Welcome to The Defenders Initiative
Welcome! The Defenders Initiative has been the personal brand I do all my independent consulting under for years, but I’ve always had bigger plans for it.
One of those plans is to resurrect a place for me to blog! I’ve got SO much to say and share, but haven’t had a good outlet since Tyler Shields retired The Cyber Why. I have big plans for this Substack and some of it is going to require some experimentation. It should be a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to getting feedback as I try out some of my ideas.
At its core, The Defenders Initiative is all about understanding how cybersecurity failures happen, and how security programs can improve. I spend a lot of time looking for details about breaches and lessons we can learn from these companies’ failures.
I’ve also been doing a lot of research on vulnerability management and have a lot of strong opinions on the cybersecurity market, so expect to see a lot of content related to these topics as well. Alright, with that, you should start seeing some posts this week!