How do you get a job in cybersecurity? Here’s how it worked for me.
I have joined several LinkedIn and Facebook groups that are focused on cybersecurity, and very frequently there is a post from a newcomer asking the question “How do I get a job in cybersecurity?” The actual question can vary, from “what certifications are best, where can I look for a ...
Continue Reading →As an instructor of information technology and cybersecurity certification prep classes, my students have all expressed concern about taking the certification exam. Ideally, a student reads the text, takes the classes, uses a good practice exam for testing preparation, and when it all comes together, schedules an exam, takes and passes the exam. There is a perfect moment when test taking is ...
If you are an information technology or cybersecurity professional, and you are planning to study for and take a networking certification such as CompTIA’s Network+ or Cisco’s CCENT, CCNA, or CCNP, then you will need to know and understand IP addressing, subnetting, and supernetting inside and out. When I was studying for the CCNA years ago, I put together a set of subnetting spreadsheets, and eventually shared it on my ...
Today is Memorial Day, when we honor and remember the members of our armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep America free.
I teach a variety of information technology and cybersecurity courses, and there are tons of acronyms to learn well enough to be able to translate them back into English in order to answer certification exam questions. ...
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The second of two parts. If you missed the first part it is here. Are you thinking about a career in cybersecurity? Read on. Know a high-schooler who is considering the career? Please share this with them.
What do you spend most of your time doing as a Cybersecurity Analyst?
Currently, and for the last ...
Continue Reading →The first of two parts. Are you thinking about a career in cybersecurity? Read on. Know a high-schooler who is considering the career? Please share this with them.
I was recently approached through email a request from a high school senior in Ohio. This student wanted to interview me about the role of cybersecurity analyst. He said that he ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.I have been getting this question a lot lately. Quick answer, it is unlikely, so no it won’t break the Internet. But is is changing usage from downtown areas to suburbs. See the map. From Tech Republic.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Usually when I am talking about sanitizing a computer, I am talking about irreversibly deleting all the personal data. If you work on a computer, especially a SHARED COMPUTER, the keyboard and mouse needs to be sanitized periodically. A keyboard can have more germs than a toilet seat, and ...
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Late in August and early in September, I was back in the classroom again teaching a great bunch of beginning IT technicians the finer points of networking so they can pass the CompTIA Network+ certification exam. They asked me for a list of the tools that I use on the job. Once I had put the list together for them, it looked like ...
It has been my privilege and pleasure for the last two years of my IT career to be working as an Information Technology Instructor. Sometimes the groups I am teaching are already working in information technology, but are working on improving their skill set in areas such as cybersecurity. But the majority of my students have little or no IT experience, and ...