Welcome To TheCyber.Dad

A Little About My Cybersecurity Journey

My name is Luke, and I am a cybersecurity professional and father of two wonderful boys. When I am not battling hackers in the digital realm, I am doing some sort of fun activity with my kids. Sometimes balancing the two can be difficult because, as most of us know all too well, “the bad guys always have a say.” This blog is my attempt to share things I have learned and hopefully help people in this space.

I started my journey working in IT for many years. Fixing computers was cool. Building them was even cooler (who doesn’t love building a monster computer?!). I have done everything from setting up O365 tenants to running all of the Cat6 cables from the wall plate to the switch.

Then one day, a customer got phished and needed our help. Going through the sign-in logs and finding the bad guy’s IP was exciting. It was an aha! moment. I felt like a digital Sherlock Holmes, and I had just defeated Professor Moriarty! Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a little, but I was hooked. After that, I started learning what I could about hacker techniques and cybersecurity.

Fast forward a year or so, and an opportunity to work with my good friend (and cyber-rockstar) Eric at his cybersecurity company fell into my lap. I started off as a Security Analyst and got to learn from some of the best people in this space. I am so grateful for the experience and knowledge I gained from such a great mentor.

Now it’s my turn to pay it forward. I hope you enjoy the ramblings of a cyber-dad.