So as some of you
are aware, I have a real horrid relationship with Twitter in general.
I’m venturing near my 10th year. Back in the day,
Twitter was amazing to us security peeps. Was a place were I found
friends, colleagues, and genuinely the awesome people you want to
know. Nowadays it has that, but it’s buried under so much crap
that passes itself of as security content. We have stopped trying to
break out of the echo-chamber and actually became the echo-chamber.
What I bloody hate,
is these never ending stupid lists of Top 10 infosec X you should
follow. You shouldn’t follow anyone on Twitter because they’re
some position at some brand. You should follow the people that
brighten your day, are more than just fair weather-friends, and
actually can engage on topics on merit not employer. So in that
vain, this is a dual purposes post. Firstly InfoSec’s content
creators, i’m looking at you, stop writing the same things all the
time. It sucks, you have an imagination barrier try to climb over it
for the love of Mother-Earth. Secondly, and by far the most
important reason I wanted to take the time to point to 10 accounts
that aren’t InfoSec Rock-stars but sure as hell should be! These
people IMHO are the MVPs of our industry. So if you find yourself on
this list, you’re finux tick verified and you make my twitter worth
checking!
There is no order to
list
All I can say here,
is that Mikael is a wonderful human-being. His heart is as big as he
is (I mean I actually physically have to lookup to him). He may not
be a frequent tweeter, but he is an account you want to be part of.
He loves CTFs too <3 Xx
You know, Hugo is an
odd fish when it boils down to it. BUT the best type. He genuinely
has a wonderful sense of humour and makes me laugh more times than
not. This year I got to hang out in Stockholm with him, and i’ll
tell you no lies, I was very grateful for the experience. Also his
Sec-T talk kicked ass, you should defo watch it. He’s basically
Superman but with chocolate…..
You know when you
meet someone born a little after their time, this is March. What an
awesome person, I’m always happy to see him at conference and his
talks are truly fascinating. IMHO he never really gets the
recognition he deserves for his mainframe hacking. He has the right
level of grumpiness when it comes to the circle-jerk we know as the
security industry. I appreciate him and glad he plays a part in
security.
My love for Boris
can’t be measured in words, so I won’t attempt. He’s my Eddie
the Yeti (much love to Eddie). My t-shirt draw is full of his work,
and most of you will also have art that he has made for conference
you wear too. Added that he is one of the nicest, warmest, and
friendliest people you’ll meet this shouldn’t be a tough choice
to follow.
People like Cooper
make me want to keep on engaging in the community, his continual
selflessness and dedication to helping conferences get their talks
recorded and available is second to none (well, basically IronGeek
without all the controversy). He also happens to be yet again a
wonderful human-being and I’m honoured I get to call him a friend.
If you love seeing conferences but can’t travel to them then this
is the account you want to follow. He truly is one of my MVPs.
What a person, just
the right levels of humour, trolling, shit-posting, and
consciousness. We’ve hung out at GrrCON many times (I sucked this
year at spending time with him and I am sorry for that). I’d take
1 Oscaron over 100 Blue Ticked infosec bods any day of the week and
twice on Sunday.
Have you ever
wondered what would happen if Jack Sparrow started a carer in
InfoSec? Wonder no more!!!! Disclaimer, Mike is a good friend of mine
and I have much love for him. He is incredibly undervalued in this
industry, and it is a damning indictment of us not him. Very few
‘bosses’ in this industry have the ethical and moral compass of
Mike, so if you’re not following him, you’re the idiot.
This choice wasn’t
even a choice. We meet at HamburgSides, and again in London a few
months later. So refreshing to meet someone so motivated and excited
to be doing hacking. It’s contagious, and i’m always happy to
read and see what she’s up to. Also, kicked ass in her Hack.lu
talk too, check it out!!!!
Tony, Tony, Tony!
What a guy. We kinda connected over DC4420 (London Defcon chapter).
When I grow up I think I might actually want to be Tony :D He is an
active member of the community, by deeds and actions not by words!!!
I mean others talk, Tony does. He should be an example to most of
us. Also, a friendly southerner (Britain) GTFO!!!!
If I had half the
strength of Pixie I’d be twice as strong as I am now. Some people
in life are just born awesome, and this is one of those times.
Always has time to speak and smile and listen when I see her, I'm
very thankful I get to call her my friend. You may too find yourself
as grateful as me one day, if you’re lucky.
If you didn’t find
yourself on this list, I’m sorry. Wasn’t a dig, and it wasn’t
because I didn’t respect/love/care for you. I feel for you
honestly, I’m never on these lists either ;)
BTW if you enjoyed
this post, why don’t you take two minutes today to reach out to an
old contact you haven’t heard from in ages and say Hi. You could be
someone’s good moment of the day.
Love finux.
