Today I am thrilled to announce that Tomce Kuzevski has joined the MSI team as an intelligence analyst, working on TigerTrax, analytics and machine learning focused services. I took a few minutes of Tomce’s time to ask some intro questions for you to get to know him. Welcome Tomce, and thanks for helping us take TigerTrax services to the next level!
Q – Tomce, you are new to MSI, so tell the readers the story of how you developed your skills and got your spot on the Intelligence Team.
A- Ever since I was a kid, I was always into computers/electronics. I can’t tell you how much money my parents spent on computer/electronics for me, for them only to last a week or so. I would take them apart and put them back together constantly. Or wiping out the hard drive not knowing what I did until later.
Growing up and still to this day, I was always the “go to kid” if someone needed help on computers/electronics which I didn’t mind at all. I enjoyed trying to figure out the issue’s. The way I learned was from failing and trying it myself. From when I was a kid to now, I still enjoy it and will continue to enjoy. I knew I wanted to be in the Computer/IT industry.
I know Adam through a mutual friend of ours. He posted on FB MSI was hiring for a spot on their team. I contacted him about the position. He informed me on what they do and what they’re looking for, which was right up my alley. I am consistently on the internet searching anything and everything. I had a couple interviews with Brent and the team, everything went how it was suppose to. Here I am today about 7 weeks into it and enjoying it! That’s how I landed my spot on the MSI team.
Q – Share with the readers the most interesting couple of things they could approach you about at events for a discussion. What kind of things really get you into a passionate conversation?
A- I really enjoy talking about the future of technology. Yet, it’s scary and mind blowing at the same time. Being born in the 80’s and seeing the transformation from then to now, is scary. But, laying on the couch holding my iPhone while skyping my cuzin in Europe, checking FB and ordering a pizza all in the palm of my hands is mind blowing. I cant imagine what the world will be like in next 25 years.
Q – I know that since joining our team, one of your big focus areas has been to leverage our passive security assessment and Intel engine – (essentially a slice of the TigerTrax™ platform) to study large scale security postures. You recently completed the holistic testing of a multi-national cellular provider. Tell our readers some of the lessons you learned from that engagement?
A- I absolutely could not believe my eye’s on what we discovered. Being such a huge telecom company, having so many security issues. I’ve been in the telecom business 5 years prior to me coming to MSI. I’ve never seen anything like this before. When signing up for a new cell phone provider, I highly recommend doing some “digging” on the company. We use our phones everyday, our phones have personal/sensitive information. For this cell phone provider being as big as they are, it was shocking! If you’re looking for a new cell phone provider, please take some time and do some research.
Q – You also just finished running the entire critical infrastructures of a small nation through our passive assessment tool to support a larger security initiative for their government. Given how complex and large such an engagement is, tell us a bit about some of the lessons you learned there?
A- Coming from outside of the IT security world, I never thought I would see so many security issues at such a high level. It is a little scary finding all this information out. I used to think every company at this level wouldn’t have any flaws. Man, was I wrong! From here on out, I will research every company that I use currently and future. You cant think, “This is a big company, there fine” attitude. You have to go out and do the research.
Q – Thanks for talking to us, Tomce. If the readers want to make contact with you or read more about your work, where can they find you?
You can reach me @TomceKuzevski via Twitter. I’am constantly posting Information Security articles thats going on in todays world. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.