onSecurity Podcast – Episode 19: Inclusion and Community Engagement

August 16, 2023 By Josh Eklow

Episode 19: Inclusion and Community Engagement

In cybersecurity, teamwork is everything. Every part of the practice is about being part of a team, from playing your part in your organization to being part of the larger community and ecosystem. Cybersecurity conventions, such as the upcoming Blue Team Con, are a focal point for team building at every level, with knowledge sharing and training, networking, and volunteering. Many cybersecurity events are run by volunteers, seeking to learn more about cybersecurity and organizing, meet active and involved members of the community, and take part in building the culture.

This episode, onSecurity is joined by Phoenix Fier, security analyst for Funko and volunteer coordinator for the upcoming Blue Team Con. Phoenix discusses the importance of inclusion in cybersecurity events, the opportunities that volunteering at an event presents, and why getting involved is a critical step in your career.

onSecurity – Blue Team Con

October 21, 2022 By Josh Eklow

Episode 8: Blue Team Con

In cybersecurity, the importance of teamwork, collaboration, skill sharing, and peer review cannot be overstated. When it comes to cyber defense, blue teams are in competition against the criminal elite and cyber attackers worldwide, but draw strength from working and communicating with each other. Cybersecurity conventions are increasingly popular places for the industry’s most meaningful discourse.

On our eighth episode, Frank McGovern, Cybersecurity Architect at StoneX, joins onSecurity to discuss the gap he saw in the cybersecurity convention scene and his work to organize Blue Team Con along with our host, BTC co-founder and onShore Security CEO Stel Valavanis.

Joe Gresham at Blue Team Con 2022

July 7, 2022 By Josh Eklow

onShore Security’s Joe Gresham will be speaking at Blue Team Con 2022, August 27-28th in Chicago, Illinois. The abstract for his talk, Why I Keep Building My Security On Open Source Year After Year, can be seen in Track 2 of Blue Team Con’s speaking schedule.