Defense Readiness Condition

Back to a normal week?

Defense Readiness Condition
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At last, back to a more typical week after the Oklahoma heat and having the whole internet get CrowdStriked.

Widespread IT Outage Due to CrowdStrike Update | CISA

In the Call Theory universe, here's what's going on this week:

Scripting session topic – Intermediate II: Contact-Based Dispatch - On-Call

CrowdStrike is a verb?

Spending a few days in and around Fort Sill while Windows melted down made me think of the DEFCON system - I'd bet the CrowdStrike ordeal would be at least a DEF CON 4 alert state, right?

DEFCON4: Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures
Credit: https://programming.dev/post/17203359

The DEF CON conference is also next month for the security minded nerds out there. Speaking of which ...

DEF CON 32

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Call Theory will be heading to DEF CON 32 in Las Vegas next month. As attendees; to learn.

I'm personally excited for:

Jay is a HAM radio geek, so I expect he'll be spending some time at the HAM Radio Village.

Basically we'll be learning how to be geekier geeks around physical, digital, enterprise, and personal privacy/security. Even CISA is going to be there!

This is your reminder that you need to help develop your staff - sending them to conferences is one of the best ways!

I can vouch from my own experience.

Then we can take what we learn and apply it to help secure call center telecom, infrastructure, and physical environments for our customers.

I have 7 of these whiteboard frames, and an unknown heap of stickers to add.