Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️

#CyberSecurity | 10 Years of #BlueTeam | VP, Security Operations in the financial industry | I talk about about jobs, careers, #infosec, and more!

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2024-02-01

If you are a cyber security startup and your CMO is posting partisan/political opinions on LinkedIn, why? How do these people become C-Level executives?

LinkedIn has always been trending toward professional Facebook, but still.

It's just so off-putting and weird. Especially for a marketing professional.

/rant

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2024-01-17

Today was super meh

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2024-01-05

Gonna try bringing back the hackathon Friday concept. I think on small teams with infinite work to be done, we forget to set aside time to be silly and build stupid shit. Go solve a small problem w/ a friend today!

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2024-01-04

Spent some time this week looking through some new IOC's related to a new Medusa Stealer version discussed in this
@RESecurity
post. I always enjoy little views into the dark web.

resecurity.com/blog/article/ne

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2024-01-04

@jerry Hey man - hope the day gets better for you. Happy New Year 😀​

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-12-27

@MonotoneofBill the master of setting achievable goals lol

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-12-26

@iotku Good luck! Start setting groundwork for your first gig!

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-09-11

@WarySec Totally man. I think part of it is that I also probably have a horribly optimized profile. I probably put too many buzzwords or something in it so people associate me with a "decision maker" lol

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-09-11

#infosec #rant

I used to look forward to getting LinkedIn messages...often times it was a juicy job posting or old friend reaching out to check in.

Nowadays it really is just vendors shoving meeting invites. I don't blame them, LinkedIn has empowered them to do so...and our existence on the platform itself enables that behavior....but man it's been super exhausting.

It's just meaningless and draining notifications constantly.

I think I'll be more active here, because I've noticed there is 100% more individual to individual interaction + conversation.

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️ boosted:
2023-08-01

@infosecsidekick I already have that certificate, but I gladly boosted.

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-08-01

To be honest I kind of hate "giveaways" because often times they are lame, but I have the opportunity to give away a pretty legit prize to one person and I also wanted to selfishly raise awareness to my podcast.

If you or someone you know is interested in entering for a chance to win a free Blue Team Level 1 certification voucher, all you have to do is subscribe to my podcast for free at infosecsidekick.com

I'll be releasing a conversation with the CEO, Joshua Beaman later today and announcing a winner later this week.

Please feel free to share, boost, and comment on this post to reach those that may benefit most from this.

I wish I could give away more than just one...maybe in the future I will...but for now, this is the best I can do and I hope it really helps someone out there kickstart their career growth.

#infosec #training #podcast #giveaway

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-07-21

Infosec is cool 👍​

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Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-07-19

It was super fun to interview @jerry for this week's episode of the Infosec Sidekick Podcast!

I had wanted to do this a while back; when the heat of the twitter migration was taking place, but I almost feel like now was a better time.

With the dust somewhat settled, @jerry and I talk about Information Sharing, Community Building, and how Mastodon plays a role in that.

I genuinely appreciate this conversation and hope it can provide you some value and entertainment throughout your week.

You will be sure to find gems in this episode, such as the unlikely comparison to twitter vs Mastodon as Monsters Inc. Power Generation (don't ask, just listen lol)

To Listen -> infosecsidekick.com/p/building

#infosec #infosecurity #podcast #news #community #intelligence #informationsecurity

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-07-19

@jerry was there a catalyst this time? Did Twitter just require a blood sample? Lol

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️ boosted:
Very Hairy Jerryjerry@infosec.exchange
2023-06-28

I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but here we are.

If you get into a disagreement with someone here or for whatever reason the person you’re messaging with asks you to disengage, just stop. I’ve been around since the dawn of online arguments and I’ve never seen a person realize the error of their ways because someone was trolling and/or being an asshole to them in the replies.

If someone asks you to stop, stop. If they block you, take a cue from Elsa and Let It Go. Don’t find alternate ways to continue engaging. I’m sure it the parting shot feels good, or you think you have the perfect reply to help them see the reality of a situation, but it isn’t so.

Please, just stop and think: AITA in this situation?

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-06-22

You all should know about LOOBins, or Living Off The Orchard MACos Binaries, by now. WHAT? You don't? What the hell man. Do you even threat detection engineer?

I released an episode of the podcast with the creator of Loobins.io, @infosecb !

🎧​ To listen to the audio -> infosecsidekick.com/p/living-o

📺​ To watch the video -> youtu.be/peT-dicP7o4

#infosec #blueteam #podcast #interview #loobins

An image of the Infosec Sidekick Podcast featuring Brendan Chamberlain and Travis Romero. The Title of the episode is "Living off the orchard - Detecting Mac-os binaries"
Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-06-15

Two months ago, I decided I wanted to end my streak of lazy COVID era habits. My one metric was going to be to run a mile without stopping. I didn’t care how fast it was, just to do it.

It took about a month of dedicated jogging/running. But eventually I was able to do it. I remember… it was like a 10 minute mile lol but the crazy thing is that it felt like I created a habit. Now, almost two and a half months after I made that commitment, I ran a mile in under 8 minutes for the first time! It feels good man.

Heart health scares me. Whenever I think about the fact that there is a beating ball of meat inside my chest I have a mini existential crisis… this has gone a long way to combat that.

I guess I’m posting this to celebrate an achievement, but I also hope someone can read this and decide they want to improve on something for themselves. Whether it’s running like me or a skill or anything else. It’s about building habits and just sticking to it.

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-06-14

🚨 A new episode of the Infosec Sidekick Podcast is now available! 🚨

I was so happy to have a conversation with someone who has a ton to share on the subject of Threat Hunting; Shahar Vaknin.

Listen Here ➡ infosecsidekick.com/p/beyond-r

🔎 Threat Hunting is a CORE part of any modern Cyber Security strategy. In this episode you will learn about Shahar's background and how he came to lead the high-paced threat hunting Team Axon at Hunters.

In typical new interviewer fashion, the first question I ask immediately derails the conversation as I attempt to dig into the inner workings of national intelligence, but don't worry, we quickly pivot to a massive and insightful conversation on:

⚙️ The Threat Hunting Process and Methodology you should deploy to implement successful hunts.

🚚 How to actually deliver value to stakeholders, even if your hunts turn up dry.

🦸 Strategies for effectively leading Threat Hunting teams and the qualities of a super star threat hunter.

Thanks again to Shahar Vaknin for being a guest on the Podcast. It's been a blast getting to talk to smart folks.

I hope you find value in the episode. Please consider subscribing to support the show; or leave a podcast review on your favorite listening platform!

#cybersecurity #infosec #share #podcast #strategy #threathunting #dfir #blueteam

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️infosecsidekick@infosec.exchange
2023-06-12

@jerry fedia.io is what people were hoping infosec.exchange was actually like back when folks migrated from Twitter. At least that's my guess.

Travis Romero 🦸‍♂️ boosted:
2023-06-12

It’s pretty discouraging looking for any type of work at the moment.

Tired of reading about all this need yet no one I know personally has had any luck in the last 6 months.

Yet we are short trained people. #InfoSec

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