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Are all infosec grumpy / addicts? Alternatives to cope with stress!
This post hass three totally distinct inspirations:1. This extract from a satiric French movie [1]2. Jeff Hall being one of the most proficient PCIDSS people which assisted me (remotely through his excellent blog [2] and his participation to the PCI Dream Team podcast series) A LOT in getting understanding on the payment card industrie infosec…
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Tell me what IP means to you and I’ll tell you what kind of infosec pro you are
In the world of infosec, as holds true in many professionals fields ranging from IT to healthcare one, acronyms are EVERYWHERE. And I mean it. Every single infosec professional should invest in a mechanical handheld tally counter (trust me it will not bankrupt you, you might easily get one from Amazon for less than a…
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Humble career advise for future infosec professional
As mentioned in my bio, I have been working in the infosec fields for more that a dozen years now. Throughout those years I changed from student, to trainee, junior, trainee supervisor, junior supervisor, senior, solo leader, apprentice supervisor (am I the only one getting a star war-y vibe here?), hiring manager, and currently manager…
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What if infosec was an animal?
Similarly to the last post we will explore an infosec analogy. This time we will try to find an animal to represent infosec. I will stick to water #ConsistencyIsKey ( cf. what is infosec was a sport https://theinfosecotter.com/?p=25)🐙 For its capacity to solve complex problems (and even foresee events #PaulLePoulpe)?🐬 For its capacity to put…
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What if infosec was… a sport?
So you might consider infosec as a career prospect? Great ! However you have lots of questions? Great as well since this outlines you have, in my opinion, the three most necessary qualities to conduct infosec activities: curiosity, doubtness and humility. Infosec being a relatively recent interest to organizations (as opposed to accounting for instance)…
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Hello world!
Welcome to the infosec otter blogs ! You might be wondering what this blog will be about and who am I well, followings blog post will give clarity of the matter. Write to you soon !