A Guy in Security

We seriously shouldn’t be entertaining these clowns in trade negotiations… These tariffs need (and hopefully will) to backfire and that can only be the result of backbone from UK govt! Sir Kier needs to channel his Hugh Grant…

I mean, this is good security practice for international travel anyway… But good to see them taking action!

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4. Finally, & I guess more generally
in life, TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS!

Waltz and Hegseth made a major mistake which luckily wasn’t costly from a military or human perspective, yet they won’t admit it.

End of message. End of broadcast.

#signal #hegseth #signalgate #trump #waltz

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3. Regularly audit your group chat attendees to make sure you know exactly who you’re talking to, even if you didn’t set up the group chat.

4. Assume you’re being monitored, whether it be your organisation’s SOC or a hostile actor. With an accredited system, it’s less likely to be the latter…

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So, what do I want anyone reading this to take away:

1. Don’t vilify the use of @signal.org. It’s one of the best apps for the job, so long as it’s used correctly within the confines of classified information handling protocols.

2. Know what classified information is and how to handle it.

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Just as important as knowing your classifications is knowing who you’re talking to.

I can’t believe nobody, at any point, thought to audit who was included in the group chat - Especially those who didn’t participate in the conversations.

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There isn’t anything wrong with the use of Signal per se, it’s one of the best platforms out there and govts. all over the world incl. the UK govt use it… But users MUST be strict with limiting its usage to appropriate classifications, and only on official devices.

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Note an earlier message from Waltz, they were using their high side inboxes - accredited for security sensitive information - so it seems they were being lax (or taking the path of least resistance) in discussing more than they should on Signal…

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If US cyber and infosec guidance is aligned to UK policy, then that sort of information absolutely CANNOT be shared on Signal, no matter whether it was an official device or not.

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I don’t have experience in US military operational planning, but in the UK the information contained in the screenshot above would absolutely be classified secret, per the UK GCS guidance.

So, @theathletic.bsky.social have confirmed without doubt that sensitive, operational and pre-operational information was shared on a Signal group chat.

I want to go into this, general OPSEC principles and the use of Signal a little further. 🧵/1

Ryanair boss calls for two-drink limit at airports to tackle disorder Violent outbursts are occurring weekly on flights due to alcohol, according to Michael O'Leary.

I’m not his biggest fan, but Michael O’Leary is absolutely right. Disruptive Passengers are by far the biggest flight safety and security issue observed on a daily basis, and from the reporting data where I work, it’s a growing issue!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So, my assessment of the Bluesky experience so far:

So 👏🏻 Many 👏🏻 Cat👏🏻 Pictures

#twitter #threads

So, in my search of a place full of less overt right-wing extremism, I guess I now find myself in the fediverse proper.

Hi Bluesky 👋🏻

Well, seems the guys over at Meta aren’t too thrilled about me setting up an account without putting my personal details on it (which is for my own personal security)….