Denise - High Calibre Māori
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Denise - High Calibre Māori
@highcalibremaori.bsky.social
Cybersecurity Professional™️ and energy drink aficionado. Infosec witch.
Māori (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Hine) & Kanaka 'Ōiwi. Ultra runner. Published author. Autistic + ADHD.
Stanley Cup Liberal. Views my own.
One of my research essays I did for my Masters was a preliminary look at the colonisation of infosec and how it impacts Māori (also for a 94% for it as well). Main crux of Masters research is looking at how to decolonise infosec for my iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Just did! Got my tickets!!! Yay!!!!! Woot.

P.S. if you want me to talk about decolonising infosec from a te ao Māori perspective, lemme know. My ADHD butt forgot about the deadline for CFPs, as have been focusing on my Masters research - which is about decolonising infosec.
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It is throwing up an error message :-(
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In saying that, there still A LOT of businesses and people out there that are easy af to hack - lots of businesses still using Windows 2000 servers and 💩 AV. Not using MFA, etc.
January 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Also LOL at the entire academic board being all dudes. In saying that, I am pretty sure the highly experienced women I know in cybersecurity (including myself) wouldn’t want to be on that board.
January 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Sorry, total amount is $16,500 - absolute daylight robbery for 12 weeks of BS.
January 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Should also point out people I have interviewed with this bootcamp cert don’t pass muster.

Also disappointed to see Declan from CERT NZ on the academic board.
January 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
That is blasphemous! 😂
December 27, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Arghhhh, I didn’t see them at all :-(
December 27, 2024 at 5:31 AM
But it’s the cheap ones from the warehouse that I wanted. You know the ones which are like $1 a bag?

Also I didn’t see any at the Countdowns in the Auckland central area.
December 27, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Just another way of saying Covid
December 23, 2024 at 10:29 AM