

{"id":2,"date":"2011-02-02T17:10:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T17:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rud.is\/b\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-07-21T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T05:09:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a place to catch some opines on a pretty weird combination of topics. You&#8217;re likely to see posts ranging from IT\/Information Risk Management to iOS to Node.js to Arduino &amp; XBee + everything in-between. Oh, and quite a bit of R, Python &amp; &#8220;data science-y&#8221; things.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been immersed in technology for well over two decades and have done everything from coding printer drivers to building data acquisition systems for large R&amp;D labs to hacking QuarkXPress to architecting Internet infrastructure for Fortune 100 companies to Infosec &amp; Risk Management and Security Data<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been somewhat obsessed with all things related to data analysis &amp; visualization, so much so that I &amp; @jayjacobs wrote a book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Data-Driven-Security-Analysis-Visualization-Dashboards\/dp\/1118793722\">book<\/a> back in February 2014 on how to get started in data science in information security.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m V.P. Data Science @ GreyNoise Intelligence, formerly Chief Data Scientist @ Rapid7, and used to lead the team that makes the annual (spiffy) Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback &amp; dialogue is heartily encouraged both on the blog and on Twitter where I hang out quite a bit (@hrbrmstr). Don&#8217;t hesitate to submit issues over at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hrbrmstr\">github<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p><b>In detail:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrbrmstr.micro.blog\/about\/\">My Micro Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bob-Rudis\/e\/B00H4COUHG\">Amazon Author<\/a> Page<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/about.me\/hrbrmstr\">About Me<\/a> Page\n<li><a href='http:\/\/vizualize.me\/hrbrmstr' title='Bob Rudis's infographic CV on vizualize.me' target='_blank'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vizualize.me\/media\/img\/socialicons\/viewmyviz.png?w=510\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hrbrmstr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_profile_greytxt_80x15.gif?resize=80%2C15\" width=\"80\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Bob Rudis' profile on LinkedIn\"><\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/\">My current resumes<\/a>\n<li><b>Recent talks:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.securitymetrics.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/mini-metricon-6.5\/?page=Metricon6.5\">Metricon 6.5 : Using Peer Pressure to Improve Security KPIs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.sourceconference.com\/boston\/speakers_2012.asp#brudis\">SOURCE Boston 2012 : Achievement Unlocked : Designing a compelling security awareness program<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.societyinforisk.org\/Sys\/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fsiracon\">SIRAcon 2012 : Is your Organization ready for a risk management program?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/nhjug\/\">&#8220;From Yogi To Smokey&#8221; &#8211; OWASP\/AppSec intro talk (Java-leaning)<\/a><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/societyinforisk.org\/blogs\/hrbrmstr\">My SIRA blog posts<\/span>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/search.securityfocus.com\/swsearch?sbm=%2F&amp;metaname=alldoc&amp;query=rudis&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">My SecurityFocus.com articles<\/span>\n<li><b>SANS Reading Room Articles<\/b>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sans.org\/reading-room\/whitepapers\/firewalls\/1861.php?portal=1f53f75c9124481228b7c184d479eb8c\">Windows Vista Firewall; Dissected<\/a><\/div>\n<li><b>FedTech Magazine Articles<\/b>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fedtechmagazine.com\/\">Assuring Security for G2B Network Access<\/a><\/div>\n<li><b>The Apple Blog Posts<\/b>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/author\/hrbrmstr\/\">My posts over @ TAB<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Social Sphere<\/b>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/hrbrmstr\">My Twitter feed<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/hrbrmstr\">@hrbrmstr<\/a> on Telegram<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/browser-not-supported\/?ref=\/106858596733931987499\/posts\">Me on Google+<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/profiles\/robert.rudis\">Google profile<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.so.cl\/#\/@boB-Rudis\">So.cl<\/span> posts\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a place to catch some opines on a pretty weird combination of topics. You&#8217;re likely to see posts ranging from IT\/Information Risk Management to iOS to Node.js to Arduino &amp; XBee + everything in-between. Oh, and quite a bit of R, Python &amp; &#8220;data science-y&#8221; things. 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