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Elevate Your Cybersecurity Network with The Cyber Breakfast Club®
Elevate Your Cybersecurity Network with The Cyber Breakfast Club®
By Thomas Ryan
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ChatGPT: The Revolutionary AI-Language Model Integrating into Microsoft ?
ChatGPT: The Revolutionary AI-Language Model Integrating into Microsoft ?
By Thomas Ryan
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Food for thought… #lawenforcement #military #veteran #police #security #dignitaryprotection #riskmanagement #intelligence #travel #roosevelt
Food for thought… #lawenforcement #military #veteran #police #security #dignitaryprotection #riskmanagement #intelligence #travel #roosevelt
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Volunteer Experience
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NYC/NJ Local Board Member
OWASP
- 15 years 9 months
Science and Technology
- Founding Member of the largest chapter in the world
- Speaker at local and national conferences
- Contributor to the OWASP Testing Guide
- Helped corporations, governments & organizations understand the benefits of OWASP tools and methodologies
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APPSEC USA 2013 Volunteer
OWASP
- 8 months
Science and Technology
Work with a group of Volunteers planning and coordinating the APPSEC USA Nation conference being held in New York City.
Publications
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Getting In Bed With Robin Sage
BlackHat USA 2010
This experiment was conducted by creating a blatantly false identity and enrolling on various social networking websites. By joining networks, registering on mailing lists, and listing false credentials, the conditions were then set to research people’s decisions to trust and share information with the false identity. The main factors observed were: the exploitation of trust based on gender, occupation, education/credentials, and friends (connections).
By the end of this Experiment…This experiment was conducted by creating a blatantly false identity and enrolling on various social networking websites. By joining networks, registering on mailing lists, and listing false credentials, the conditions were then set to research people’s decisions to trust and share information with the false identity. The main factors observed were: the exploitation of trust based on gender, occupation, education/credentials, and friends (connections).
By the end of this Experiment, Robin finished the month having accumulated 100’s connections through various social networking sites. Contacts included executives at government entities such as the NSA, DOD and Military Intelligence groups. Other friends came from Global 500 corporations. Throughout the experiment Robin was offered gifts, government and corporate jobs, and options to speak at a variety of security conferences.
Through this 28 day experiment, it became evident that the propagation of a false identity via social networking websites is rampant and viral. Much of the information revealed to Robin Sage violated OPSEC procedures. The deliberate choice of an attractive young female exposed the role that sex and appearance plays in trust and people’s eagerness to connect with someone. In conjunction with her look, Robin Sage’s credentials listed on her profile resulted in selection perception; people’s tendency to draw unwarranted conclusions in their attempt to make a quick decision. By acquiring a large number of connections, Robin had the ability to identify the individual who was positioned to provide the most intelligence based on their involvement in multiple government agencies. The false identity combined with carefully chosen false credentials led to a false trust that could have resulted in the breach of multiple security protocols. -
OWASP Testing Guide
OWASP
The OWASP Testing Project wanted to help people understand the what, why, when, where, and how of testing their web applications, and not just provide a simple checklist or prescription of issues that should be addressed. The outcome of this project is a complete Testing Framework, from which others can build their own testing programs or qualify other people’s processes. The Testing Guide describes in details both the general Testing Framework and the techniques required to implement the…
The OWASP Testing Project wanted to help people understand the what, why, when, where, and how of testing their web applications, and not just provide a simple checklist or prescription of issues that should be addressed. The outcome of this project is a complete Testing Framework, from which others can build their own testing programs or qualify other people’s processes. The Testing Guide describes in details both the general Testing Framework and the techniques required to implement the framework in practice.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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1337 Speak
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project
Past NYC Chapter President, Current Chapter Leader
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