Jim Gilsinn

This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Antivirus Monitoring System At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.

Attendees were able to check a public online dashboard for clean air readings for session rooms, kids’ areas, the front desk, and more, all before even showing up. "It’s ALMOST like we are all nerds in a risk-based industry,"...

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The Internet is held together with chewing gum and bailing twine. (Swiped from elsewhere.)

I'm looking forward to presenting this talk on Friday.

RT to #Vote for "ATT&CK’ing the Death Star while Bow-TIEs D3FEND" #BSidesDE https://bsidesdelaware.com/cfp-voting/ #BSidesDelaware #BSDE2025

RT to #Vote for "Radio Frequency Capture the Flag" #BSidesDE https://bsidesdelaware.com/cfp-voting/ #BSidesDelaware #BSDE2025

RT to #Vote for "Ham Radio Village " #BSidesDE https://bsidesdelaware.com/cfp-voting/ #BSidesDelaware #BSDE2025

Recruiters on LinkedIn, if I tell you multiple times I'm not interested in leaving my current position, take the hint. Don't keep sending me information about how good the position is. This is how you prove you aren't a real person.

NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World This new result contributes to the international effort to define the second with a much greater level of accuracy than before, enabling new scientific and technological advances

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YouTube video by Simply Cyber - Gerald Auger, PhD ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Framework | S1 E6 Simply ICS Cyber

I recorded a video podcast on the ISA/IEC 62443 series on ICS/OT cybersecurity for @simplycyber.bsky.social. youtu.be/VCHdGkdcaUg?... #ISA62443 #IEC62443 #ICS #OT #cybersecurity

a black and white bird is standing in the grass ALT: a black and white bird is standing in the grass

Since we’re in a golden age of new Star Wars tv shows, I’ll again pitch “David Attenborough style nature documentaries but of fictional Star Wars creatures.”

No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.

It's the new Billy Drop Tables...

Q: Do you want scrambled eggs for Eid breakfast?
A: Not today. I've had them every day during Ramadan.

Q: How about some scrambled eggs with a little cream, sugar, cinnamon, and bread.
A: Perfect!

It feels like such a relief sending some deliverables to my sponsor at work after spending a couple months working on them and an intense last couple weeks.

🧵 talking about some issues with singling out a specific country with regards to threat intelligence.

A person familiar with the matter who spoke to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity said analysts at the agency were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats, even though this had previously been a main focus for the agency. The person said work that was being done on something “Russia-related” was in effect “nixed”. “Russia and China are our biggest adversaries. With all the cuts being made to different agencies, a lot of cybersecurity personnel have been fired. Our systems are not going to be protected and our adversaries know this,” the person said.

You can't just stop tracking "Russian cyber threats." Most threat actor groups aren't attributed with high confidence to any particular nation.

Imagine being an analyst tracking a group only to fear for your job as you get enough data for attribution...
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Save the Date for “Rule Breakers”— Feature Film Inspired by True FIRST Story Rule Breakers is a true FIRST story about the "Afghan Dreamers" an all girls' team from Afghanistan. Releases March 7, 2025 in theaters.

This movie shows the story of the Afghan girls FIRST robotics team. It's only running for a week in my area, so plan to get tickets soon if it is available in your area. @firstinspires.bsky.social community.firstinspires.org/save-the-dat...

I'm happy that things are lining up for you. I'm terribly sad that things have happened to make you feel like you had to leave the country that you served.

On Cybersecurity Mentorship I want to take a moment to articulate my thoughts on cybersecurity mentorship and what it should entail. I speak a lot about problems I see doing extensive mentoring and career clinics, but I have …

I wrote your cybersecurity mentorship guide as requested: tisiphone.net/2025/02/16/o...

Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion

I think the last sentence in the blog really sums it up.

"The scientific community needs to speak up – not just for the sake of science, but of human decency, dignity and morality."

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@pylos.co and I got our acceptance letter from the inaugural Level Zero Conference. levelzeroconference.com/speakers-and...

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Trump administration moves to make tech officials political appointees amid DOGE clashes The change could smooth Elon Musk’s efforts to access the technology systems of various federal agencies through his Department of Government Efficiency. One former personnel management official calle...

New: Trump’s White House is ending the decades-long practice of ensuring federal CIOs are career employees. OPM is reclassifying the job so they can be replaced with loyalists, per agency memo published today. Total authority over agencies’ IT infrastructure, email, etc.