Ryan McGeehan
@mag00.bsky.social
Security person. Formerly @ Federal Reserve, FB, Coinbase.
See Starting Up Security @ http://scrty.io
See Starting Up Security @ http://scrty.io
I wish all security pros practiced a scenario-first mindset. Explanations based on risk scenarios before jumping to best practices, gaps, controls, compliance etc. I wrote an essay to coach on this: "Writing a risk scenario"
medium.com/starting-up-...
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Writing a risk scenario
A risk scenario is a fictional but plausible event that could harm your organization. Writing one well improves communication with others…
medium.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I wish all security pros practiced a scenario-first mindset. Explanations based on risk scenarios before jumping to best practices, gaps, controls, compliance etc. I wrote an essay to coach on this: "Writing a risk scenario"
medium.com/starting-up-...
medium.com/starting-up-...
I wrote about that moment every security team faces when someone asks if they can work from China for a while, and then everyone freaks out.
magoo.medium.com/the-working-...
magoo.medium.com/the-working-...
The “Working from China” Problem
When employees want to work remotely from “risky” places
magoo.medium.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I wrote about that moment every security team faces when someone asks if they can work from China for a while, and then everyone freaks out.
magoo.medium.com/the-working-...
magoo.medium.com/the-working-...
Bookmarking this for incident timelines: markwhen.com
Markwhen
markwhen.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Bookmarking this for incident timelines: markwhen.com
Billing alerts for outbound data transfer have started going off in object storage where your backup databases are stored.
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Just got here, where is everyone?
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Just got here, where is everyone?