Welcome to October, which in the USA at least (in what is surely a coincidence) is both Cyber Security Awareness Month, and National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month.

In today's "let's put everything on the public internet what could go wrong" story. did we learn nothing at Black Hat 2015?.

<airport intercom> "Paging pilot Bobby Tables. ".

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For everyone attending Cisco Live in Amsterdam this week, welcome! Come to these sessions to learn about SecureX, our Cisco Secure platform driving XDR outcomes: Or just come see me at any of these :D @CiscoSecure @CiscoSecureX.

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I did not know, but am not surprised, that attackers and resellers are scrubbing the alias portion of email addresses. Luckily, other characters than '+' can be used with some mail servers :).

I've been doing this for almost two decades and highly recommend it. and I've been able to inform a few organizations that their user databases were compromised, as a result of knowing which org leaked the email address to which a given spam or phish was sent.

If security programmability is your thing, you'll want to check this out at #CiscoLive!.

Are you going to #ciscolive2022? Do you want to learn more about how SecureX works with your entire security stack, including @CiscoSecure of course, but also 3rd party, open source, and even home-built toolsets? Register for BRKSEC-1483 and SecureX All The Things!

How do top security conferences protect their infrastructure and their users - who are often learning new attack methods and sometimes eager to test them out? At BlackHat Asia, with a variety of tools, coordinated effectively via SecureX. @CiscoSecure

"So, if you’d like to see what a network looks like when its users know security, know its challenges, should know better, and choose to ignore all of that anyway; join us for the RSAC SOC report." @CiscoSecure

Hello from the NOC at #BlackHatAsia! With #SecureX, @CiscoSecure is providing cross-product, cross-vendor security visibility for the whole team here.

A large part of what has motivated me for nearly 25 years in the security industry has been helping people change for the better the way they protect their organizations. Stories like this make the long days worthwhile.

Going to #CiscoLive? Come learn about EDR, XDR, and what @Cisco is doing to improve upon both and take your security practice beyond the acronyms.

There was a time when most of the shining lights of this industry had questionable pasts, and also when a "questionable" past was more common than "outright criminal". Interesting glimpse into an old school blackhat's background and eventual maturation.

I've been proud of what we were building in SecureX since I saw early prototypes 5 years ago. We are changing the way people secure their networks, and sometimes the big game as well.

So hold up, you intentionally put a bug in the drone? .No no, just bug *parts*.

I am simultaneously proud and humbled to have had the opportunity to work on and influence the development and direction of CRN's 2021 overall winner in the Cloud Security category, Cisco SecureX! Great work by an outstanding team.