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Security+ Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Introduction Last in this series! As you know by now, I’ve been working through the CompTIA Security+ curriculum these last few weeks. It has a lot of overlap with the Google Cybersecurity series I did earlier this year, but it’s all interesting interesting nevertheless. Here’s what module 4 (Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance) covers, distilled into…
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Security+ Cybersecurity operations and controls
Introduction I spent a chunk of this week working through the operations and controls section of my CompTIA Security+ studies, and although the AI voice-over is annoying the f#ck out of me, it has some interesting material. Quick disclaimer: it has a lot of overlap with the Google Cybersecurity series I did earlier this year,…
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Security+ Cybersecurity threats and defense
Introduction I’ve been working through the CompTIA Security+ curriculum and the second module, Cybersecurity Threats and Defense, covers more ground than I expected. It starts with the attack landscape and works its way through malware, physical intrusions, network exploitation, application vulnerabilities, detection techniques, defense architecture, and data security. Although it has a lot of overlap…
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Security+ Information security foundations
Introduction I’ve been working through the CompTIA Security+ curriculum lately, starting with the information security foundations module. It covers a lot of ground, from the basics of the CIA triad all the way through to zero-day vulnerabilities and defensive monitoring. Rather than let those notes rot in a folder, I figured I’d write them up…
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Self hosted cybersecurity dashboard
Introduction I’ve been struggling for a while to find a good central place to keep up with cybersecurity news. I tried RSS readers, I tried newsletters, I tried a few aggregator sites. Nothing really stuck. Either the UI annoyed me, or the sources were too broad, or I’d end up with the same story duplicated…
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Google’s Cybersecurity AI module
Introduction As promised last week, today I’ll cover the Artificial Intelligence (AI) module that was added to the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate program. Although it’s a bit basic, this module, being part of a cybersecurity course, got me thinking. I ended up on YouTube, and did some research. I found out that cybersecurity deals/has to…
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Google’s Prepare for cybersecurity jobs
Introduction Last course of my Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate adventure. I’ll cover everything except for the AI module. This one will deserve some special attention (next week). As always, I’ll share the cliff notes on the courses as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs.…
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Google’s Python in cybersecurity – Part II
Introduction Continuing the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate adventure, and more specifically Python in cybersecurity, today part II. As always, I’ll share the cliff notes on the courses as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. As said: Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python – Part II Continuing where we left off Cybersecurity generates oceans of…