I have always had difficulty remembering peoples’ names. That is one reason I am grateful that my parents gave me an easy name – a palindrome – Bob. I have taken two different “Remember Peoples’ Names” classes and failed both of them.
Don’t get me wrong, if we’ve met, I will recognize you when we meet again. I will probably even remember why I know you, how and where we met, and maybe even what we talked about. Your name? Probably not. So my greeting will be, “I remember you from the conference last year. I’m sorry, I have forgotten your name. I’m Bob.”
With my speaking and training schedule, I meet thousands of people in an average year, but that is not why I can’t remember names. Maybe this is the reason. From Dilbert by Scott Adams.
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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com