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BSides Augusta

Or fun with Soldering…

This weekend got the chance to go to my first BSides in Augusta. Smaller conference, but just as good as any big one.

The talks I sat in on were excellent, especially one about the infosec community and culture. It was basically about how people perpetuate a toxic culture feeding into this ‘hero’ mentality. Part of the issue is instead of seeing the attackers as the villain people see the users as villains and beneath them because they make “stupid” mistakes. It goes along with this book I’m reading: ‘The Smartest Person in the Room” which is about all the ego in tech.

I also got to try my hand at soldering for the second time and did pretty well. Like my little badge response to tapping and lights up like it’s supposed to. Now I’m going to go practice picking locks or soldering something else….lol.