The 2024 RSA Security Conference is here. While I am not going this year, I do want to give a few professional networking pointers for folks who are going, especially if you are a new conference attendee. These conference habits have helped me in my professional career, and I hope they help you as well.

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A quick note... I am talking about "professional networking" advice in this video, but I mentioned Jennifer Leggio's article in SecurityWeek in which she makes some very important points about other aspects of your professional like (no matter what profession you are in). Thanks to Jennifer for writing a very brave piece: https://www.securityweek.com/beyond-the-buzz-rethinking-alcohol-as-a-cybersecurity-bonding-ritual/

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Attack vectors and methods tend to by cyclical, meaning attackers will come back to see if old tricks will yield new results. I talk about one such attack vector that might be coming back in style... with a slight twist.

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SIEM (Security Incident and Event Management) has been a round a long time. But there are some recent trends and new vendors that are creating fresh ways to implement and operationalize SIEM. I'm discussing a couple of the larger SIEM and security operations trends on today's #CyberSunday.

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How can you tell if a new #cybersecurity concept (think Zero Trust) in cybersecurity is a just a flash in the pan or a valuable idea that can be utilized in your program? In this #CyberSunday, I talk about an unusual method for being able to potentially tell the difference.

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There is a lot of fear of the security implications about AI and other new and/or improved technologies. And while some fear is healthy, we also can't let it keep us from thinking about uses for that same tech to improve security. Let's talk about it in this #CyberSunday.

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Michael  talked about security control monitoring a few weeks ago. In this #CyberSunday, he is digging in a bit around an essential part of control monitoring: configuration management/monitoring. What is config management/monitoring, what do you need to do before you can even start monitoring and managing configs, etc. 

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There is a lot of talk and advice on social media, blogs, etc. about the Cybersecurity job market. There's no doubt it's a tough market right now, but does that mean you should stay away? Here's my opinion on the topic and some quick advice of my own for experienced cyber folks who are having trouble getting interviews.

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An X/Twitter thread about technology vs communication in #cybersecurity inspired today's video. Which one do you think is more important or more difficult? Watch today's #CyberSunday to get Michael's opinion.

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Today's #CyberSunday is about monitoring controls regularly (as opposed to a point-in-time assessment). Michael gets into some methods of monitoring and what you should monitor them against (hint: monitoring is NOT just technical).

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Many of us were affected by the cell carrier outage last week. Some initial explanations have come out, but are those explanations plausible? And is a #cyberattack just - or more - plausible than the explanation that AT&T gave? On today's #cybersunday, Michael talks about the outage, the explanations both given and imagined, and some ideas on what lessons we should learn from the outage.

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