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Matt Franz
@mdfranz@infosec.exchange
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Recovering SecOps Director (currently a Cloud Security Engineer) with no delusions of ever becoming a CISO and possibly never a "people leader" again. Ex-Mandiant, Cisco, Ping (Identity not golf), Tenable, and Gemalto.
Indivisible ❌👑We’ve got a plan to slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover — and we need your help: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/?source=mastodon
I’m not really worried about global pedos (and see Epstein conspiracy theories in line with a long history of anti-Semitic tropes, real anti-Semitism vs oppo to Israeli war crimes) but I am quite happy to see it blow up the MAGA multiverse. 🍿🥤🎉
I’m not on the market and LinkedIn profile is not lit, but over the last 2 weeks job inquiries have upticked significantly, mostly about cloud security. Mainly in FedRAMP, DoD, and Crypto space.
Built a Linux Laptop today. Thinkpad T490 with Ubuntu 24.04. Trying to remember the last time I did this.Went pretty smooth.
Even with AI, XML is still terrible.
As a Matt, this got my attention https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-363-is-matt-a-loser
TBM 363: Is Matt A Loser?
It was far easier to rationalize a layer of inexperienced managers than to face the fact that the strategy was scattered and shifts in the technology landscape threatened the core business model. "It isn't our job to raise the flag that teams are overloaded! That's middle management's job. We want to do ambitious things here at Acme!"
