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I've been a long time fan of Anvilogic's approach to SecOps and it's pretty much in-line with how we're thinking about things here at Monad so it was fun catching up w/ Alex Hurtado for this one! #SecDataOps

We're back for our next episode drop w/ Darwin Salazar, MSc for Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Tune in with Alex Hurtado as she dives into the intricacies of data streams + pipelines, log source prioritization, and so much more with Darwin. Links to Youtube & Spotify below ?? ?? https://lnkd.in/dDxZxKNt ?? https://lnkd.in/djDSY_mG

Welcome to the team, Brent! We're excited to have you! ??

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the last 6 months have been nothing short of a ride. I’ve had the privledge to talk to some really cool founders, CTOs, and engineers building in security, AI for sales, fitness and other industries, and also learn about how I can be a part of building things like these. i’ve been super excited spending time understanding and designing systems that are to be built for scale, working on the cloud, infrastructure with tech like K8s, Docker, writing backend services and learning how they scale, creating UIs, reading on distributed systems, and honestly just experimenting with all of it from my room. in the process of experimentation I also built https://lnkd.in/dE5baxm5, a real-time video transcoding solution built by writing services running on the cloud talking to each other to allow the real-time infrastructure to work. I’m also grateful to now be interning at Monad over the summer helping build for security teams, and I’m excited to continue learning and seeing what’s coming next!

And that's a wrap for this year's BSidesSF/RSAC! ?? There's no other professional community like the security community. Not in finance, not in healthcare, literally no other industry. It's easy to get caught up in the doom and gloom tied to the nature of the work that we do, but when you attend events like these, you can't help but feel optimistic. Huge shoutout to everyone securing the foundations of our society, building dope products, and being a force of nature for good in the security space. Few (non-biz) highlights include: ?? Cyversity networking reception. 150+ attendees? The mission continues! ?? Monad friends n' fam kickback ?? ?? The Cyber Creators lunch meetup orchestrated by the one and only Francis Odum ?? Kicking it w/ my Security Weekly Productions fam Jeff Man, Samantha Estrella ?? Meeting longtime friends IRL John Martinez, Kennedy Torkura, Chris Hughes, Timothy Peacock ?? Ross Haleliuk's book signing w/ Snowflake + Anvilogic ?? Wiz's booth concept. Dish detergent as K8s pods. Can't tell you how hard I tried get a pack ?? ?? And of course, Alicia Keys live performance ???? Headed back home inspired and ready to continue building?? The next The Cybersecurity Pulse (TCP) issue will be out in the next couple of days and will include all (50+) key security product and emerging startup news announced at RSA. Stay tuned and subscribe if you haven't already! Link in comments ~ Have a great weekend y'all! ?? #RSAC #BSides #Cybersecurity

BSidesSF and Day 1 of RSAC have been a blast! ?? Kudos to Anvilogic, Snowflake, and Venture in Security for an amazing event last night! Over the weekend we hosted an intimate rooftop kickback with friends, partners and security curmedgeon Jeff Man (Curmudgeon, Cyber Legend, OG Hacker)! ????♂? We can’t wait to see what the rest of the week has in store! #rsac #bssides

Great discussion about what's going on at the forefront of LLMs and application security with our very own Darwin Salazar, MSc, Impart Security Inc., and DryRun Security! #Cackalacky ??

Collecting and storing security logs and other security data at scale is a huge, never-ending challenge with many potential gotcha's and oopsies ?? along the way. In part 2 of Monad's Data Engineering for Cybersecurity blog series, I go DEEP into detail on: ???Agent-based v. agentless data collection methods ???Push v. Pull API architecture ???Practical guidance for security data collection, storage, governance, and compliance ???Which storage tiers (e.g. hot, warm, cold) are appropriate for different data types and security activities The primary goal of this series is to educate and provide tactical guidance on how to adopt data engineering practices to build a winning security program. Many security teams today are faced with black box, one-size fits all solutions with high costs, limited integrations and customizability. By leaning in and truly understanding their security data landscape and employing data engineering tactics, security teams can open up a world of opportunities. The next two posts will be loaded with actionable insights from my time as a detection engineer and security consultant: ? Part III - data processing, transformation, and integration (e.g. ETL) ?? Part IV - security data analytics (e.g. threat hunting, predictive analytics etc) If you have any feedback or would like to discuss anything covered, feel free to drop a comment or DM. Link in comment section! #Monad #DataEngineering #Cybersecurity #TMC

?? The Security Data Fabric Shift Explained?? Last month, Zscaler acquired Avalor for $350M. A security data fabric and vulnerability management startup that only came out of stealth in April of 2023. This acquisition sparked tons of interest and funding activity in the security data management space. It also reignited the platform v. best-of-breed debate and hinted at what's to come for AI in security products. However, this acquisition had many question marks surrounding it. In this deep dive, I cover: ? What security data fabrics and security data ETL are ? The flurry of activity that happened immediately after the acquisition ? Why the acquisition makes sense for Zscaler ? What other vendors are doing with data fabrics including CrowdStrike, Microsoft, F5, and SentinelOne. ? The implications for the security industry, including incumbents, startups, and security teams I also explore the growing importance of data and AI in security and how this acquisition positions Zscaler well for the next 5-10 years. What are your thoughts on this acquisition and the security data management space? Let me know what you think in the comments section! ?? ?? Link for the full post in the comments! #cybersecurity #datasecurity #AI #acquisition #innovation #infosec