Wendy Nather

Recovering industry analyst, research director & CISO. Senior Fellow at @AtlanticCouncil @CyberStatecraft. Single, childful cat lady.

General Content Warnings: snark, bad words, even worse puns, occasional flashes of borrowed insight, plugging of selected $employer events and publications, random brain radio songs, multilingual commentary

Note: Sufficiently advanced shitposting is indistinguishable from thought leadership. — @jwgoerlich

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2025-05-29

Hippiecopter! [No-Contribution-864]

2025-05-29

@paul_ipv6 @sundogplanets My dad was an astronomer, so I got to go occasionally to McDonald Observatory in west Texas and see that splendor.

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2025-05-29

You’re in his DMs, I’m the void he screams into. We are not the same.

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BeyondMachines :verified:beyondmachines1@infosec.exchange
2025-05-29

True definition of critical infrastructure

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2025-05-29

ADDENDUM: I just thought of a term for the phenomenon of aggressively gendered marketing and branding:

THE GENDER-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

2025-05-29

@neurovagrant @GossiTheDog @ferrix And answer the phone like @briankrebs is calling 😜

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Instructions for an infosec lived life:

Dance like no one is watching.

Encrypt like everyone's watching.

Cyber like @GossiTheDog is about to start tooting about your company.

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Steph writes: no cops at pride,  just an entire women's roller derby team skating around knocking over homophobes
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J Wolfgang Goerlichjwgoerlich@infosec.exchange
2025-05-29

“Why settle for two wolves inside you when you can have one Wolf beside you?”

@wendynather

2025-05-29

@LaimesKudikis @catsalad THANK YOU! I and some friends need this

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Brian Honanbrianhonan
2025-05-29

I took part last week in a webinar for GÉANT where I talked about why we need to be more empathetic and focus on people in our security awareness efforts.

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this approach and how we can better improve security awareness within organisations.

youtu.be/rPNsDSv7e8k?si=l-S4X-

2025-05-29

@LaimesKudikis @catsalad Combat Ukrainian tomatoes. Something I never knew I needed, until now.

2025-05-29

@NishantK Dang, I wish I could hear those talks!

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Just a few days to go till Identiverse, the largest gathering of identity professionals on earth - all packed into the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. What could go wrong? Stories will be shared, lessons learnt, fun will be had. Can’t wait to meet up with friends old and new and figure out new ways to avoid having to take a shot someone says “Agentic AI”.
So many great sessions on the agenda, it’s going to be a tough time choosing between them. I will be taking the stage twice myself.
On Wednesday, I will be giving a talk about the dangers of “build fast, break fast” in digital identity projects, and how we can responsibly balance innovation with societal needs, especially when it comes to citizen identity initiatives. [identiverse.com/idv25/session/]
Appropriately enough, I will follow that up on Thursday by joining Tina as she once again leads a workshop on overcoming obstacles to innovation in identity and security. It got an amazing reception last year, and I’m sure will be a ton of fun again. [identiverse.com/idv25/session/]
Hope to see you there.
#Identiverse #Identitypalooza #Identity #security #Identiverse2025

Promotional Banner for my talk on "Pro-Human Identity: From Ideal to Real" at Identiverse 2025. Taking place Wednesday June 4 from 10:30-10:55am in Mandalay Bay F.
2025-05-29

@spaf Never look a gift Spaf in the mouth!

2025-05-29

@loewe Also alles von DÖF, zum Bleistift:

DÖF - Arafat

youtu.be/bwS7918Uw9I

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Andrea ... ist sprachlos 🌼arbeitstitel@nrw.social
2025-05-29

Kommt wieder sehr in Mode, dieser Song:

Ina Deter "Neue Männer braucht das Land"

song.link/i/1443410354

@loewe #DeutschsprachigerDonnerstag

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2025-05-29

Tenemos locación! La próxima edición de #BSidesCDMX será en un lugar icónico:

La Ex Fábrica Mx

Un espacio urbano, vibrante y lleno de historia que será el escenario perfecto para compartir, aprender juntos. #securitybsides

2025-05-29
2025-05-28

The day I realized that @snarl is my id

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