Dave Merkel

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Of the cybers, against my better judgment. CEO of Expel.
I'm bringing shitposting to Mastodon buckle up
Do you make a product that relies on the user being able to tell if a single LED is red or green? Please stop.

Should your organization freak out and roll IR because #okta got their source nicked?

Rather than say yes or no, ask yourself what your organization can meaningfully do. Odds are not much. Consider the need to do performative work to keep your executives calm, which sucks but infosec theater pays the bills and keeps auditors happy. Keep in mind that the Windows OS source has been in the hands of threat actors over and over for years and no new sploits came from that so far.

Make sure you're pulling Okta logs into your SEIM and have alerting in place for things like:

  • admin membership changes
  • abnormal amounts of password changes
  • password changes followed by MFA changes
  • configuration changes to key components, such as MFA or logon restrictions.

Chuck Norris: <walks into bar>

#JohnMastodon sitting at bar: <sips drink>

Chuck Norris: <exits>

It drives me crazy how poorly a lot of US companies treat their people and how we are so desensitized to it that just suggesting doing things differently shocks people.

I hate tweeting...but I guess tooting is OK. h/t to @jerry for #mondog.

Fun fact: blueberries do indeed cure eye crusties. Minute has the receipts...and also does appear to like blueberries.