Hello, I am Forgotten [at] ForgottenSec.com and @ForgottenSec on twitter. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Focuses:

• Detection – IDS/IPS, SIEM, SOAR, EDR
• Threats
• Cyber Learning/Mentoring
• Project Management
• Cooking

Please come so hello at con. In 2026, I plan to be at the following cons:

• BSidesNova
• BSidesCharm

Older Projects

Barcode Shmarcode at Shmoocon
Compete in a contest of creativity and creation with only one rule, your entry must scan with our scanner as a valid Shmoocon Barcode for that year. Each year, we have a different theme, but the rest remains the same.

QuietCon – a un-party at Defcon at night where intellectual conversations can happen without loosing your voice and/or hearing!

NoobCon – a conference for noobs to infosec!

Minicon a mini conference every few months to provide a place for testing of talks and/or sharing of knowledge at Unallocated Space

CTF Wiki
There were no central repositories for information on Information Security Challenges especially on Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. I feel it benefits future classes at my school, other schools and Professionals interested in participating to host information explaining how the competitions work.  Project to document each Information Security Challenge I find and any solutions I can find. Ideally, this project will be transitioned to new students that have time to play CTFs and document their learning, but that didn’t end up happening.

InfoSec Book Club (http://isbc.forgottensec.com/)
Monthly book to be read and discussed through the forum and through g+ hangouts (3 of the 4 authors for Dissecting the Hack were on even though it was accidentally scheduled during a conference talk)

The University I last attended sported a motto: “If I don’t find a path, Make a path”. Ironically close to the hacker mentality needed for success.