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Brian Honan
@brianhonan@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06CEO of BH Consulting. Speaker, Blogger, Author, Founder & Head of Ireland's CSIRT (IRISSCERT), & former Special Advisor on CyberSecurity to Europol.
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@Tarah@infosec.exchange and stop having woman or others from a diverse panel being the panel host. Have them on the panel properly so they can share their expertise and not simply be asking questions
Finally!!!
Good to see someone recognising that having your systems hack other companies’ systems needs more than an “oops, my bad” response
“The European Commission is in talks with OpenAI and Anthropic over recent hacking incidents involving their AI models, Commission officials said today, as they touted landmark EU rules requiring strict monitoring of high-risk systems.”
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0731/1586020-eu-in-talks-with-openai-after-rogue-ai-agent-hacks/
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@PogoWasRight@infosec.exchange They may also want to check if the policies cover fines from regulators resulting from data breaches
It is not often that an old cynic like me is taken by surprise. But this is exactly what happened yesterday when I browsed the Business Post 's "Top 100 Movers and Shakers in Irish Tech" list to see my face looking back at me. I was delighted to be included in this list in the "the cyber security specialists keeping us safe" list.
Congrats to everyone else who is included in the list. I am indeed in excellent company :)
#cybersecurity #GDPR #Cyber
https://www.businesspost.ie/tech/the-connected-100-the-cyber-security-specialists-keeping-us-safe/
IT support to Major Tom
Outlook's down
There's something wrong.
Can you email me Major Tom?
Can you email me Major Tom?
Can you email me Major Tom?
Can you -
Reading people's posts about #RSAC and can't help feeling this is what is was like
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@spaf@mstdn.social Irish whiskey. There is a reason we call it in Irish, "uisce beatha", which when translated into English means "water of life"
There’s lots of debate on the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident. My question is: who is liable when an AI isn’t properly contained & harms others? CISOs should use this as a prompt to understand their own AI liability & how to respond if another org’s AI attacks them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ek3gvdnj3o
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@wendynather@infosec.exchange or the analogy I used for a radio interview to try and explain to a non-tech audience is "like your Doberman dog jumped over the 2 inch fence in your garden and then bit the postman"
I shared my understandings on why people reacted to my recent talk on #cybersecurity at a financial conference.
Thanks to @helpnetsecurity@mastodon.social for letting me share those lessons
Let me know your thoughts & what we in the #cybersecurity industry need to do better to communicate with others
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/01/raising-cybersecurity-awareness-for-non-experts/
I can think of a lot worse places to have a coffee and to put the final touches to my lectures this afternoon and the tabletop exercises for students of the European Centre for Cyber Security at University Maastricht's Advanced Master in Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Management course
Iran says it has started regime change in the US
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@wendynather@infosec.exchange @sergedroz@infosec.exchange @rmogull@defcon.social you and @rmogull@defcon.social had opinions - well I am shocked I tell you, shocked :) :)
This may come in handy for those of us from Mayo :)
I have been in Glasgow for just over 24 hrs and it is a great city
As per tradition at #cyberuk time to watch a hacker movie and this year is the best hacker movie ever - Sneakers
I recently spoke to Adrian Weckler for the Irish Independent on an article outlining the #cybersecurity concerns around the new Irish Government Digital Wallet
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish-business/new-mandatory-but-not-compulsory-government-digital-wallet-will-not-have-extra-security-to-stop-fraudsters/a/158808241.html
Interesting story of an Irish company falling victim to BEC fraud. Criminals hijacked an employee’s email account in the victim company. They then used that account to send payment instructions to the company’s outsourced financial admin company. The victim company lost €2 million.
The victim company is now suing the payments company on the basis that the payment company should have spotted that the emails were fraudulent
A new exhibition in Dublin called 'No Irish Need Apply? The Economic History of the Irish in England' is examining the lives of Irish emigrants and their descendants in England from the 19th century to the present day.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0421/1569439-epic-irish-emigrants-england/
RE: @PabloMartini@climatejustice.social
This made me laugh
RE: @missiggeek@freeradical.zone
If you want to hear a passionate and committed professional on data privacy then listen to Rowena on this podcast
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@andypiper also the Irish Council for Civil Liberties is looking for people https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/enforce-is-hiring-ai-expert/
On my way to CyberUK in Glasgow. Looking forward to catching up with people in person there and exploring my Scottish roots - my grandmother was from Glasgow.
If you are around let me know and we can grab a coffee, a beer, or a wee dram :)
I wrote a paper for Digital Business Ireland on the potential impact the proposed changes to the #EU #Cybersecurity Act (#CSA 2.0) could have on SMEs. I also highlight steps to address those issues.
I'd be interested in your thoughts on the topic
RE: @girlonthenet@mastodon.social
As always sex workers are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to #privacy issues. Interesting blog on the impact AI is having to online anonymity
@teriradichel@infosec.exchange you are doing great. I admire the work you do. If others don’t appreciate that then that is their loss.
After nearly 20 years of editing the SANS NewsBites I owe @joshcorman@infosec.exchange a big thank you for enabling me to finally get a Star Trek reference into one of my editor comments :)
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@fuzztech@infosec.exchange I use Qwant https://www.qwant.com/?l=en It’s European so complies with GDPR etc.
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@mweiss@infosec.exchange Nope. As in the county of Mayo in Ireland who won the All Ireland football final at the weekend after 75 years since they last won in. Many attributing that lack of wins to a curse that was placed on the winning team in 1951 for not paying their respects to a funeral as they were driving back to their country to celebrate their win. This article and the enclosed commentary really captures the mood :) https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/delirium-delirium-this-viral-clip-of-sports-commentators-losing-their-minds-at-mayos-historic-win-is-radio-gold/a/158709430.html
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@euroinfosec@infosec.exchange Well I wouldn't use the word penalty as the English soccer fans are not too happy when it comes to penaltes :)
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