my second cup of tea yet! 🤬 If you've ever played "Where's the backup?" you'll appreciate paper records and tape media.

Can suppliers please stop inviting me to vendor sponsored events and perhaps invite me to something more interesting, like watching paint dry?

Morning everyone. It is only Tuesday?

Change detection is a key part of any security programme. You can tell that something has changed when something isn't the way it was before or is the way it wasn't before.

Europe and UK: We must protect people's private data from misuse. USA: We must preserve people's right to bare arms in case England invades! Also USA:

Data Protection isn't a legal function. Thank you for attending my TED talk.