Such purple. So shiny. 💜😍✨
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👩💻 Jess "GirlGerms" Dodson 
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mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchSecOps Tinker Fairy 🔮 Lego zealot & Blizzard tragic 💜 Mum of Lil' GirlGerms 💜 Provider of sarcasm, cynicism & profanity 💜 she/her 💜 Views ≠ Employers
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Super proud mum moment today - attending kiddos sports day (laptop in hand, so I could still get work done!) and seeing kiddo come second in her 200m heat...and then FIRST in her 100m heat, and make the finals. So bloody proud! 🥹🥰💜
I hadn't even been back at work for 3 hours before my watch complained about an elevated heart rate 😅
On leave - yay!
Back from mini-getaway at Noosa - boo.
Have internet again - yay!
Got sick while on leave - boo.
Getting to watch GDQ - yay!
Hearing of all the folks impacted at work - HUGE fucking boo.
This time of year is always filled with dread now. And I hate it. 😞
Still dying, but dying far less. Tamiflu is a godsend. Looks like I'll be back to full health in time to head back to work 😑 Bloody typical...
Last day of the FY and my brain has melted - know when you look at a word so often it no longer makes sense and just looks funny? Yeah... there's now a bunch of words like that for me. Brain recognises all the letters but the words just look...*WEIRD*.
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@purserj@aus.social She turns NINE this year. Fucking *NINE*. What the hell.
I'm on leave now...and I don't know what to do with myself...this is so disconcerting. O.o
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@fuzzface@epsilon-ix.masto.host I've been purple for over 12 years now 😅 The only henchman I have is a 9yo who doesn't even listen to me 🤣
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@xgranade@wandering.shop it was so lovely. Just a few nights. I don't camp, I glamp 😅 but still so relaxing.
Me before I headed off to give a talk on simplifying security earlier today. I do brush up alright! 💜
Got told my hair perfectly matches my dress 🥰
I couldn't help myself! 📎
Pride of place on my shelf - right near my crystal too!
Look, I love my family and friends to bits, but if everyone could stop having crises all at once, that would be greatly appreciated. I only have so much bandwidth & I'm fucking DROWNING right now - don't even have time for my own fucking crises, and the gods know I've got some 😭
Truth.
Did a thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxd0oide3bo
Honestly, I love talking about this stuff - I could talk about it for hours. This show recording went so quickly, didn't realise we were at time!
Go have a watch or a listen if security is your jam!
Microsoft Security Insights Show Episode 236 - Jess Dodson
Hey folks - figured I'd share this here. Spent all of October writing posts over on LinkedIn for CyberSecurity Awareness Month. Collated them all (and then paid money for a cool link shortener, so want to make use of it!):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jrdodson_security-secops-infosec-activity-7257634732438355969-MlOw/
I'm presenting a "Simplifying Security" talk to a bunch of SMB folk on Friday and WHY AM I SO NERVOUS ABOUT THIS?!
No, really. I'm more nervous about this than some of the talks I've given at huge conferences 🤷♀️
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@mattcen@aus.social @itgrrl@infosec.exchange like intentionally, because I never know when I'm going to post profane shit, so it's just easier to classify it all that way
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@jerry@infosec.exchange 💜 Zero stress over your decision - to me, it makes perfect logical sense. Kudos to you for being awesome and being calm in the face of such animosity.
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@fwaggle@moodoo.org yeah, that doesn't happen.
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@fbartho@mastodon.social I just have all my content marked that way, saves me forgetting. I'm a walking profanity, so just makes it easier :D
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@itgrrl@infosec.exchange all my content is flagged 🤣
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Today is a good day. Why, you ask?
Today is... THE REPURPLING! 💜
For those new to the repurpling, this is when all my ✨sparkles✨ (aka insane grey regrowth) is brought into the purple fold. Stay tuned for results!
Because nothing says "exciting" like reviewing changes to the Essential 8 😅 No, really...this is what my entire day is going to be today...send coffee and chocolate. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/asd-to-retire-essential-eight-cyber-security-framework-within-next-two-years-626851
For the folks at BSides Brisbane - hope you all have a blast and sorry I can't be there with you this year! Make sure you have a drink in my honour later tonight! 💜
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@bundyb@infosec.exchange @purserj@aus.social NO. She fights mean, and I'm very much attached to my limbs and want to keep it that way
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@bundyb@infosec.exchange @purserj@aus.social @abstractcode@eigenmagic.net fucks sake, I swear my child is some kind of mind reader, because GUESS WHAT SHE ASKED TO PLAY WITH TODAY? 🤦♀️
Her exact words were "I'm doing a new dance and it needs a sword - where's my purple sword?"
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@charlesdardaman@infosec.exchange I cross-post, purely so that I only have to write the thing once. But I have both Twitter and MAstodon open (including apps on phone) and interact with each. Once I reach critical mass on here as opposed to Twitter, I may make the full cut...but it'll take a while.