Mike Sheward<p>My previous intro post was a few years old, so behold, new intro post:</p><p>Mike. Live in the Seattle area having grown up in the UK as a full blown British. Have a wife (incredible), child (boy), and three dogs (golden retriver/cream retriver/fuck knows).</p><p>I work in information security, something I have done for about 20 years. By day I run corporate security, enterprise IT and various other bits and pieces for an EV charging startup. I am big into EV's and currently drive one that is not a Tesla. I want an electric motorbike, so if anyone has a spare one please send it.</p><p>I also have a company of my own, Secure Being (<a href="https://securebeing.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">securebeing.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), which does pen testing and digital forensic work - it's my way of staying super hands on while still doing the management bits on the career path.</p><p>I have written books about information security things. Five of them. Two are non-fiction textbooks, and three are fiction based on real world <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> things. Check out <a href="https://infosecdiaries.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">infosecdiaries.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and your local bookstore to find them, just search for my name. I have been trying to write more stuff, but always seem to find myself distracted by other things, such as work. linktr.ee/secureowl has some mini stories I've written.</p><p>I love radio and everything RF. I have lots of antennas and various scanners and radios on my desk. I love intercepting and decoding things, like digital radio protocols.</p><p>I am a big aviation nerd. I always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I gained my private pilots license in the UK at 17, all self funded by my employment at the local Safeway/Morrisons store. I did the sim test and commercial assessments, but for some reason, at 18, I was unable to find the £100k needed to complete the commercial training, so I did computers. But do not worry, because those computers and love of aviation and radio/RF combined, and I run a project called ACARS Drama. <a href="https://acarsdrama.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">acarsdrama.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> has all the details.</p><p>I play guitar and am a big guitar/audio nerd as well. I record music under the moniker Operation: Anxiety, <a href="https://operationanxiety.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">operationanxiety.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - the music is on all the normal places. </p><p>Finally, I am a massive fan of motorsport. I believe I have watched every F1 race for the last 30 years, maybe 25. I also follow F2, FE, Indycar and MotoGP closely. I average around 18 hours of Le Mans 24 hour racing watching per year.</p><p>So there you have it. If you are looking for a thought leader on the topics mentioned above, you've come to the wrong place - because this is where I shitpost, and shitposting is cheap therapy.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dfir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dfir</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pentesting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acars</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vdlm2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vdlm2</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/f1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>f1</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>