Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social
21 minutes ago
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Dec 10th!

Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in.

Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

22 minutes ago
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SOSA Gliding Club
SOSAGlidingClub@aircrew.rocks

Be like Lorie this year!

Keep reminding your family that you want flight training gift certificates instead of socks this year: https://www.sosaglidingclub.com/intro-to-gliding-online-class.html

2 days ago
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

On Tuesday, Dec 3rd, we're watching Look Who's Talking (1989, 1:36)!

The zoom and download links are now posted at http://cinema.tion.ca for you to join in.

Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

2 days ago
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

On Tuesday, Dec 3rd, we're watching Look Who's Talking (1989, 1:36)!

Check back at http://cinema.tion.ca after 5:30pm on Tuesday to join in.

The zoom and download links are now posted at http://cinema.tion.ca for you to join in.

3 days ago
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

Voting for #cinema_tion_ca has closed! Here's our transparency link: https://jcszamosi.github.io/MovieNight/

3 days ago
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Shannon Prickett
Binder@petrous.vislae.town

When programs refer to /opt/local/man, they mean me. I'm your optimal local man.

November 30, 2024
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David August
davidaugust@mastodon.online

Meanwhile, in Canada…

via @raganwald

November 29, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social
November 29, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

Voting has opened for which movie we're watching on Tuesday, Dec 3rd!

Submit your votes now at http://cinema.tion.ca and check back after 5pm on Tuesday to join in.

Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

November 29, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

@waffles @gnomon @sen @connections Snoopy and Mickey, but no Garfield? Definitely a lacking collection!

November 28, 2024
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bhahne
bhahne@mastodon.online

@jerry This riff on the Muppet Show theme captured your proposal fairly well:

https://mastodon.online/@daedalus@eigenmagic.net/113319129973225326

It's time to push to prod now
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the muppets
Who wrote this code tonight

It's time to break the service
Time to stay up all night
It's time to light up pagers
When we push on Friday night

(Solo, Kermit)
To introduce this bugfix
That's what I'm here to do
Though I don't know if it's tested
We're going to push it through

November 27, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

On Tuesday, Nov 26th, we're watching Miss Congeniality (2000, 1:50)!

The zoom and download links are now posted at http://cinema.tion.ca for you to join in.

Pre-drinking will start before 6, and we'll start the movie around 7pm Eastern. #cinema_tion_ca

November 26, 2024
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mhoye
mhoye@mastodon.social

If you work in large-org infosec, particularly in Canada, you need to read this thread:

https://mastodon.social/deck/@oration/113550617522916933

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

@scruss That's a pittance for you, but $150M from their insurance company!

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

There's lots to be said about the more technical details that change from incident to incident, but the common denominator of ineffective executive leadership is usually the same between the lines.

That said, I'm also on the market for my next gig. If your business needs help with this kind of stuff, I'm at https://www.robrussell.ca/

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

Those are just my own personal observations that I wanted to shout out in to this void, and I encourage you to read these things for yourself and reach your own conclusions.

I really do believe that leadership is essential for any org to prevent and handle incidents, so that's the lens I see these things with.

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

This Information & Privacy Commissioner report was written and finalized on 2020-06-25, but LifeLabs threw tons of money at trying to keep it secret from us. The courts quashed the suppression of the report on 2024-04-30, but it was stuck in appeals until this week.

I find it notable that in the interim, Quest Diagnostics announced a $1.35B to buy LifeLabs from OMERS on 2024-07-03, completing the acquisition on 2024-08-26.

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

This is not a failure within a security department or even a failure within IT. This is a failure of the board of directors. In response, LifeLabs has since (pg. 22): "established an Information Security Council with internal and external members who will regularly report to the CEO and the Board of Directors on information security practices and protocols"

November 26, 2024
Rob Russell
oration@mastodon.social

Further. . . they had no actual policies for security (pg. 22): "However, when the ON IPC and BC OIPC questioned the CISO of LifeLabs under oath, he indicated that the policies were in draft form and were not in effect at the time of the breach and were not in effect at the time that the CISO was questioned."

November 26, 2024