Stephen Battista

Operations Manager for Cyber Infrastructure Protection Center at MITRE. Follow me @[email protected].

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.
-- Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

Check this out. A few days after Russia threatens to attack the U.S.

https://t.co/o3iWX4l6Me

Are you suprised that the U.S. Gov ditches Kaspersky?
https://t.co/86KNJ2jvu6

Would you really want Kaspersky Anti-Virus in the U.S. after those threats?

[Eric Geller @ericgeller]

NEW: Citing natsec concerns, U.S. bans Russian cyber firm @kaspersky from selling its products in the U.S. New sales end 7/20, software updates to existing customers end 9/29.

First use of Trump-era authorities. Move could jolt many businesses.

My story: https://t.co/lFmWEcOFGZ

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@jfslowik Just for historical accuracy, the new Cyber Force uniform should be this.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

#RSAC Me: No, I don’t have a login dongle key problem
Also me:

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@thelastuid @ThanksCancer The only reason for existence in purpose. I was on the edge of LTD for my case. At 48 I could not imagine not working at the time.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@kfalconspb I'm sorry for your loss. There are no words.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@MITREcorp in McLean on Wed and Thurs, Hack the Capitol. In person event is all full but there are virtual spaces available for streaming. https://t.co/cfJ7u67f3Y

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@LisaForteUK Delete them. Blame the attacker. Have customer service figure it out.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@Bitwarden @SGgrc It looks like a 256 bit Key for RSA and the stretched key is used both for encryption and for a MAC.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@Bitwarden Two crypto questions 1. What is the size of the RSA key you use for data sharing between people. I think it is 2048 https://t.co/wo93vyWZdk
2. Why does the master key need stretching to 512 bits? AES 256 only needs 256 bits. @SGgrc

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@passthehashbrwn Better to just change the keys....

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@redteamwrangler https://t.co/JNL6MBp0dZ If you have enough advanced notice.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@redteamwrangler Lunch at the National Museum of the American Indian. They have some great food options. I think now that the old post office is owned by the Waldorf Astoria, you can go up in the bell tower. It is the second highest vantage point in the city.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@BriceCollin Yes and a pay phone for long distance

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

Embedded CTF! Register by Nov 30 to receive your development hw in early Dec! https://t.co/qI1eVdOyuf Teams will design and implement a key fob system for a car door lock. The system must protect the car from unauthorized entry and prevent attacks like replays and key fob cloning

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@TaelurAlexis Sorry to hear about your hemoglobin of 4. During chemo mine went to 6.5. When it was that low, I had a hard time concentrating. This was in December of 18. It is now back to 14. Please take your iron, it makes a difference. When I stop taking it, my hemo goes down.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@engineering_bae You only pay for the money you rent. Since the principal goes down every month, the amount you owe in interest is less. This spreadsheet shows how it works. (Note banks use a continuous function not a monthly one). Adjust the principal and the rate. https://t.co/Eikq2Lqg9g

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

I'm going to be not here as much. I'm going over to Linked In. It is under Steve Battista.

[Stephen Battista @MITRESteve]

@medus4_cdc I have a crush on @abbattist :)

[JeffT @jtantsura]

Happy 49th Birthday TCP/IP

Exactly 49 years ago, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn submitted a paper to IEEE Transactions on Communications describing a protocol for sending packets across networks. https://t.co/1KnAl9dV1r