Sarah Miller

Chaos Master | Emergency and Cybersecurity Manager | Academic | Fed | disasters, tech, hockey, equity, cats | she/her | Signal/Whatsapp

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2024-08-07

@Tarah I adopted this idea of rewards vs punishment doing some contract work for a company. Punishment only discourages reporting when somebody accidentally clicks something they should not. The IT folks started handing out Starbucks cards for small acts of good behavior and quit punishing accidents. Everybody won.

Sarah Miller boosted:
2023-09-13

“But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”

“What is that?” asked Frog.

“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-09-03
Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-09-03

@siliconshecky @hacks4pancakes yes! I got caught in the crossfire of an OSINT CTF that was a great idea, well executed, but didn't benefit from having someone with experience to share "things to plan for". Which would probably have included warning someone (me) that some of my public info was part of the CTF. Caused me great consternation for a few hours while I figured out wtf was going on. Then I thought it was funny. Then I volunteered to provide them a little guidance.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-09-03

@strap @hacks4pancakes and the danger in this attitude is vast. Nearly every after-action I've written or read related to a worst case scenario involved a junior person being ignored when they pointed out a fatal flaw. And then the org, or worse, the community, pays a horrible price.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-09-03

@ohmu @hacks4pancakes sounds familiar. It's super hard to balance the connections that long-time folks have with the need for new folks to join the space. One org I'm affiliated with still has a number of people who don't have email. And there's a loud chunk of people who want to cater to that. Sometimes I just yell at the wall, explain it all to the cat, and move forward as best I can . . .

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-09-03

@hacks4pancakes this is important. I see it in other spaces too. I think part of the fix is to invite the next generation to the planning table in ways they can actually do so. Then actually listen to them and incorporate their ideas.

The ways that people engage and volunteer have changed. I'm watching some organizations die because they won't change.

"Hi, please consider volunteering a shit ton of hours in addition to raising your family, building your career, trying to buy a house, etc." isn't the answer. Meaningful bite size chunks is.

I struggle with this as a professor too. I'm old. I know I'm old. I know they know I'm old. And now I'm rambling. But it's a problem that does need fixing.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-31

@thegibson does this mean the move is finally happening??

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-26

I'm responsible for a 3 year old today. So naturally we got up and had hot cocoa and chocolate bars for our breakfast appetizer. Now on to bacon and pancakes.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-24

I need to find a browser extension to install on my dad's computer that blocks conspiracy sites. This is exhausting ...

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-23

@dave_aitel my org has had no e-mail or phones for 4 weeks. The tech debt came due ...

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-22

@bobco85 If I did that, the whole bus would be annoyed by the howling from the carrier. Neither of mine likes the car.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-22

@1dark1 we did! We did Bsides and DC. Crazy week!

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-22

@1dark1 I'm sorry I missed you this year!

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-22

Did a thing today. #tattoo #caffeine #fire #NewInk

Sarah Miller boosted:
2023-08-21

Of the 9,200 scientists who responded to the survey, over half have cut down on their use of Twitter/X and nearly 7% have stopped using it altogether nature.com/articles/d41586-023

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-21

I used to read said book when it arrived every year. :P

Sarah Miller boosted:
2023-08-21

@scba Assuming he grew up in the states, for someone who lived in a time when a book would get dropped at your door every so often that would contain everybody's name and address, it is interesting that that was what he keyed into. Maybe it might be worth taking him on a tour of Google to show him all the things that are out there about him.

Glad it could have been much worse. It IS cruel and unfair. And these days you don't need to be close to 80 to fall for them. It's a good reminder to all of us.

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𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 :verifiedtrans:LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-21

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Those who prevent you from learning about history fully intend on repeating it.

Sarah Millerscba@defcon.social
2023-08-20

@thegibson oh no!

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