Travel OpSec

Last year I was lucky enough to go to the FIRST2015 conference in Berlin. It was a great conference, good talks (including yours truly), and an even better hallway track. I’d never been to Berlin, or Germany in general, and I enjoyed seeing this amazing city a little bit as well. Traveling to a new country as a security minded person is always a bit jarring. Even a country as friendly as Germany bares consideration when it comes to laptops, tablets, phones, etc....

January 20, 2016 · 9 min · Scott J Roberts

FIRST 2015

I’m lucky enough to get to go to FIRST 2015 in Berlin. I’ll be speaking on Tuesday afternoon, but one of the best things about conferences like this is being able to attend other sessions. I’ve never been to FIRST before, and this year looks jam packed. Here are the talks I’m most excited about and you’ll be likely to find me in. Monday June 15: Time Presentation Presenter Notes 11:00 Building instantly exploitable protection for yourself and your partners against targeted cyber threats using MISP Mr....

June 11, 2015 · 6 min · Scott J Roberts

Minimal Packing for Maximum Travel

I started writing this at the end of March right after two trips in a row. I’ve since done another type of packing, moved, and now I’m finally catching up, so forgive some out of date thoughts. I’ve basically traveled non stop for the last two weeks, home only for last weekend. Back to back travel of fairly similar lengths makes it easy to compare, experiment, and plan a bit better....

May 25, 2014 · 6 min · Scott J Roberts