Last week I reconnected with one of my recent colleagues; we had a 30-minute video call.
AS was one of the first people in the company to welcome me by
introducing me to many of the basics of threat intelligence. He gave me private
tutorials and translated many of the concepts so I would be able to understand
at least 17% of the conversations I heard on conference calls.
He also introduced me to the daily digest emails, an aggregation
of news reports of activities by threat actors, along with brief analyst takes
on what was happening. Those emails became my daily devotionals, and I learned
so much from reading them.
Our half hour last week whizzed by in seconds as he gave me the
gouge on what it’s like as part of the software megalith that acquired our
company 15 months ago. Rounds of layoffs (mostly timed for a couple of weeks
before bonuses would be paid) weigh pretty heavily, and that makes it a bit of
a challenge to carry on. But he’s doing okay.
And I’m grateful to have had that 30 minutes, to see him, listen
to him and laugh with him. That is such a gift.
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