Crisis Communication for Incident Response

One part of intrusion response that rarely gets enough attention in DFIR circles is the communications victim companies make to their own customers.

September 22, 2014 · 7 min · Scott J Roberts

Minimal Packing for Maximum Travel

Minimalist packing strategies for security conference travel with gear optimization and lessons learned.

May 25, 2014 · 6 min · Scott J Roberts

Using Robots to Fight Bad_Guys

ChatOps for DFIR: Using Hubot to automate security operations through chat interfaces and GitHub workflows.

May 14, 2014 · 5 min · Scott J Roberts

A Basic Guide to Advanced Incident Response

On 5/5 was lucky enough to be invited to speak at an education technical conference Tech Talk Live Cyber Security Symposium. I wanted to do something new, something different.

May 7, 2014 · 2 min · Scott J Roberts

Open Source Blogging

Open-source blogging setup with Jekyll, GitHub Pages, and development workflow recommendations.

February 12, 2014 · 3 min · Scott J Roberts

Online CTFs

Guide to online CTF competitions for security skill development with platform recommendations and strategies.

January 23, 2014 · 1 min · Scott J Roberts

Command-line Spell Checking with Aspell

Master command-line spell checking with Aspell for efficient terminal-based writing workflows.

January 20, 2014 · 2 min · Scott J Roberts

My Favorite Open Source Security Tools

Essential open source security tools that provide enterprise-grade capabilities without the cost.

January 18, 2014 · 3 min · Scott J Roberts

The Importance of Mentoring

The value of mentoring in infosec: sharing skills and ethics as the industry grows. Offering guidance to newcomers.

January 15, 2014 · 2 min · Scott J Roberts

Pretty JSON is Pretty (Useful)

Command-line JSON formatting techniques using Python json.tool and jq for readable data analysis.

January 14, 2014 · 2 min · Scott J Roberts