I’ve been doing the Forensic 4:cast Awards for 15 years. Just to give you some context of how long I’ve been doing this…| Forensic 4:cast
Dear All,| Forensic 4:cast
Admit it, you thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you? No, life and my new job are pretty busy, so finding time can be difficult. Maybe I’ll get ChatGPT to write the blurb to save me some time. OK, here goes…| Forensic 4:cast
I’ve never worked anywhere for as long as I’ve worked at SANS.| Forensic 4:cast
So I keep getting the question, ”when will voting for the awards open?” Well… soon. My host has been troubleshooting my site for about a month now and we’ve finally identified and resolved the issue. Now that everything is up and running again (and much time has been wasted) I’m going to keep the nominations open for one more week. Nominations will now close on June 26. Voting will be open on Monday, June 27.| Forensic 4:cast
If you’ve clicked on the link looking for a technical article, you’re going to be disappointed. This post is more about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while.| Forensic 4:cast
In a break from the norm, I’m going to start with a Bible reference. Romans 2:21 says:| Forensic 4:cast
I started this back in April and hoped to have it finished for the 4:cast Awards last month. Sadly, life got in the way. This evening I had the time to finish it off. Hope you enjoy it.| Forensic 4:cast
For the last 13 years, the Forensic 4:cast Awards has run in June/July BUT the awards are meant to be for work carried out from January through December of the previous year. As such, we end up with nominations for work conducted outside the scope. This can lead to confusion and a little distress on my part. Also, people just plain forget. Asking anyone to post a nomination up to a year and a half after the work was completed, means that they might miss out. So, guess what? You can start nomi...| Forensic 4:cast
Yes, finally the voting is open. It has been a long road to getting here this year, just so much going on. As the DFIR Summit isn’t happening until August this year, where’s the harm in delaying the voting until such time that I could give it the attention it deserves?| Forensic 4:cast