Automate the pain. Washington, DC infosec and DevOps. Knight of NIST. Master of Risk Management. Metalhead. Public servant @CISA.

Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
I saw this on LinkedIn, and gave the rare literal laugh out loud.
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In a new fireside chat, Acting Director Nick Andersen discussed how Super Intelligence is accelerating cyber threats against critical infrastructure and how defenders can adapt through risk-based decision-making, partnership & innovation. 🎥 youtu.be/AzGPyq8P_04
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One of the proudest DC traditions: ads micro-targeted at one procurement guy at the Pentagon
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📢 Government entities: Get a .gov domain for added security and public trust. Only legitimate government agencies can use a .gov email address. Check your eligibility and learn more: get.gov #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
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It’s Global James Bond Day, marking the 64th anniversary of the world premiere of the first 007 film, “Dr. No,” released on October 5, 1962. Author Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale,” was released nine years earlier, on April 13, 1953. His work was inspired by his own experiences as a British Naval Intelligence officer during WWII. While fictional, James Bond is a cultural icon and a gateway to the top-secret world of real intelligence. Our museum features many 007 artifacts, including the Aston Martin DB5, first driven in the 1964 film “Goldfinger,” Bond’s Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch (on loan from Amazon) from “No Time to Die” (2021), and early editions of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels (on loan from the Michael L. VanBlaricum Collection). #007 #JamesBond #SpyMuseumArtifacts
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On this day in 1962, Dr. No—the first James Bond film—premiered. Bond sports a Rolex Submariner wristwatch. The Rolex Submariner is waterproof to 330 feet thanks to inventor Jean Perret who was issued U.S. Patent No. 3,362,154. #AmericasInnovationAgency #Patents #Trademarks
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DC Ethiopian restaurant Dukem is closing after nearly 30 years
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at the pro-data center party (in d.c.)
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35 years ago today…A Tribe Called Quest dropped The Low End Theory….greatest hip hop album of all time!
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I was the cybersecurity Director at A16Z for years much respect for many ppl there especially @bhorowitz But this is not a cybersecurity evaluation, this is SDLC finally being enforced in the dangerous ship fast culture used for years by the same AI that built the problems
Greg Brockman says OpenAI pointed Astra at its own systems until it ran out of vulnerabilities to find: "We took 25% of our production engineers and said, 'Sorry, all your projects are on hold. You are now defending. You are now up-leveling our security architecture. You're going to use the models to find all the holes.' And we found a number of serious issues, and we fixed them." "We found some new problems, but eventually it saturated. We basically have found, to our knowledge, all of the P0s, all of the critical problems that Astra is smart enough to find. And of course, there will be a new model, there will be a new round." "You want to be in this tight loop of new cyber capability drops, you deploy it against your systems, you find the new holes, and ideally, you've managed to automate this, what we call defense factory. That's what we're building internally." "There are ideas, for example, formally verifying all of software, that are possible with AI." @gdb @bhorowitz
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Brilliant day for H Street Festival. 7th and H NE has kids corner with DC DPR foam party, bounce house, games, free popcorn/cotton candy/slushies. Kids selling $1 lemonades 2 dads have separately alerted me to the to-go Negronis and other drinks behind it at The Little Grand
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Introducing the VINCE-NT platform, an upgrade to our Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure operations that modernizes how vulnerability reporters, suppliers, & case managers collaborate with CISA by improving clarity, usability & consistency. Learn more👉 go.dhs.gov/5bW
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We’re recruiting! Join team CISA and be part of a workforce that tackles evolving risks and threats to the nation’s critical infrastructure. New positions are frequently being added to USAJobs. Don’t wait, apply now: usajobs.gov/Search/Results?a…
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orgrimmar would be so beautiful if it was a datacenter
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The "whiteboard defense:" I should be able to pull you aside at any moment and ask you to explain any customer-facing system you've shipped. You should be able to clearly explain how it works and defend the decisions you made. This is my benchmark for responsible AI usage. I don't expect line-level familiarity with the code. I don't care if you remember the exact function name or implementation detail. You may not even know it. I don't care. But if I ask "why did you do X instead of Y?", "what happens if this actor behaves maliciously?", "what data structure did you use here and why?", or "where does this fail?" you should be able to answer confidently. For PoCs, demos, experiments, whatever: I don't care. Generate 100% of it and understand none of it. Speed over quality every time in those specific scenarios. But if you're shipping customer-facing work, you can't be shipping things you don't understand at a high level.
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Join us on Sept. 24 (1–2pm EST) for the September 2026 CISA Tabletop Exercise Package (CTEP) Workshop! This month’s focus: House of Worship Active Shooter. Strengthen your preparedness with practical, actionable insights. go.dhs.gov/5LL
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We’re on the ground at #GSX2026 in Atlanta this week connecting with leaders across the physical security & cybersecurity community to strengthen partnerships and build resilience. If you’re attending, stop by booth B1-B5: 3771and say hello!
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