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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

How to Build A Command Center

I’ve had a command center for over 10 years! It’s been so long that when I have to use a single monitor I feel terribly unproductive.

7 min readJan 5, 2024

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How to Build A Command Center

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

The 3 Best Books on Goals

I’m an avid reader. I have been since I read my favorite book “How to Win Friends and Influence people” by Dale Carnegie.

6 min readDec 30, 2023

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The 3 Best Books on Goals

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Building a Software Inventory with Nessus

Software inventory is only second in the cyber security importance to Asset inventory according to the CIS critical controls v8; and Nessus…

7 min readDec 30, 2023

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Building a Software Inventory with Nessus

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Long Scan Times; One of lives' Unsolved Mysteries — SOLVED

August 31st 2023 marks 8 years at Tenable and in that time I’ve had many positions. Much of my focus has been on large complex…

9 min readDec 27, 2023

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Long Scan Times; One of lives' Unsolved Mysteries — SOLVED

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Email Alerts in Navi are Back!

On May 30, 2022 google removed the ability to authenticate SMTP requests via user name and password. This move is important for email…

3 min readOct 3, 2023

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Email Alerts in Navi are Back!

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Increase / Decrease Asset Criticality by Tag in Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Asset criticality is a key component in a risk based cyber exposure management program and even for your traditional vulnerability…

3 min readSep 27, 2023

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Increase / Decrease Asset Criticality by Tag in Tenable Vulnerability Management.

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

EPSS data now in Navi!

A friend and colleague, Evan Grace, made the awesome suggestion to add EPSS data to Navi. I wasn’t intimately familiar with EPSS and its…

4 min readSep 11, 2023

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EPSS data now in Navi!

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Parsing 19506 with Python

If you read my earlier article, “For the love of 19506”, you will recall the myriad of useful data that is packed into the Tenable…

5 min readJul 31, 2023

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Parsing 19506 with Python

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

My Guilty Obsession: Tagging by Plugin Output

If you are a Tenable Employee, I’m sure I elicited a giggle or even a belly laugh from those that work with me often. I’m legit obsessed…

4 min readJul 25, 2023

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My Guilty Obsession: Tagging by Plugin Output

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

For the Love of 19506

If you are a die-hard Nessus fan like myself you are most likely familiar with the ‘Nessus Scan Information” plugin, 19506. If not, it’s a…

6 min readMay 16, 2023

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For the Love of 19506

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Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

Casey Reid a.k.a Packet Chaos

I'm a perpetually curious avid learner and athletic hacker/tinker who dabbles in python development, tenable integrations, philosophy, and writing

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