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39
I’m not supposed to be writing this particular post right now. I should be writing something specific that my marketing team have been waiting for but today my brain doesn’t want to play and so instead, here I am. This week I turned 39. Weirdly, in a culture that seems obsessed with our ages and…
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Two years, Two Months, and Two Weeks
It’s going to be a big week here. In two days, my little family and I are packing our bags and heading back to the motherland (UK) for 4 weeks. While traveling with young children is never high on my list of things to do, COVID wasn’t kind to the elderly members of my family,…
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New Australian Privacy Laws to Drive Need for Secure Software Development
Given the high-profile data breaches that have emerged in Australia over the last 2 months, it was unsurprising that the Australian government decided to review and reform their privacy laws to deter other large organisations from what they refer to as ‘serious and repeated’ privacy failings. Despite concerns about undefined terms, the high profile nature…
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Most Important Security Tool 2023 (You)
I don’t normally write at night. It’s midnight here in Minnesota, and I’m supposed to be asleep. Jetlag has been an annoying companion on this trip, however, so I found myself reading long past my bedtime. Late enough to see an email come in from Deliveroo. It’s still too early for mainstream publications to come…
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Sunrise to Snow Showers
I’m not at home right now. To be honest, it can feel like I am not at home that much these days, but I know that’s just how I feel when I travel for work. This is my last trip for 2022, though, and soon enough, I will be back with my family and getting…
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Connection and Strength – The Power of Asking for Help
Imagine a world where when we needed something, we asked for it and got what we needed.Imagine that this didn’t require you to directly have the resources or connections to get that help, that you could ask the people you knew and they would spread the word. Your message and request amplified and endorsed from…
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CEOGBU #2 100 plus
Week 2 has come and gone and with it we reached our first milestone: 100 organisations using the SafeStack free plan and bringing security to their development teams. The team has been really pulling together as we focus and work on reaching as many teams worldwide as we can. It’s a high-energy time, and its…
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Teaching Good Developers to be Bad People (STRONGER 2022)
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the STRONGER conference on one of my favourite subjects – security culture. Most of us have been taught that certain behaviours are considered “bad” and should be avoided. But what if we’ve been wrong all along? What if embracing our “bad” behaviour is the key to improving…
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CEOGBU #1 20 Sept 2022
A week ago, we launched our free plan and committed to the SafeStack mission of making cyber security truly inclusive and available for all organisations, everywhere. I am thrilled that in our first week, we reached 73 organisations in 18 countries – welcoming 387 learners onboard who, in turn, completed over 200 courses and certificates…
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Mind the drop (6 days)
Things are really busy at SafeStack right now. The BIG THING launches on Sunday and there are a lot of things to get done for the big day. The funny thing about launches however is the weird thing they do to your adrenaline levels. The Push The ramp up to a release is a fun…
Laura Bell Main 