It has been my great pleasure working with Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and the Mayo Clinic information security group since 2019 presenting a CISSP certification class. For the first time RCTC is offering this class to the general public. If part of your professional development plan is achieving the CISSP certification, you should take a look at ...
Cybersecurity is one of the hottest sectors today, with new threats and challenges emerging each day. And with that, there is a huge push being undertaken by both business and education sectors to attract individuals toward a degree and career in cyber. Interested in joining this exciting new workforce? Here are a few reasons why pursuing a degree ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Verizon aims to find out by testing the technology, which is geared at enhancing encryption methods using session key exchange security mechanisms, the carrier said.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Cookies are a common target for hackers because they represent a major vulnerability in web applications. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a traditional approach to solving this problem, but it’s becoming less effective as attackers devise ways of defeating it. Web developers are using new methods like Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to ...
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A guest post from Helma Noelle. For many people, having a job interview is a stressful experience. Apart from the pressure of being employed or not, there are a number of questions that must be answered both before and during the interview, such as what to wear, how to prepare, how much money to ask, and so on.
Although ...
Continue Reading →Here is the advice I gave to a student who has failed the exam. Really – It is good advice for test takers too. The only difference is when you fail, (ISC)2 provides an analysis of the domains you were below proficiency. If you are prepping for your first exam, you know where you are weak and work ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.HR and recruiting experts offer unique ways to find and hire cybersecurity talent. This is an excellent article about what is right and what is wrong in current cybersecurity hiring practices.
To this “researcher”, ...
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Attending a CISSP certification bootcamp should be the final step in your preparation for taking and passing this highly sought and often required cybersecurity certification exam. How should you prepare for the bootcamp itself?
I teach about three CISSP bootcamps a month. A bootcamp is a full time, eight hour per day, 5 or 6 day exam cram experience. It is drinking from ...
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As an instructor, I teach a number of different cybersecurity courses, and one of them is CompTIA’s CySA+. If you are pursuing this certification, there are a few things to know about preparing for, taking, and passing the exam. As I did for the CISSP exam, I am going to let the people who recently took and passed ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.September is a busy time for me, there are a wedding anniversary, and three birthdays in my family in the first week. Then there are a panoply of other special events. At least they are special enough to be recognized in this weblog. Here they are. Please celebrate responsibly. Or not. But have some fun, we all ...
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