Recently, we were asked by security professional @oneguynick who he should follow on Twitter, and how he can get involved in the local security community.

oneguynick @grecs I moved to NOVA in Jan. Can your recommend other people to follow in our community near here? Want to get more involved.

While we haven’t talked about in a little while, we created NovaInfosec Twits for this very reason; to promote a stronger community and information sharing in the local security community through Twitter.

As we mentioned before, it can be hard to find local security professionals by doing a search on Twitter. There’s no guarantee that local security professionals have the word ’security’ or ‘infosec’ in their names or descriptions, making it unlikely that you will be able to find them when doing a search on Twitter.

NovaInfosec Twits solves this problem by keeping a list of Twitter accounts and short bios of local security professionals. You can go to the NovaInfosec Twits page on Twitter to see who’s who in the local security community, or you can visit this page to see the list.

If you’d like to be added to the list, message us @grecs and say that you would like to be added to the list. Then follow @novainfosec. We’ll then follow you back.

If you would like to post tweets to the novainfosec group, all you need to do is dm novainfosec and your post will automatically be retweeted. You can also use a service like twitter100 to track everybody.

While many people aren’t aware of NovaInfosec Twits (much like our Calendar), we think that it’s a good step toward promoting a strong, local security community. If you’d like to be a part of this, please consider adding your name to the list, or passing this post along to a friend!

Tags: grecs, infosec, local-security, local-security-bloggers, local-security-professionals, networking, novainfosec twits, security, twitter

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