Category Archives: Security Blog

Frisco Texas

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Carmelo

We got home from Gallifrey One, about 4 hours before my flight to Frisco for a leadership on-sight. We talked budget, strategy, and worked close with our partners that some of us were meeting for the first time. We also … Continue reading →

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Scottsdale Cybersecurity Summit 2024

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Carmelo

My homies and I went to the Cybersecurity Summit and then went over to see Damien at his work. It was a great day! The crew came over for a bit so that I could finally introduce Jaime to them.

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Horror Fest

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Carmelo

I finally got to meet 2 more Hackers. Horror Fest was much smaller than I thought it would be. The whole con is tiny and the lines for photos didn’t even exist. I basically followed Renoly and Laurence right in … Continue reading →

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Nashville Work Trip

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Carmelo

A few months ago we planned to get our senior leadership team together for an onsite in Nashville. I flew out the night before and so did a couple of my peers. It was different than the our normal set … Continue reading →

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Hackers Movie: Matthew Lillard

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Carmelo

In 1995, the movie Hackers, came out and I was already interested in computers and knew that I would make that my career when I got out of the Marine Corps. My computer interest turned into a job in information … Continue reading →

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.conf 2024

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Carmelo

It was my first time going to a Splunk conference. I didn’t start planning until 2 weeks ago. Since we got “free” tickets, which just comes with our huge Splunk renewal, I wanted to give my team all the chances … Continue reading →

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RSA Conference 2024

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Carmelo

Though I’m a day late to the conference, it was more than enough to spend some good quality time with my team and enjoy the conference and also meet up with some of my friends. I stayed at the Parker … Continue reading →

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Phoenix SIEM Project

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Carmelo

I know I don’t post too much about work and work projects because it’s just something mostly private and work related. But I think I could post this. I have both Splunk and Cribl in my SIEM environment and because … Continue reading →

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Cybersecurity Summit in Scottsdale

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Carmelo

I went to the Cybersecurity Summit at the Phoenician, which is in Scottsdale. It’s not my first time at this venue. It’s pretty snazzy. The thing is though, that to get there “on time” I had to sit in about … Continue reading →

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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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