Michael Lortz

Cyber resiliency, continuity, processes, & research for govt, biz. Taught irregular warfare & cyber intel. MBA (USF). MA in IA (FSU). Sec+. CBCP.

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

My novel Curveball at the Crossroads was added to my Medium profile.
Follow if you like. I write mostly about conflict and threats.

https://t.co/uLhkwEyiX0

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

The @LeidosInc bot called me today. [phone]
It asked if i was Michael.
I said no.
Then it asked for my name and offered to help me.
Wtf was it going to help me with if i am not the job candidate in question?

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

Hey @LeidosInc @LeidosCyber i am not answering a robot. Hire more recruiters.
This is dystopian.
(Btw, you rejected my last applications in less than 24 hrs. I doubt anyone looked at them.)

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

Hey @LeidosInc @LeidosCyber i am not answering a robot. Hire more recruiters.
This is dystopian.
(Btw, you rejected my last applications in less than 24 hrs. I doubt anyone looked at them.)

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

@CrispinBurke The opinions of AI on linkedin and twitter could not be more different.

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

Dan Quayle hasnt held public office since 1993. He is still younger than Donald Trump.

[Hudson Institute @HudsonInstitute]

Hudson Institute Welcomes Vice President Dan Quayle to Board of Trustees

[Michael Lortz @JordiScrubbings]

Narrator: it is in fact not easier to find a job. The job market is shit. Hiring managers are swamped with AI resumes and AI bots are rejecting good human candidates daily.
Ghosting is at an all time high and ghost positions and resume farming is real.

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

"If soldiers are conditioned to accept AI’s guidance at the expense of their own judgment, the Army risks producing leaders who can execute quickly but struggle to adapt when the algorithm fails, is degraded, or is actively deceived by an enemy." https://t.co/aNL0gAjfSf

[BSides Tampa IT Security Conference @BSidesTampa]

2026 BSides Tampa *Unlucky 13* Session Announcement

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Trust Is the Product: What CMMC Gets Right and What the Market Gets Wrong by Michael Brooks

If you haven't already, be sure to get your tickets here: https://t.co/YBotHucOgO

#BSidesTampa2026

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

Applied to a job at 1am. Got a rejection email by 9am.
This is the 2nd day in a row that's happened.
#jobhunt life is no joke.

[EFF @EFF]

Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. https://t.co/ZQxZFfja3O

[IISS News @IISS_org]

The war in Iran has precipitated the largest shock ever to global oil supplies.

This webinar will explore the options and challenges associated with a military effort to secure the flow of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

📆 Weds 18 March
⏰ 13:00–14:00 GMT
🌐 Online
💬 Nick Childs (@ChildsNJ), Air Marshal (Retd) Martin 'Sammy' Sampson, Sascha Bruchmann, Dr Hasan Alhasan (@HTAlhasan)

Join the discussion: https://t.co/Pk0qIpiNy0

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

"A grassroots revolution in Iran sounds attractive, but it is far too risky," writes expert @CharlesKupchan. "The likely outcome of dismantling the Islamic Republic is not stable democracy, but state fracture, political chaos, and radiating instability." https://t.co/hx0zPLhc1e

[Alexandra Sharp @AlexandraSSharp]

For the next 48 hours, @ForeignPolicy will drop its paywall on all Iran coverage! Here are some of the biggest news stories you should read to understand the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. 1/8

[Jason Atwell @JasonAtwell14]

@HybridAnalyst Continually updating and imagining scenarios, knowing what to do in the gaps and when entropy gets high, and oversight, yes. We cannot continue to confuse tactical speed and excellence with strategic grasp.

[Wladimir van Wilgenburg @vvanwilgenburg]

"False media reports of thousands of Kurdish fighters launching a ground offensive against Iran ended up endangering the very people living under the bombs, reports Dr Charles Kriel"
https://t.co/TAReOyYJl6

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

@JasonAtwell14 I was about to start reading the 1992 lessons from Desert Storm. Seems fitting as backstory.

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

The need for more intel analysts was a thing for years. They solved the problem with technology.
The same tech that is rapidly narrowing the OODA loop for cyber defenses. Blocking thousands of attacks in moments.
Tech is a force multiplier.
The upcoming problem is oversight.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

BREAKING: U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran are being accelerated by military AI systems that help gather intelligence, select targets, plan bombing missions and rapidly assess battle damage - WSJ

[IISS News @IISS_org]

The ferocious intensity and widening scope of the full-scale war pitting the United States and Israel against Iran is radiating across the Middle East.

This webinar will examine the military dimensions of the war and how to think about the respective strategies of the warring sides; the political effects of the war; the regional fallout both in the Gulf region and in the Levant; and the prospects for further escalation or a diplomatic off-ramp.

🌐 Online
📅 Monday 9 March
⏰ 14:00–15:00 GMT
💬 Dr Hasan Alhasan (@HTAlhasan), Emile Hokayem (@emile_hokayem), Air Marshal (Retd) Martin ‘Sammy’ Sampson, Sir John Chipman (@chipmanj)

Register now: https://t.co/P7TjjMESiU

[blackorbird @blackorbird]

Iranian APT Infrastructure in Focus: Mapping State-Aligned Clusters During Geopolitical Escalation
https://t.co/g1baOOwhCw

[Wladimir van Wilgenburg @vvanwilgenburg]

Iraqi Kurdish politician and senior PUK official @firstladyofiraq Shanaz Ibrahim underlines the Kurds won't be treated as 'pawns by the world's superpowers' after the treatment of the Syrian Kurds

[Michael Lortz @HybridAnalyst]

Good time to be reading this:

[Wladimir van Wilgenburg @vvanwilgenburg]

Kurdish opposition leader @PDKIenglish leader Mustafa Hijri
"I call on all soldiers and personnel with conscience and a desire for freedom across Iran—especially in Kurdistan—to leave the garrisons and the security and military bases of the IRGC, the army, and the armed forces of this regime. They should abandon the duties and services assigned to them and return to the embrace of their families.

This is for the sake of protecting themselves from these attacks and, furthermore, to withdraw their support from the ranks of the regime’s armed and repressive forces."