Author Archives: Carmelo

Crowdstrike’s Fal.Con 2023

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Carmelo

Nick had some extra passes that came with our contract and we tried to get our teams to go, and only a few actually wanted to, so I accompanied them. It’s a long drive to Vegas, about 5 hours long, … Continue reading →

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Risk and Security Regional Community Forum

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Carmelo

Wipro/Edgile/ServiceNow me out to Silicon Valley to have a discussion on my project associated with my Vulnerability Governance program and we ended up being the headliner! It was pretty cool and I got to hang out with a coworker and … Continue reading →

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Tucson Comic Con: 2023

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Carmelo

For labor day, again, we went to Tucson for Comic Con. It was a lot of fun, and oddly enough, we didn’t dress for it this year. I guess we just weren’t feeling it. We more or less “bounded” kind … Continue reading →

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Gathering of the Ghouls

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Carmelo

The Gathering of the Ghouls is a new con for those who dig horror, which isn’t necessarily us, but we like Halloween stuff so here we are!

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Dark Ones Party: Denizens of the Deep

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Carmelo

Jaime, Allysen, and Melissa (and one other) were mermaids at the Dark Ones party tonight and were quite an attraction.

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Blackhat & DefCon

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Carmelo

So I just got back from 2 back-to-back conferences in Las Vegas and wow, am I tired! I got to spend a lot of quality time with coworkers and talking to vendors and other like-minded nerds and geeks.    

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Internet Hacker: John Hammond

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Carmelo

At Blackhat, I ran into John Hammond, and if you haven’t seen his Youtube Channel, you’re missing out. He goes into some hacker tools and displays his prowess over Linux and other operating systems. It’s pretty impressive.

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Nashville Security Leadership Meeting

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Carmelo

We needed to get together to have some strategy and budget discussions, it was a lot of tough work and we tried to balance it out with some good food and breaking bread with a couple of our local team … Continue reading →

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Angela’s Birthday!

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Carmelo

For Angela’s birthday, we did a Harry Potter themed party at the Drink Me Tea Room down in Tempe/Chandler. It was a lot of fun!

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Fourth of July Festivities

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Carmelo

For the Fourth of July, we did 2 separate events… one at our house with our friends and family to enjoy the pool, we did that the weekend before the fourth, and then on the fourth itself at Brandee and … Continue reading →

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