Ben Rothke @benrothke.bsky.social I do information security, risk management and other tech stuff.
Co-author of new book: The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management.
https://amzn.to/3WhEfh1
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Martin Fisher @armorguy.bsky.social ex-CISO, TTRPG fan, eternal GM, hater of fascism, exhausted elder Gen X'er
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Naughty Spelling Bee @naughty-bee.bsky.social Naughty words found in today's Spelling Bee puzzle.
If you are a Spelling Bee aficionado, please feel free to mute this account to avoid spoilers.
source: https://github.com/qwrrty/naughtybee
by @unchi.org
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social Security without fear since 2018.
https://decipher.sc
https://www.youtube.com/@DecipherSec
Sponsorship inquiries: info@decipher.sc
McCrory @mccrory.bsky.social Founder @ Stealth Startup
IYKYK
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Thomas Ptacek @sockpuppet.org Full of passionate intensity.
Jen Leggio @mediaphyter.bsky.social Cyber. Horror. Cats. Magic. Raconteur. Comedienne. Exhausted. Personal account.
Jacob @biosshadow.bsky.social I manage people that do things with computers
tbird (she/her) @tina-bird.bsky.social Astrophysics. Infosec. Guitar. Protest. Early music. Handwork. CATS. Ratties. White Sox. Rheumatoid arthritis.
GOP out of North America.
#antifa #HoosierSky
Get your name in Landsat images at
https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/
Nicole Tatrow @nicolett25.bsky.social 20+ year cybersecurity exec, investor, mom
Tracie Ball @findingtracie.bsky.social Designer | Photographer | Writer | Yogi | Mystic
Author of "When Your Mother Calls You Home" (November 2025)
www.tracieball.com
@neuralcowboy.bsky.social @neuralcowboy.bsky.social 
Aleatha @aleatha.bsky.social A little bit of everything, all of the time. Come for the privacy engineering, stay for the snark and science snacks. Not that kind of doctor.
Leigh Culley @leighculley.bsky.social Cyber security type. Usually.
Ian Glazer @iglazer.bsky.social Digital Identity, random thoughts, and such. Founder of IDPro, DIAF, and Weave Identity
@iglazer over there
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org yes, really the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in cleveland, ohio. Customer Relations: 216.881.8247
https://www.neorsd.org/social
Keshia @deadwitchwalking.bsky.social Bisexual Witch|Fur Mom|Plant Lover|Nerd
TruBluFan @trublufan.bsky.social @defcon.bsky.social Speaker Ops #Goon, DEFCON.social moderator, @BSidesCharm.bsky.social and @bsidesphilly.bsky.social organizer, CISSP
@evedrosen.bsky.social @evedrosen.bsky.social 
Erica Fischer @enf.bsky.social She is awake. She is not in acute distress. She is well-developed and well-groomed. She is not ill-appearing. Behavior is cooperative. Thought content normal.
Chris Nickerson @indi303.bsky.social Red Teamer, Business Owner, Hacker, CEO, Investor, Cybersecurity, dog dad, Lares, Breachquest, Liability, B-sides co-founder, @TEDalumni , kinda canadian, #303
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Rosa Carson @therosatechnique.bsky.social Fairy Godmother, lightbringer, waymaker. Host of Fairy Godmother Daily podcast. Coach and spiritual teacher connecting Law of Attraction with Collective Consciousness.
@kmriley.bsky.social @kmriley.bsky.social 
@chipach.bsky.social @chipach.bsky.social - M @moonglum.bsky.social @moonglum.bsky.social
Rob Z @robzehner.bsky.social Tech startup VP, politics and news junkie, photographer, maker, dachshund dad.
Danika Rose Raven @roseraven.bsky.social She/Her
Game Dev, Technical Artist, Banjo and Guitar Player, TTRPG Enthusiast, Sword Lesbian.
Victoria Sapphire @victoriasapphire.bsky.social Leftist. Retired infamous Dominatrix. Washingtonian by birth, New Yorker by heart. Now in Columbus Ohio. Travel Goth. Queer/Pan.
She/Her/They/Them/Domme/Dom
Jamison @sonofshirt.bsky.social Christian, Husband, Father, Air Force Academy grad, Wheat Allergy, Geek, BofA Red Team co-Founder, BofA InfoSec Exec. Opinions my own, not of employer.
Angie @fatgirlonabike.bsky.social GenX 🌈 Feral Mom of 🌿🐈⬛🦮👧🏻 👦🏻| Activewear Addict | Strength Training | Office Goth | Bariatric Baddie | Columbus Foodie
me @tgrbrd.bsky.social I do stuff and things.
The rise of AI gives me hope that one day computers will feel as bad about themselves as they should.
Scott Crawford @scott-crawford.bsky.social Infosec OG, airhead (AMEL, CFII), classical music, molecular biology (don’t use it but science!), industry analyst. Research Director, 451 Research / S&P Global Market Intelligence. Stuff here is my own & does not represent my employer.
Andrew Jaquith @arjaq.bsky.social Descendant of immigrants. U.S. CISO for Scotiabank.
Peter Hesse @pmhesse.bsky.social Sharing my super retro banner image but I look a lot older than this now.
Bill Pelletier @awpiii.bsky.social Healthcare, IoT, ICS, Product, Enterprise. Salt water boating, cancer research, Sourdough OG. Social Liberal.
1dark1 @1dark1.com WAKE UP AND FIGHT!
VOTE. THEM. OUT.
Graphic artist + logo designer for hackers
BIZ: hotironcreative.com/logos
SHOP: stickerthepla.net
ME: https://1dark1.com
she/her/Eldergoth
BLACK, TRANS, MINORITY, LGBTQIA++ LIVES MATTER!
Knarphie @knar.ph That guy you met at Pumpcon that one time. Hangover coach. 'Terrible thought' leader.
Adam Shostack @adamshostack.bsky.social Threat modeling. BH Review Board. Affiliate Professor, UW. Fixed autorun. Helped create CVE.
Not sure why we're building graphs on yet another (effectively) centralized system. https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack
Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social @erratarob on the hellscape site
@ryanlrussell.bsky.social @ryanlrussell.bsky.social - B @bmkatz.bsky.social @bmkatz.bsky.social Digital Disruptor | Enterprise/Identity/IT Architect | EA @ M&T bank | Start-up Advisor | Speaker | Blogger | Podcaster | Footy Fan |Photographer | @that_dog_tucker dad
Matt Johansen @mattjay.com Friendly neighborhood cybersecurity guy | expect infosec news, appsec, cloud, dfir. | Long Island elder emo in ATX.
vulnu.com <- sign up for my weekly cybersecurity newsletter
Danielkennedy74 @danielkennedy74.bsky.social - Cybersecurity industry analyst.
- Professional listener to CISOs, occasional skeptic of vendors.
- Former CISO.
- Opinions mine, data-backed when possible.
Tyler (TXS) Shields @tylershields.bsky.social Principal Analyst @ Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)
Craig Newell @canewell.bsky.social InfoSec and Risk Mgmt Pro, presenter/trainer, writer, triathlete, volunteer SAR cox'n, Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), culinary school grad, dad, and ubergeek. You know, the usual.
gattaca @gattaca.bsky.social Grump, keynote, breaker of things, dad, podcaster, creator of (-:|3, OG, raconteur, gentleman spy, investor, whisky distillery owner
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Let’s make history. Shall we? We must!.Pass it on!🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰 @infosourcer.bsky.social ☀️Good Trouble #FTW!.🕵🏼 CI Manager at a Leading Cloud Company.👩🏻🎓 MS Grad Student. AI/ML Avid Follower.🤖 Chatbot Wrangler. Seeker of Truth. Fan of Science & History. Scrappy. Critical Thinker. Global Nomad."Tweeting"Since 2007. 🏴☠️Opinions My Own.
Sam Johnston @samj.net CTO · MBA · Founder · ex-Google/Equinix/Citrix
Rob Joyce @rgblights.bsky.social Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
Michelle the Privacy Nerd @mdennedy.bsky.social Former CPO Sun, Intel Security (McAfee), Cisco, VP for Security & PrivacySolutions Oracle and general data obsessed nerd.
Wrote The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto w my Pops & biz partner
Now Chief Data Strategist, Abaxx Technologies & Partner, Privatus
Andrew Janjigian @wordloaf.org bread-pilled
he/him
'Breaducation: The Science and Practice of Bread Baking,' for Ten Speed Press (November 2026, preorders open now!)
Recipe?: newsletter.wordloaf.org
Shop: shop.wordloaf.org
Two wheels good
Our fair city
avatar by Edith Zimmerman
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip Former biologist. Actual PhD in genetics. Security, OS security teaching at https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu.
Blog: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog
Signal: @mjg.59
He/him
Opinions expressed here are mine, not my employer's
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
George Reese @georgereese.imaginary.com Entrepreneur, filmmaker, ethicist, bass player, author, runner, #batescollege #kellogg
Assistant to the Regional Manager of Antifa. Fighting the war to defeat consequentialism.
#thecure, #garbage, #silversunpickups, #yeahyeahyeahs- W mat @woodrad.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@woodrad
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social Good in a crisis and at no other time
First initial last name at gmail dot com
Signal:@KathrynTewson.06
Jamie Arlen @myrcurial.bsky.social InfoSec Geek, Hacker, Social Activist, Author, Speaker, (Grand)Parent. VA3MYR.
Mark Kriegsman @markkriegsman.bsky.social Just some light ‘arted fun; possibly on the blink. 
bolson @bolson.org computer wizard. acrobat. better democracy through computer science.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Leon Grebnesor @noeltheone.bsky.social 
Lance @bearcircle.net Linux geek, cloud engineer, pagan, Unitarian Universalist, avid hard science fiction reader
Rachel/tikva @tikva82.bsky.social Disability and public health geek. Guide dog handler. Queering up your disability rights and cripping your queer pride. Basically a very sweary golden retriever. Go Sox! She/her/hers. Not actually born in '82.
Michelle Fitos 🧠 @unallamas.bsky.social Cognitive/affective neuroscientist, American-Hungarian, thinks about things. EEG, autism, emotional flexibility, affective neuroscience in general- S Scott Vowels @svowels.bsky.social
Mary Anne Mohanraj @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social Writer, professor, arts administrator, school board member, cook. Founder of Strange Horizons, Director of Speculative Literature Foundation. She/her. Books here: https://serendibshop.com. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Mohanraj
Tim Freeman @timf.dev Working on satellites at Amazon. Into distributed systems, high availability, databases, Rust - to name a few things. peakscale.com
Ellen Seebacher @ekseebacher.bsky.social Editor, writer, teacher; partner, parent, friend. 🏳️🌈 cis woman; 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights.
(Banner: A Maine lake surrounded by mountains at sunrise. PFP: Self-portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who looks a bit like me.)
Mitchell @admitchell.bsky.social Over 40 midwestern post-grad glitter goth plant witch single mom to 2 humans, 3 cats, 2 dogs and dozens of house plants.
David Maynor @davemaynor.bsky.social threat intelligence and R&D
J Wolfgang Goerlich @jwgoerlich.bsky.social I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously. 
Fernando Montenegro (he/him) @fsmontenegro.bsky.social Security technologist, always curious, industry analyst and practice lead at Futurum, trying to do the best I can re:work/life balance, etc… Work: Interplay between cybersecurity and economics is my catnip. Non-work: family, friends, golf, volleyball.
Alex Hutton @huttonalexander.bsky.social Opinions here are not my employers or even necessarily my own. I once did risk and data breach things. Hacker Pyramid champ 2017. I once won a Primey.
wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social Startup CISO. BSidesLV Lockpick. Hacker lawyer. Amzn & Google alum, USCG wife, Wellesley, GMU Law. IAAL but IANYL.
Mr. Glass @mrglass.bsky.social Crazy Jewish Hacker. Proud @banana_sec Member. @shabbatcon founder. @bsideslv staff. He/Him.
Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social Founder & CEO LutaSecurity @payequitynow MIT&Harvard visiting scholar, @MasonNatSec fellow, 1/2 Chamoru, 1/2 Greek all-American hacker
Bob Lord @boblord.bsky.social Cautiously pessimistic, esp. about cyber things.
The owls are not what they seem. 🗻🗻🦉🌲🪵 🍒🥧☕️🍩 🕵🏼♀️ 👍🏻
Also: 🔐🔑🔒
And of course: hacklore.org
Other account: @hacklore.bsky.social
Chris Wysopal @weld.bsky.social Gray haired gray hat. Co-founder Veracode. Former L0pht security researcher. Builds tools to find and fix vulnerabilities in code at scale.
Adam J O’Donnell @adamjodonnell.bsky.social Deputy CISO @ Stripe. I like art. cDc ❤️🫵
Dennis @dennisf.bsky.social Gentleman of leisure. Legendary wedding guest. I wrote two of the best books you haven't read. Friend of hackers. https://decipher.sc
selenakyle @selenakyle.bsky.social ⭐ researcher, artist, mystic & mathlete.
🦊 what the fox says