AFK embodies the experience of many security engineers and operators in situations where their adversaries are relentless and their organizational support is underwhelming. 

Music Video: https://youtu.be/PbD4Q4Z1wwA

Producer: Jake Lizzio, Niels Provos
Lyrics: Jake Lizzio, Niels Provos
Vocals: Stefanie Drexler

Pager says Code Red again
Incident Response commence
CISO doesn’t have a clue
No idea what to do

Every day I try to survive
The lack of updates despite my cries
Feel's like we're set up to fail
With the new boss they just unveiled

He designed our security plan
though he's fallen for every scam
Writes backups straight to tape drive
His password is 12345

Pager says Code Red again
Incident Response commence
CISO doesn’t have a clue
No idea what to do

Infiltrator, where are you?
Maybe someone let you through
Our CISO is AFK
But I'll find you anyway

AFK
AFK

No Idea
No Idea

All of the software we use is cracked
CISO's mobile phone has been hacked
We overheard him saying recently
2FA is to slow for me

Urgent message from the CEO
Doesn't verify the sender though
Disables Gatekeeper as he's told
Now all his secrets have been sold

Pager says Code Red again
Incident Response commence
CISO doesn’t have a clue
No idea what to do

Infiltrator, where are you?
Maybe someone let you through
Our CISO is AFK
But I'll find you anyway

AFK
AFK

No Idea
No Idea

Now we all have to worry
about his unsafe ways
So we all show up early
To install fresh updates

He never seems to notice
That anything has changed
He is completely clueless
My CISO's AFK

Pager says Code Red again
CISO doesn’t have a clue
No idea what to do

Activ8te® is a producer of electronic music who combines his love of music with his past experience in security and engineering. His tracks, which span a variety of genres, are designed to create an emotional connection with his audience while also educating them about important cybersecurity issues. Activ8te hopes to appeal to young people and get them interested in pursuing a career in the security field. With a background in preventing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, Activ8te’s tracks often cover topics ranging from nation-state adversaries to the loss of privacy in our increasingly technology-dependent world. His recent tracks include “Teardrop Falling,” which deals with censorship and misinformation, “Patch Your Network,” which addresses network attacks by sophisticated adversaries, and “I Am Tracking You,” which focuses on spyware and the loss of privacy.

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