Google Detection and Response
Introduction Following up on my Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate quest, I’ll share the cliff notes of the courses as I go through them. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Sound the Alarm: Detection and Response From alert to recovery Security operations center around a four-phase cycle (from the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle): This framework…
Google Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Introduction I’m tackling the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate and I’ll share cliff notes on the courses I take. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities of this Google security path. Risk, assets and the CIA triad Security starts with three non-negotiable pillars that we’ve covered before: confidentiality, integrity, and availability (the…
Google Linux and SQL
Introduction Another post in the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate series. As always, I’ll share the cliff notes on the courses as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL The boot process: your first vulnerability Before your OS even loads, you’re already exposed. Computers boot via BIOS…
Google Networks and Network Security
Introduction As part of tackling the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate, I’ll share the cliff notes on the courses as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security Traffic and architecture An entry level analyst parses logs and analyzes traffic across network layers. Physical infrastructure includes firewalls (first…
Google Manage Security Risks
Introduction As previously said, I’m tackling Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate and I’ll share the cliff notes as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks Security domains and risk management Security teams organize their work across eight critical domains, ranging from governance (Security and Risk Management) to hands-on…
Google Foundations of Cybersecurity
Introduction Years of platform engineering gave me the infrastructure fundamentals, and beyond; now I’m retooling for security. I’m tackling Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate first (CompTIA Security+ next), and I’ll share the cliff notes as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Kickoff: Google Foundations of Cybersecurity. The players and the prize Security is a…
From platform engineer to threat hunter
Introduction I’ve spent the last decade automating everything that moves. Turning VMs into containers, containers into orchestrated workloads, and Git repos into self-healing production platforms. I’m a Kubernetes platform engineer by trade, addicted to GitOps, service meshes, and the beautiful chaos of multi-cluster architectures. But lately? I’ve been spending more time thinking about how to…