AFK embodies the experience of many security engineers and operators in situations where their adversaries are relentless and their organizational support is underwhelming. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Does the music resonate with your experiences in working at a company? Share your perspectives in the comments below.
Producer: Jake Lizzio, Niels Provos
Lyrics: Jake Lizzio, Niels Provos
Vocals: Stefanie Drexler
Music Video
Lyrics
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