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Mike Privette

6 months

I asked DALL-E to make an image of an industry analyst trying to come up with a new cybersecurity category or acronym that makes sense. For every 10 likes, I'll make him look more frustrated and unhinged.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Random USB drive at the park you say? #nottodaysatan

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

I have watched the career journeys of many cybersecurity professionals and learned that people have a hard time advancing their careers because of one or more of these reasons:

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

7 months

It’s the time of year again for the world famous InfoSec Black Friday GitHub repo from @securitymeta_ ! This has been a huge hit running over 5 year, and has just about everything a cybersecurity person would want. (Plus a few things from me as well 😎)

GitHub - 0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday: All the deals for InfoSec related software/tools this Black...

All the deals for InfoSec related software/tools this Black Friday - 0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@AletheDenis This is the way 👏

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@IanColdwater It’s hard times out there for a lot of people, for sure! I started a newsletter called 🔐Secure the Job a few weeks ago to help out a bit and highlight some of the places still hiring for cyber talent

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@thepatwalls Did you know you can cut out 86% of the remaining joy you have left in life if you quit coffee???

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

A live look at me trying to dodge people from scanning my badge at RSA

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Security awareness and early morning weights go hand in hand 🤝

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

9 months

@_JohnHammond Your security will continue until morale improves

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

Many people in cybersecurity are convinced that technology is the tough part. Turns out it's not. Everyone soon learns it's communicating that's the hardest part of the job.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

3 years

Good news everyone! It's almost job changing szn 😎 Do your future self a favor and check out The Job Indecision Calculator on @Gumroad New site design is live and it's also $5 off for Black Friday / Cyber Monday until the end of November #career

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Startup Founder: How can I describe our product in a way that stands out to customers? The cybersecurity market is already saturated. Industry Analyst: I got you dog, say no more #ztcnxadador

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Holy crap my wife really killed the Valentine’s Day card this year with the help of ChatGPT

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Proud to be sponsoring @BSidesLondon for @ReturnOnSec ’s very first sponsorship and getting to use my new logo from @MiscreantsHQ to boot! #BSidesLDN2023

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

2. Not realizing that it's not those with the best ideas but those who are best at communicating ideas that get ahead (right or wrong).

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

@JustinSaaS I just recently broke $1k lifetime sales on @gumroad doing this exact thing. Polished up a few spreadsheets I had been using for years into products and some folks bought them 🤝

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Fellas: if she - Is constantly changing what’s she’s called - Is saying new terms that don’t make sense - Has analysts constantly talking her up - Makes your buying experience a living hell That’s not your girl, that’s another cybersecurity product category from Gartner

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@SimonZerafa

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

11 months

☎️ London was calling, and we decided to answer. I'm excited to announce that we've swapped a Queen City for a King's city and moved the family from Charlotte, NC to London, UK! My wife and I always wanted the chance to live abroad and hoped that one of our jobs would take us

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@KirkLammy 90’s kids know it’s true

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 month

Found my doppelgänger at @RSAConference from @runZeroInc

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

The Creator's Dinner post- @BSidesSF was one of the highlights of my trip to SFO for BSides and RSA last week. This brain trust of folk creating cyber content is incredible! @hashishrajan @ramimacisabird @DanielMiessler @Jhaddix @clintgibler @NahamSec @_JohnHammond @mattjay

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

🎉 Security, Funded has finally crossed 1,000 subscribers! This has been a long term milestone for me and here are a few tips I learned along the way about growing a newsletter and running a content business.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Just crossed 3,000 subscribers for the @securityfunded newsletter 🔥

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious 😳

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@BenAylett Haha that’s wild

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

1. Not understanding the difference between gaining practical experience in a role and acquiring certifications.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Blitz goal for @RSAConference - get 100+ new subs for @securityfunded by handing these bad boys out

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@kevinrodell I’ll save it for you

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@OCEAN_STATE You gone learn today!

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

3. Not actively networking and telling enough people what their goals are and how they plan to achieve them so they can get feedback.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

I don’t care how much experience you have, you’re going to need to learn new things and unlearn old habits.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

🔐 Secure the Job is taking a break. It has been a lot of fun to branch out into a new newsletter topic with Secure the Job, and I hope it has been useful in your job-seeking and career-enhancing journey. But I’ve realized that I am in a season of life where I need to avoid

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

I made a cyber operator's guide to learning about the cybersecurity industry for people working in venture capital and private equity. With highlights from: @colegrolmus @rosshaleliuk @DanielMiessler @edsim @jaminball and more!

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

A live look at security teams trying to fix years of technical debt and architecture decisions in prod

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

A few ways you can "stay technical" in cybersecurity outside of your day job: - Make something and ship it - Do @acloudguru or @RealTryHackMe - Do @CloudChallenges - Submit a conference talk -Write a newsletter - Start a blog - Start a YouTube Doing keeps you improving

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

4. Not seeking peer support and learning outside of work - there are so many good communities, training, Discord or Slack groups, and meetups these days.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

TFW you realize that your friends with the top cybersecurity newsletters are now all on @beehiiv and you can cross-recommend them all 😤 👊 @clintgibler @DanielMiessler @Jhaddix @mattjay

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

It’s been a while since I posted this, but here’s an open-source listing of cybersecurity technologies (both paid and open sourced) mapped to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

The $CRWD is stacked

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

5. Not going on interviews and practicing communicating your skills and value proposition enough.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Is your child texting about bank failures? Here’s a guide to find out: OG: Original Gains LMAO: Losing Money & Assets Overnight LOL: Liquidity Out of Luck ROFL: Return On Fiasco Leveraging BRB: Bankruptcy Recovery Blues WTF: Where’s The Finance? STFU: Silicon Termination Fiasco

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Last year at RSA, the common question I got when I told people about my writing was: “Why are you doing that?” The questions were different this year: “Can we write something?” “When are you starting a podcast?” “When are you opening a fund?” A year can make a big difference!

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Not a bad looking rewind from @beehiiv for @ReturnOnSec in 2023! I wrote over 18,000 words this year, which is way more than I expected! 🤯 Here's how my literary odyssey stacks up to some other popular reports and figures from the cybersecurity industry: 📊 18,000 is about

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

❓I had an interesting question from one of the Security, Funded subscribers about my thoughts on the news of the NCC Group earnings update and their recent stock hit. Here's a quick thread on my thoughts 🧵

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

How you feel after getting new headcount for your security team in this economy

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 month

Sorry to all the folks I’ll surprise at RSA next week by being taller than you expected

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

7 months

Me to the CEO and the board after the company pass its SOC 2 audit

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Is it working? #securityawareness

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

TFW when you see your logo with the big kids🤩 @Tessian @TrustedSec @torq_io

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

OK, it looks like 🔐Secure the Job on @beehiiv struck a chord as subscribers have really taken off in the past week and pushed past 300! 🎉 Thanks again to everyone who has been sharing the word, submitting jobs, and tuning in!

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

It was great to be on the @SecWeekly ’s Enterprise Security Weekly podcast with @sawaba and reflect on some of the happenings in the cybersecurity industry in 2023! We got to talk through this year's trends and stats from @ReturnOnSec , comparing them to 2022 and making some

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

9 months

The cybersecurity industry is full of paradoxes and challenges. Here are 25 lessons I've learned over 17 years in the industry to help navigate this complex field Takeaways: - Diplomacy > Tech - Budgets > Checklists - Conversations > Spreadsheets

25 Hard-Hitting Lessons from 17 Years in Cybersecurity

Dive into the no-filter truths from a 17-year cybersecurity career. These straight-shooting insights will help you navigate the intricacies and paradoxes of the cybersecurity industry.

www.returnonsecurity.com

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

If your CISO looks like this, you're not getting that budget increase this year

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Here’s how I made my first $1K selling digital products on @gumroad and how you could too. A song of fire and ice 🧙‍♂️🔥🧊

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Testing out a simple print for sizing and quality. This is 1 of 1 so far.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Another awesome new feature from @beehiiv with Recommendations for other newsletters. Some of my current favorites on the platform 👇 @secpillsnews @StockMarketNerd @TheSplit_ @exec_sum

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

11 months

3️⃣ @wehackpurple 🤝 @semgrep WeHackPurple, a Canada-based application security training and education community, was acquired by Semgrep) for an undisclosed amount. *An AppSec powerhouse has entered the chat*

We Hack Purple Joins Forces with Semgrep!

Have you heard the news? Semgrep and We Hack Purple are joining forces to create an all-star team for securing the world’s software!

wehackpurple.com

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

3 years

@mattbonig So THAT’S how AWS Infinidash works

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Still one of my favorite nonsensical and unhinged cold outreach emails I got at the height of the blockchain wave

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Just crossed 500 subscribers to the Security, Funded newsletter today Let’s goooo! 🚀

Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Just hit 400 subscribers to the Security, Funded newsletter today! 🎉 It’s nothing compared to bigger newsletters in the security space yet, but I’m pretty proud. 😎 If you haven’t signed up yet, why not? 🤔

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

This past week, the big debate in the cybersecurity industry was platform-based solutions vs. best-of-breed technologies. Let's dive into what everyone's talking about 👇

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

6. Not sharing what they are working on and their accomplishments enough - you're only rewarded for the work people hear about (it's part of the game).

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 months

New drip just dropped ahead of conference season 💦

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

11 months

I cannot stress the value of creating strong, on-brand partnerships in a similar niche with other newsletters if you want quality newsletter subscriber growth.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

The visible pain and confusion when he realizes that you can't just flip "zero trust" to "trust zero"

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Since I started writing a blog and newsletter, I've been able to: - Land new clients - Make new friends - Be on multiple podcasts - Learn more than I ever expected - Speak at and attend multiple new events Why haven’t you stated writing yet?

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Now pure rage is setting in after he speaks with @anton_chuvakin and @philvenables on the futility of his efforts. He begins to question all of his life choices that led him here and slowly slips into madness

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

The first rating is in for the video course! 🙌🙌🙌

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

4 years

A question I often get asked is "How do I advance my career in the cybersecurity field?" Here's a 🧵with my take

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Starting to realize that so many of the good acronyms are already taken

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

10 months

The era of security teams buying too many tools - meaning buying more tools than the organization can deploy and operationalize and then hiring for “tool people” - is coming to an end. Security teams buying too many tools was a zero interest rate phenomenon (ZIRP)

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

9 months

The attacker's mind cannot comprehend this

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

💰 Issue 95 of the Security, Funded newsletter together with @Lacework In this week's issue: • Palo Alto flexed on ‘em with bundling 💪 • China hackers and AI deception ramp up • LLMASB (LLM Access Security Broker?)

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Today’s plyometrics to get more bounce to the ounce brought to you by @BSidesSF

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Drop a 💌 if you'd be interested in a Notion doc with templates that go in depth on exactly how I manage monetizing my free newsletter and manage sponsors. If you're interested in a systematic playbook to manage sponsors for your newsletter, this would be for you.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

The general vibe from last week’s of public cybersecurity earnings calls: “Microsoft? Nah we don’t compete. CFOs buy Microsoft for security, but people serious about security buy the big security platforms” Meanwhile @satyanadella sitting on a $20B security business is like

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Ok this was the highlight of @RSAConference for me this year

Jason Haddix

@Jhaddix

2 years

It’s amazing to get together like minded people and reconnect. Love these guys! ⁦ @DanielMiessler ⁩ ⁦ @NahamSec ⁩ ⁦ @caseyjohnellis ⁩ ⁦ @_JohnHammond ⁩ ⁦ @PhillipWylie ⁩ ⁦ @seanqsun ⁩ ⁦ @mikepsecuritee ⁩ ⁦ @KEVINaitch ⁩

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

CSPM is just basic table stakes for cloud security vendors now

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

🔒 Improve your organization's security and compliance management with The Security Auditing Manifesto. Discover a set of shared values for effective security and compliance management that can help you: * Build stronger security partnerships * Reduce friction * Better manage

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Thanks to @campuscodi and the @riskydotbiz newsletter for highlighting the Security, Funded newsletter today! #securityfunded

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

🔒 RSA Conference 2023: A Return to Normalcy 🌟 🚀 After last year's subdued event, RSA is officially back in full swing, here is some of the sentiment I captured: * 400+ registered vendors (plus 10-20% more on the periphery) * Over 40,000 attendees * Extravagant booths and

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Always love getting these monthly newsletter metrics from @beehiiv

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

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If we add five different AI security vendors to our program, we'll have 100% protection from threats

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

🚀 Just published a deep dive into the impact of @RSAConference Innovation Sandbox on cybersecurity startups! Thrilled to collaborate with @ramimacisabird on this piece, and thanks for the opportunity to work together.🤝

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

A cool feature from @beehiiv : Monthly newsletter stats Here's the stats for Security, Funded from May 2022 Issues shipped: 5 Avg open rate: 52.4% Avg click-through rate: 24% Subscriber growth rate: 15.3% Most popular issue:

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

@HackingLZ S1 said they found an error in how they were reporting ARR in their CRM and that their results were down from that fix. I think it came down to investors just not believing that story and I go in a bit deeper from my newsletter yesterday

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

6 months

Become further unhinged at the realization that his career will never be complete if he can't define a new cybersecurity category and buzzword

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Shoutout to @Bitwarden @1Password

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Pro Tip: Everyone will not read or listen to every piece of content you put out, and that shouldn't be your main goal as a creator. The goal is to establish you, your brand, and your ideas as a longer term share of people's thoughts through consistency and quality.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

9 months

Rate my set up

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

10 months

First @BlackHatEvents was a great success!

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

The first lesson about running a newsletter business is: Don't start a newsletter business.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

Up-and-coming wave of cyber products will be around identifying external AI usage in enterprises. Find out who is using OpenAI via Google/M$ auth, limiting or proxying access to ChatGPT, etc. This will be a legal and risk management exercise. It will look very much like the

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

1 year

When the bad guys figure out how to use all this generative AI stuff

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

3 years

🙌 Crossed $500 in revenue today from my collection of digital products! 💎 It's not life-changing money, but it's really fun to see that a few things I made up have gone this far. This has been a fun journey and has unlocked many more ideas.

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

3 years

Me most of 2020: Hesitated on writing Wasn’t consistent Had vague goals Me in 2021: Set goals Dove into content Launched on Ghost Built-up a brand Monetized my writing Made a profitable skill work for me Don’t wait, dive in 💦

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Mike Privette

@mikepsecuritee

2 years

Thanks for having me on the show and this was an awesome podcast to be a part of!

Tessian

@Tessian

2 years

New podcast🎙 @mikepsecuritee #CISO at @PassportHQ discusses what gets CISO's attention, why cybersecurity is attracting big investment, and why defending against exotic threats is meaningless if you've not addressed the basics... Get it now

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