I really like talking to people. Either grab a spot on my calendar or send me a message, whichever you prefer.
Schedule a 15-min intro call (opens in new tab)
Good reasons to reach out
Speaking. You want me at your conference, meetup, or podcast.
Something I wrote. You read a post here and want to argue with it. Those are my favorite emails.
Work. You need offensive security work done. That runs through Empiric Security (opens in new tab), my consultancy, but starting here is fine and I’ll point you the right way.
Everything else. Career questions, a bug you can’t explain, film photography, motorcycles.
I’m on the usual platforms too, all listed on the follow page, but I don’t check them nearly as often as email.
Secure contact
If what you’re sending is sensitive, encrypt it. My public key lives at /assets/pgp.asc:
pub ed25519/5E670E89BE72067C 2026-07-30 [SC]
BE62 D08A B216 85A3 4E10 B79F 5E67 0E89 BE72 067C
uid contact@ryanbasden.comIf you’ve found a problem with this site itself, that’s covered by /.well-known/security.txt.