{"id":75,"date":"2019-09-29T16:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:55:46","slug":"who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/who-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"75\" class=\"elementor elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-006351f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"006351f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c567986\" data-id=\"c567986\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e109d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e109d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em><\/p><ul><li>Confucius<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>&#8220;Privacy is the right to a free mind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><ul><li>Edward Snowden<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>&#8220;My name&#8217;s Felix Leiter,&#8217; said the American. &#8216;Glad to meet you.&#8217;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&#8220;Mine&#8217;s Bond\u2014 James Bond.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><ul><li>Ian Fleming, <em>Casino Royale<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bea049 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bea049\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5e807e\" data-id=\"b5e807e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538952d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"538952d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mme.jpg?fit=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-339\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mme.jpg?w=464&amp;ssl=1 464w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mme.jpg?resize=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab696c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab696c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fca628\" data-id=\"9fca628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094bb47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"094bb47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>My name is Makowski<\/strong>. Maciej Makowski, although nearly every English speaker calls me &#8216;Matt&#8217;, unwilling to grapple with the ambiguity of pronouncing a Slavic name.<\/p><p>I was born in Poland, but some time in the past I made a life changing decision to move to Ireland.<\/p><p>There, in 2007, I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garda.ie\/en\/\">An Garda Siochana<\/a>, Ireland&#8217;s National Police and Security Service. I was the first foreign national ever to join the organisation, where I spent almost 13 years.<\/p><p>Throughout what I regarded to be a fulfilling and challenging career in law enforcement I have achieved the following:<\/p><ul><li>I was an ordinary uniformed cop,<\/li><li>I worked as an appointed detective,<\/li><li>I served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garda.ie\/en\/about-us\/our-departments\/garda-national-crime-security-intelligence-service1\/\">Security &amp; Intelligence Section<\/a>,<\/li><li>I served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garda.ie\/en\/about-us\/organised-serious-crime\/garda-national-cyber-crime-bureau-gnccb-\/\">Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>At that time I also worked on a part-time basis for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ipaireland.org\">International Police Association (Section Ireland)<\/a> as a data protection consultant and IT security professional.<\/p><p>In 2019, in another life changing decision, I decided to move on.<\/p><p>I transitioned into the private sector and began working in information security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-855531b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"855531b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1adbf5\" data-id=\"f1adbf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db5e735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db5e735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A souvenir from my Garda colleagues<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffbc851 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffbc851\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abaf9f4\" data-id=\"abaf9f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3925f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3925f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During my service in An Garda Siochana I acquired (mostly self learned, but also through courses) invaluable experience, skills and training in the following areas:<\/p><ul><li>intelligence gathering and processing<\/li><li>evidence acquisition<\/li><li>international security liaison<\/li><li>digital forensic examination of computer devices<\/li><li>mobile phone forensics<\/li><li>cybercrime investigations<\/li><li>digital intelligence<\/li><li>open source intelligence (OSINT)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9906c81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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BLOG?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e479686 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e479686\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9420d4c\" data-id=\"9420d4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f706e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64f706e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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