Making A Change²

Sometimes, you go out looking for change, and sometimes it just happens.

Since I joined Foreground Security, I've been lucky enough to work with some top-notch skilled and dedicated people. Among them is Mike Murray, one of the world's leading experts on social engineering via psychology, linguistics and sneaky peoplehacking. Suffice it to say, I've learned a lot from him, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

When I learned he was leaving Foreground, I was a bit disappointed. When he called me up a few weeks later to offer me a position with Mad Security, I was less disappointed. It was a tough decision, as I've had nothing but good experiences at Foreground, but I feel like I have a lot to learn yet, and I'm pretty excited about some of the new opportunities that come with it.

I'll be doing much of the same security research and penetration testing work, but with an additional focus on training- for security people, IT people and non-IT people. With everybody from developers to users, training is the most useful security tool in the bag, and is used less effectively than any other.