ABCbyD: 2024 Recap
As 2024 winds down to a close, I’d like to extend each and every one of you readers for your ongoing support, readership and feedback. When this year started, I never thought I would have started a Substack, gotten engaged, or founded a company, but these have all happened!
In the spirit of gratitude, and a desire to derive data driven conclusions, let’s take a look at ABCbyD’s year in review!
Key stats:
332 subscribers
27 published posts
8500+ views
Screenshot of subscribers from inception til today.
I love seeing a trendline growing up and to the right. While we had some large jumps early on, most of our new subscribers have come from existing subscribers’ sharing, liking, and recommendations. Thank you!
Most popular posts:
MITRE ATT&CK: The Good The Bad and The Ugly: this first in a three-parter looked at MITRE’s previous evals and has proven to be the impetus behind a series of posts about how to assess vendor performance and efficacy.
"Resilience means knowing you’re going to get hit—what matters is whether you get back up or roll over.": Signal to Noise with Joe Evangelisto: one of the highlights of writing this substack is a segment I’ve started where CISOs and security practitioners are interviewed about what matters most to them: their investments of time and priorities.
Are Outages the Price We Pay for Innovation: an oldie but a goodie, I discussed my own, complicated feelings about the CrowdStrike outage as a former CrowdStriker.
Key Takeaways:
When in doubt, write it out: I’ve wrestled with writer’s block for a long time and ultimately found that the best way to start writing is to…start writing!
Always ask for feedback: many of the posts written have been inspired by readers, and your feedback has inspired me to cover different topics and continue to ask for feedback.
Keep it simple: this Substack has encouraged me to remove jargon and do my best to make security accessible and straightforward.
We’ll be jumping right back into 2025 next week with a bang. As always, if you like what’s dropping into your inbox, like it, share it, and engage with it. This Substack is for YOU!
Thank you all for a great 2024. Here’s to a phenomenal 2025 to each and every one of you!
Stay secure, stay curious, and a VERY happy new year.
Damien