On loss and responsibility
We have lost more great figures in our world of InfoSec, and we are diminished by their loss.
Spaf has written eloquently on the passing of Kevin Ziese, Howard Schmidt, and Becky Bace. I never met Kevin, and I only met Howard a couple of times, but I know of them and their impact on our industry and people in our field.
Becky had become a friend over the past several years, and her loss has hit me hard. Becky has a long and storied history in InfoSec and cybersecurity (and damn, could she tell great stories). Becky was instrumental in nurturing the fledgling fields of network analysis and IDS when she was at NSA, but more importantly than her technical work she was a great friend and mentor to so many in our field that it is hard to overstate how many people she touched in her life and career. For a glimpse into what Becky was like, check out Avi’s very personal and touching remembrance of meeting Becky.
Once again, we take time to remember lost friends. While natural to mourn their passing we must remember that there are still many in our communities who need the kind of friends and mentors that Kevin, Howard, and Becky were to those of us who knew them. It is our responsibility to them and many others we’ve lost in our young field to remember them, but more importantly to fill those roles of friends and mentors to those who never knew them.
Jack
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Uncommon Sense Security authored by Jack Daniel. Read the original post at: http://blog.uncommonsensesecurity.com/2017/03/on-loss-and-responsibility.html
