Happy New Year!!!

I would like to ask you all a personal favour: if you are planning to buy my book, please buy it on or before February 5th. I’m asking because I am trying really hard to make it onto the best sellers list again, and all of the pre-sales count as ‘first day purchases’, which is my absolute best chance to make it onto that list. You can find a complete list of places to buy Alice and Bob Learn Secure coding here. FYI, I already have 1400+ sales, as of 2 weeks ago, so THANK YOU to all of you who already bought it! Thank you for your consideration, and now back to our regular nerd-er-ific programming.

For anyone wanting 20 or more books, I can get you a discount from my publisher. Just reply to this email and ask. :-D

New Content!

• I interviewed Jeevan Singh and it was SO FUN! We talked about burning down organization risk, democratizing vulnerability management, and so much more! For those of unfamiliar with Jeevan, I’m a fan, and I highly recommend you check him out!

• Breaking Badness Podcast - Secure Coding, AppSec, and Breaking Barriers in Cybersecurity (podcast and blog article). For those who haven’t heard Kali before, she’s so charming, fun, thoughtful, and our conversation gets very personal around my new ADHD diagnosis, sexism in tech, but also technical around the first book, secure design, and so much more.

• I was on The Modern .NET Show with Jamie Taylor, who I had the pleasure of finally meeting in person this month (He’s LOVELY!). We got deep into code, he made me laugh tons, and it was a great conversation!

• I was on the Getting into Cybersecurity Podcast with Tib3rius and it was fantastic! I laughed so hard, I had some ‘hot takes’ and some not-so-hot takes. It was GREAT!!!!! Watch or listen here.

• What if you don't know the answer? Dealing with imposter syndrome (video)

• Chapter 14 of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding (video)

• Chapter 5 of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding (video)

• Going beyond ‘shift left’: Why shared responsibility is key to risk management (article quotes me several times, I did not write the article)

Events!

• Feb 5-7, Wild West Hackin’ Fest @ Mile High 2025, online (I’ve had to pull out of the conference for a personal obligation, but a recording will be played)

• Feb 11-14, DeveloperWeek, Security Summit, Santa Clara, CA, USA (in person, OWASP stage)

• March 12 & 13, Cloud and Security Expo, London, England, - I’m the keynote! (in person)

• April 28-May 1, RSAC, I’ve been invited to speak on a panel about Security Champions, and am waiting to hear if any of my talk submissions have been accepted

Random Topics Go Here

I won my copyright complaint Sony made against my music video! Yay free speech/fair use!

I saw many friends during my trip to England, but here are highlights of just a few of the wonderful human beings who I had the pleasure of spending some time with during my visit.

We end with a meme.