Unspecific
The future is unspecific.
Stories
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What They Can and Can’t Do for YouWhat is a VPN, and How Can It Protect You?Why did the government warn against using commercial VPNs? You’ve seen the ads—“Protect yourself from hackers! Stay anonymous! Stop government spying!”—but how much of that is true? The reality is, most commercial VPNs aren’t the security silver bullet they […]
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Every year, as Hacker Summer Camp rolls around, there’s a surge in discussions about burner phones. And every year, I shake my head at some of the misconceptions floating around. Acquiring a Burner Phone the Right Way If you order a phone online with your credit card and have it shipped to your home, it’s […]
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My lovely wife and I went to New York in February. It was cold, it was snowing, and we had a great time. The main thing we did besides see our kids play at Carnegie Hall was going to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It was the first time I have been and it […]
My superpowers
Information Security
For the last 30 years I have focused my career around internet technologies and information security.
Problem Solving
I have a knack for problem solving and spotting connections that others often overlook.
Creating
I create things, from music to jewelry, code to visual arts with painting, digital graphics, and woodworking.
Teaching
Throughout my life I have spent time trying to pass on the information I have learned. Teaching at conferences and continuing education centers.
Biography
As a seasoned information security professional with 30 years of experience, Lee Heath has developed a unique blend of technical expertise and leadership skills. As Director of Information Security for a financial services company, he leverages his knowledge of information security principles to drive strategic risk management and compliance initiatives.
Lee Has worked closely with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) and payment industry working groups, including the Financial Services-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), to develop information assurance and data security standards by sitting on the PCI SSC board of Advisors as technical subject matter expert for Chase Commerce Solutions. Lee also served as an internal PCI subject matter expert for both JPMorgan Chase and Alliance Data Systems. In these roles, Lee focused on vulnerability management and monitoring, compliance, and general application and network security. Lee has also worked at several startup organizations and large companies such as Yahoo! and Terremark, with responsibilities including security monitoring, application security, and vulnerability management. Lee began his career as an initial employee at one of the more successful Internet service providers, FlashNet Communication, that started in North Texas and expanded nationwide before being acquired.
Lee has been a contributing author for Nmap Network Scanning, the official guide to the Nmap Security Scanner. He has served as a keynote speaker at the 2013 IANS Los Angles Information Security Forum, and has presented at BSidesDFW, Defcon, BlackHat, and ShmooCon security conferences. Lee was also interviewed by Marcus Ranum for a Q&A article in Information Security Magazine around cloud security.
Lee is a contributing inventor/author on two secure communications patents for robots and controllers. He taught Unix and network security, programming and Unix system administration continuing education classes at The University Texas of Arlington and has held the Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Information Security Professional (ISP) certification, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP), Payment Card Industry Internal Security Assessor (PCI ISA), and RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
Lee has contributed to the Information Security and Hacker communities for most of his career. Starting the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of Defcon Groups, DC214 in 2003 and Hack Fort Worth in 2016, he has also assisted in organizing, contributing, teaching, and recording BSides DFW for almost a decade.
As a creative problem solver, Lee enjoys helping out local groups with logos, artwork, and more!
Projects
Ongoing projects around code and artwork.
Nmap-Tools
Back in the late 90’s and early 00’s, I did some work with the nmap project.
Digital Artwork
Doodling with my iPad and Procreate.
SSL Cipher Check
Perl script that used the openSSL client other than probe and verify SSL settling on a web server.
Training Materials
The materials I used when running training sessions for BSides DFW 2022.
Music
I like to organize noise into interesting cacophony of sounds .
Pencil and Paper
I often cary a back of pencils and a notepad so I can doodle.
Community Art
Over the years I have created artwork for people and events in the community.
Contact
Signal
@unspecific.13