Wall-e Stock Photo, A favorite Most boards are asking, "How mature are we in AI?" That's not the wrong question. It's just the second question. The first one, the one that determines whether the answer means anything, is: What do we actually see in our AI environment right now? Three things happened this past week that make that distinction urgent: Anthropic's AI model autonomously discovered a 27-year-old security vulnerability that had survived decades of expert review, fou

When was the last time someone in your organization installed an AI tool without telling anyone? If you're being honest, you probably don't know. And that's exactly the problem. The last few weeks have definitely kept me up at night, thinking about how quickly AI is changing our environments. What's Been Happening Autonomous Mythos Preview at Anthropic found a 27-year-old bug in OpenBSD and a 17-year-old remote code execution flaw in FreeBSD — vulnerabilities that survived de

From AI to Quantum to hanging with the #cyberjutsutribe, HackerSummerCamp, as we techies call it, was a fantastic year. The crowd, while large, seemed smaller, but the lines for taxis, Uber, and Lyft were incredibly long. We shared lots of hugs, and knowledge was shared throughout. I also worked on proposals for future projects and opportunities to impact cyber. This year was a bit more special, as I was able to hand over the reins, 90% to the team to execute and organize, fr

For those that don't know, I wear many hats in this world. Outside of being a woman, wife, and writer (sometimes) I am also on the board the a new charter school we are trying to bring to the Las Vegas Area, The Village High School . And we need your help! See below We need students to submit a Letter of Intent (gotta be from and in Vegas). The school opens in 2022 so it's ok if the student changes their mind after submitting. We need 200 signatures and we are half way there!

So you got the job in cybersecurity. You are super excited and sharing the news with anyone who will listen. You start your first ready...

While I am very organized, at least I think so, I have often struggled with finding ways to stay organized and productive. I have a gazillion journals from the various conferences I have attended every year for cyber but I have only used one of them and barely. It's just really difficult for me to stay consist with writing in a journal or anything similar. One of my best friends even bought me a cute journal that just sits on my desk and looks pretty. For me, working in a jou

So this blog post has been one I've been wanting to write probably for the last 4 or 5 years. My whole adult life after college, my plan...

“Don’t let your circumstance dictate your willingness to share your life experiences. Your voice is needed.” ~Bonnie D. Parkin For the longest time, I never felt sharing my story was important. I would hear people on stage tell of how they grew up poor or they grew up having to work 3 jobs to help support their family. Or the stories of being a first generation college student or graduate. So many stories that I felt were more important then mine and so I just continued on th

"In a world that wants me to whisper, I choose to yell" ~Luvvie As I start day 3 of my new job at Palo Alto, I can't sleep again. 3 am rolls around and my mind is on learning. My ultimate career goal is to help organizations grow and run more secure operations. Most of my career, I've been technical but have always wanted to make the move, take on the challenge. So of course, I look to YouTube for inspiration and resources to fill my toolbox. There are tons of videos (❤ TedX

I have wanted to say something for several days, but I have struggled to do so until now. I have struggled with anger. With sadness. With fear. With exhaustion. But knowing that many of you are struggling with the same emotions, I am waiting no longer. I am angry that it’s the year 2020 and we in the black community are STILL fighting to merely exist. I am saddened by the ill-formed logic of those proclaiming all lives matter, who then sit back and do nothing when black lives

Having mentors, roles models, and sponsors in your life is important. More importantly, having people in your life that will hold you accountable for your actions is what we all need. I have been blessed to have many people to call mentor or role model or even friend with a few that give it to me straight with no chaser! This morning, I was having a conversation with one of these said people, Jessica. We typically chat every day, mostly about WSC stuff since we have meetings

I started this site to post articles and blogs that I write to share knowledge and information to the world. That was back in January. I DID NOTHING AFTER the first 2 posts, one of which was a throwback to something I had written a few years ago. The honest truth, I didn't have the motivation. I had a ton of ideas but putting thoughts to paper just didn't happen. What I did do was read more, study more, learn more. Between recovering from a surgery and running a non profit, I

From 2016: For whatever reason, cyber competitions have been on my mind. So, I thought that I should share my experience as well as...

A few years ago, I had the idea of starting a blog or a website. You know the thing that most folks do. I wanted to talk about my travels. Do some videos and content on cyber and tech stuff. Post about the latest gossip. That never happened, but it was always in the back of mind when various events happened in my life. I think the reason being, I didn't feel like I had a story to tell or that my voice wasn't really that important. Don't get me wrong, I could list off the acco