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DFIREmerging1 sourceJun 27, 2026 · 13:07via Windows IR

Consistency

Brief

I've worked a lot of places over the years, all for varying lengths of time. While this worked against me in the early days, with potential employers wondering why I didn't stay longer at my previous employer, and wondering how long I'd potentially stay with them, this became less of an issue later in my career.

During my career in the private sector, I've run vulnerability assessments, and spent over 26 yrs in digital forensics and incident response, some in FTE roles, and much more in consultant roles.

In 2006, I started in a DFIR consulting role at ISS, which evolved 6 months later when the company purchase by IBM was completed. I then became a "plank owner" of the IBM ISS X-Force ERS team, one of the original members of the team, even before we expanded.

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