Security engineering executive, electric vehicles, crypto and CrossFit. Tweets and opinions are my own and not my employers.
Santa Monica, CA
Joined November 2008
- Tweets1.1K
- Following470
- Followers347
- Likes265
The future of Sec Eng is not slowing teams down, it’s building the paved paths that let them move faster safely. As DoorDash leans into AI, we’re focused on operating in-line with Eng at the design, PR, CI/CD, and runtime layers. Take a listen open.spotify.com/episode/6Ln…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Nick Reva retweeted
1/ We are sharing additional details regarding our investigation into unauthorized access to GitHub's internal repositories.
Yesterday we detected and contained a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned VS Code extension. We removed the malicious extension version, isolated the endpoint, and began incident response immediately.
Nick Reva retweeted
We are investigating unauthorized access to GitHub’s internal repositories. While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories (such as our customers’ enterprises, organizations, and repositories), we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity.
Nick Reva retweeted
People early in their careers often seek advice from me. The questions vary, but there’s a common theme: "How can I stand out in a world that’s becoming increasingly more competitive?"
My take -- the only lasting edge isn’t your skill set, network, or even your resume—it’s your psychological strength. Grit, mastering ego, unconventional thinking, delaying gratification, and focusing on the long term are your secret weapons.
🧵👇
Nick Reva retweeted
Just wrapped the @felicis + @NextLegacy_ event at Black Hat last week! So fun to train with and learn from UFC Hall of Famer and legend @ForrestGriffin, super bowl champ @ryannece, and a handful of security founders (@tines_hq, @semgrep, @ConductorOneInc, @Resourcely, etc) / CISOs / channel partners.
After training, we had the opportunity to hear from Ryan and Forrest on mental fortitude.
A few thoughts / quotes:
- "Find something that is scary or hard for others that comes easy or is fun for you" - Forrest never got nervous before fights and credits that as a key advantage
- "If you've never put everything you have on a single bet, I feel bad for you because you aren't living…. Ante up and play the game"
- "Losses are great because they can serve as the greatest motivators" - Forrest says his greatest growth in mental fortitude came only after he put everything he had into a fight and still lost
- Forrest would remember 2 things to get in the right mindset before entering the cage:
1) "I've done the work and am not going to float the check" - training should be harder than the actual fight
2) "I'm not going to quit on myself"
cc @NancyZWang, @alexbovee, @travismcpeak, @drewdennison, @dlukeomalley, @sachafaust, @TomAlcockCRP, @ipsec, @thenava, @WayneDuso, @georgegerchow, etc.
Fully agree here. Even with slack and email, the interpersonal nature of a live human connection is invaluable. That coupled with a quarter live 2-3 meeting/ dinner is ideal.
