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She/Her. Cybersecurity Educator & Engineer. Writer. Keynote Speaker. LinkedIn Learning Author (150K+ learners). Neurospicy (ADHD). Sharing insights to inspire growth and connection. Black and proud.
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Now for the professional intro! 🧵
I’m Steph, a cybersecurity educator, content creator, and engineer empowering professionals to protect their digital lives and grow their careers on their terms. My focus? Making complex ideas simple, actionable, and relatable. #Cybersecurity #infosec
I’m Steph, a cybersecurity educator, content creator, and engineer empowering professionals to protect their digital lives and grow their careers on their terms. My focus? Making complex ideas simple, actionable, and relatable. #Cybersecurity #infosec
To know that we have been here before and that knowledge of history does naught for preventing it’s inevitable circular transition.
To know that we will be here again. That this cycle is one that’s as human as you or I.
It is too easy to acknowledge simply that we survived…without assessing cost.
To know that we will be here again. That this cycle is one that’s as human as you or I.
It is too easy to acknowledge simply that we survived…without assessing cost.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
To know that we have been here before and that knowledge of history does naught for preventing it’s inevitable circular transition.
To know that we will be here again. That this cycle is one that’s as human as you or I.
It is too easy to acknowledge simply that we survived…without assessing cost.
To know that we will be here again. That this cycle is one that’s as human as you or I.
It is too easy to acknowledge simply that we survived…without assessing cost.
I’ve struggled a lot with my ambition and the reality of the times we’re in. It’s hard to dream in a world where dreams are dying so steadily. Where the switch from dreaming to surviving is becoming the norm.
It feels selfish and weak to avoid the state of things. To voice an un-impactful opinion.
It feels selfish and weak to avoid the state of things. To voice an un-impactful opinion.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’ve struggled a lot with my ambition and the reality of the times we’re in. It’s hard to dream in a world where dreams are dying so steadily. Where the switch from dreaming to surviving is becoming the norm.
It feels selfish and weak to avoid the state of things. To voice an un-impactful opinion.
It feels selfish and weak to avoid the state of things. To voice an un-impactful opinion.
Currently needing to put blinders on and not be influenced by the oppressive tendency to compare.
It’s a hard thing, but I’m working on it!
It’s a hard thing, but I’m working on it!
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Currently needing to put blinders on and not be influenced by the oppressive tendency to compare.
It’s a hard thing, but I’m working on it!
It’s a hard thing, but I’m working on it!
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ICE’s rampant technology spending raises the possibility of "targeted surveillance, not just of undocumented people, but of American citizens as well,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @Axios.com. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/...
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE’s rampant technology spending raises the possibility of "targeted surveillance, not just of undocumented people, but of American citizens as well,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @Axios.com. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/...
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Extremely bad.
Most Fortune 500 firms, banks, big tech, infrastructure, gov, mil, are their customers 😬
Most Fortune 500 firms, banks, big tech, infrastructure, gov, mil, are their customers 😬
Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had 'long-term' access to its systems, stole code and customer data | TechCrunch
The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.
go.stonking.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Extremely bad.
Most Fortune 500 firms, banks, big tech, infrastructure, gov, mil, are their customers 😬
Most Fortune 500 firms, banks, big tech, infrastructure, gov, mil, are their customers 😬
LASCON is in Austin. Yay!
Found out today and it’s sold out. Damn.
See that most of the talks are AI-focused, so I won’t be missing much. Yay!
See a few talks that I’d want to see. Damn.
Sigh.
Found out today and it’s sold out. Damn.
See that most of the talks are AI-focused, so I won’t be missing much. Yay!
See a few talks that I’d want to see. Damn.
Sigh.
October 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
LASCON is in Austin. Yay!
Found out today and it’s sold out. Damn.
See that most of the talks are AI-focused, so I won’t be missing much. Yay!
See a few talks that I’d want to see. Damn.
Sigh.
Found out today and it’s sold out. Damn.
See that most of the talks are AI-focused, so I won’t be missing much. Yay!
See a few talks that I’d want to see. Damn.
Sigh.
Successfully completed my morning routine with no music, podcasts, audiobooks, nada. You don’t know how many deep sighs I took on my morning walk.
I feel light. And it also has the added benefit of starting my day off with lower amounts of insta-dopamine and copious amounts of slow dopamine.
I feel light. And it also has the added benefit of starting my day off with lower amounts of insta-dopamine and copious amounts of slow dopamine.
I’ve also been raw dogging my walks. No music. No podcasts. Just the sounds of the present moment.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Successfully completed my morning routine with no music, podcasts, audiobooks, nada. You don’t know how many deep sighs I took on my morning walk.
I feel light. And it also has the added benefit of starting my day off with lower amounts of insta-dopamine and copious amounts of slow dopamine.
I feel light. And it also has the added benefit of starting my day off with lower amounts of insta-dopamine and copious amounts of slow dopamine.
I’ve also been raw dogging my walks. No music. No podcasts. Just the sounds of the present moment.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’ve also been raw dogging my walks. No music. No podcasts. Just the sounds of the present moment.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
Park time with no music, no podcasts, nothing.
Next will be morning routines. I just need to give my brain a break while it’s conscious.
The first time I did it, I watched the clouds for 10 mins, and then turned over to go face down on the blanket.
My dog jumped on my head about 5 mins into that, but it was nice.
Some guy was walking towards me at some point, but my dog’s barks made him change direction.
The only weird thing.
My dog jumped on my head about 5 mins into that, but it was nice.
Some guy was walking towards me at some point, but my dog’s barks made him change direction.
The only weird thing.
October 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The first time I did it, I watched the clouds for 10 mins, and then turned over to go face down on the blanket.
My dog jumped on my head about 5 mins into that, but it was nice.
Some guy was walking towards me at some point, but my dog’s barks made him change direction.
The only weird thing.
My dog jumped on my head about 5 mins into that, but it was nice.
Some guy was walking towards me at some point, but my dog’s barks made him change direction.
The only weird thing.
It’s better when there are actual clouds up there, but I have looked at the blue, too.
Because at my local park, laying on something that is laying on the grass, it kind of feels like a different dimension. I feel like I’m not here anymore. I feel myself deep body sigh intermittently. Tension go 💨.
Because at my local park, laying on something that is laying on the grass, it kind of feels like a different dimension. I feel like I’m not here anymore. I feel myself deep body sigh intermittently. Tension go 💨.
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It’s better when there are actual clouds up there, but I have looked at the blue, too.
Because at my local park, laying on something that is laying on the grass, it kind of feels like a different dimension. I feel like I’m not here anymore. I feel myself deep body sigh intermittently. Tension go 💨.
Because at my local park, laying on something that is laying on the grass, it kind of feels like a different dimension. I feel like I’m not here anymore. I feel myself deep body sigh intermittently. Tension go 💨.
I don’t touch grass because animals use it as a bathroom, but lately, I have been going to my local park, laying down on my picnic blanket, and looking up at the sky for an hour.
No earphones or headphones. Literally just looking at the sky, with only the sounds of my dog’s pants as the music.
No earphones or headphones. Literally just looking at the sky, with only the sounds of my dog’s pants as the music.
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I don’t touch grass because animals use it as a bathroom, but lately, I have been going to my local park, laying down on my picnic blanket, and looking up at the sky for an hour.
No earphones or headphones. Literally just looking at the sky, with only the sounds of my dog’s pants as the music.
No earphones or headphones. Literally just looking at the sky, with only the sounds of my dog’s pants as the music.
I’m working on Cybersecurity Awareness Month stuff and I see two themes. CISA says the theme is Building A Cyber Strong America.
But the National Cybersecurity Alliance says “Stay Safe Online.”
I’m leaning towards using the second one, but why the difference?
But the National Cybersecurity Alliance says “Stay Safe Online.”
I’m leaning towards using the second one, but why the difference?
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m working on Cybersecurity Awareness Month stuff and I see two themes. CISA says the theme is Building A Cyber Strong America.
But the National Cybersecurity Alliance says “Stay Safe Online.”
I’m leaning towards using the second one, but why the difference?
But the National Cybersecurity Alliance says “Stay Safe Online.”
I’m leaning towards using the second one, but why the difference?
Finally, the inspiration is flowing and the wheels are turning.
October 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finally, the inspiration is flowing and the wheels are turning.
And now that it’s cooler outside in the mornings, I also let the cool air in. I miss letting fresh air in daily.
Maybe it’s something I can do more often when I move.
Maybe it’s something I can do more often when I move.
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And now that it’s cooler outside in the mornings, I also let the cool air in. I miss letting fresh air in daily.
Maybe it’s something I can do more often when I move.
Maybe it’s something I can do more often when I move.
Finally got the right coffee maker for me (I’m not that much of a coffee drinker to enjoy the process of a pour over situation) and am making coffee at home now.
Very very amateur set up, but it makes me happy to have my one cup in the morning while I journal. Next step, learning to make it iced.
Very very amateur set up, but it makes me happy to have my one cup in the morning while I journal. Next step, learning to make it iced.
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Finally got the right coffee maker for me (I’m not that much of a coffee drinker to enjoy the process of a pour over situation) and am making coffee at home now.
Very very amateur set up, but it makes me happy to have my one cup in the morning while I journal. Next step, learning to make it iced.
Very very amateur set up, but it makes me happy to have my one cup in the morning while I journal. Next step, learning to make it iced.
My dog knows how to open doors now. Not like turn the knob, but like, if a door is cracked, she will push it open.
She’s never even tried to do it before lol. She’d just wait as if the door was closed. 3.5 years old and now she’s opening cracked doors and barging in lmaoooo
She’s never even tried to do it before lol. She’d just wait as if the door was closed. 3.5 years old and now she’s opening cracked doors and barging in lmaoooo
September 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My dog knows how to open doors now. Not like turn the knob, but like, if a door is cracked, she will push it open.
She’s never even tried to do it before lol. She’d just wait as if the door was closed. 3.5 years old and now she’s opening cracked doors and barging in lmaoooo
She’s never even tried to do it before lol. She’d just wait as if the door was closed. 3.5 years old and now she’s opening cracked doors and barging in lmaoooo
Ahhhhh, I love the fresh smell of a dumpster fire in the morning, don't you?
September 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ahhhhh, I love the fresh smell of a dumpster fire in the morning, don't you?
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Just a reminder...
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just a reminder...
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
And finally, maybe ask yourself:
How much of your life is spent proving things to others?
How much time have you spent proving the same things to yourself over and over again? Why aren’t you accepting what you know? What would it mean to accept the thing you’re avoiding?
How much of your life is spent proving things to others?
How much time have you spent proving the same things to yourself over and over again? Why aren’t you accepting what you know? What would it mean to accept the thing you’re avoiding?
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And finally, maybe ask yourself:
How much of your life is spent proving things to others?
How much time have you spent proving the same things to yourself over and over again? Why aren’t you accepting what you know? What would it mean to accept the thing you’re avoiding?
How much of your life is spent proving things to others?
How much time have you spent proving the same things to yourself over and over again? Why aren’t you accepting what you know? What would it mean to accept the thing you’re avoiding?
I think being clear now on my end goal means there are things that no longer matter.
Taking the time to prove things to myself also means the opinion of others has lessened in significance.
Now, it’s about my end goal. And helping people. And living my life.
Taking the time to prove things to myself also means the opinion of others has lessened in significance.
Now, it’s about my end goal. And helping people. And living my life.
September 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think being clear now on my end goal means there are things that no longer matter.
Taking the time to prove things to myself also means the opinion of others has lessened in significance.
Now, it’s about my end goal. And helping people. And living my life.
Taking the time to prove things to myself also means the opinion of others has lessened in significance.
Now, it’s about my end goal. And helping people. And living my life.
And another point, maybe the elephant in the room that I regularly have to greet…
Being a black woman in this space means a lot of people will assume a lot of things about me without me even saying a thing…even IF I say a contradictory thing.
If it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them. I’m tired LOL.
Being a black woman in this space means a lot of people will assume a lot of things about me without me even saying a thing…even IF I say a contradictory thing.
If it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them. I’m tired LOL.
September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And another point, maybe the elephant in the room that I regularly have to greet…
Being a black woman in this space means a lot of people will assume a lot of things about me without me even saying a thing…even IF I say a contradictory thing.
If it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them. I’m tired LOL.
Being a black woman in this space means a lot of people will assume a lot of things about me without me even saying a thing…even IF I say a contradictory thing.
If it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them. I’m tired LOL.
I find so many people have wounds attached to how smart people think they are…especially in our field.
But most people don’t need to know you’re smart. They won’t do anything meaningful with that knowledge but maybe use you?
Maybe sometimes it’s not to your benefit that people think you’re smart.
But most people don’t need to know you’re smart. They won’t do anything meaningful with that knowledge but maybe use you?
Maybe sometimes it’s not to your benefit that people think you’re smart.
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I find so many people have wounds attached to how smart people think they are…especially in our field.
But most people don’t need to know you’re smart. They won’t do anything meaningful with that knowledge but maybe use you?
Maybe sometimes it’s not to your benefit that people think you’re smart.
But most people don’t need to know you’re smart. They won’t do anything meaningful with that knowledge but maybe use you?
Maybe sometimes it’s not to your benefit that people think you’re smart.
I won’t say I do it often but if someone assumes I’m an idiot and it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them keep thinking that.
People’s opinions don’t really matter and those who matter typically will be able to tell if I’m smart or not.
People’s opinions don’t really matter and those who matter typically will be able to tell if I’m smart or not.
September 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I won’t say I do it often but if someone assumes I’m an idiot and it’s to my benefit, I’ll let them keep thinking that.
People’s opinions don’t really matter and those who matter typically will be able to tell if I’m smart or not.
People’s opinions don’t really matter and those who matter typically will be able to tell if I’m smart or not.