I am teaching classes for candidates pursuing that pinnacle of cybersecurity certification, the CISSP. The CISSP is a challenging course of study, and the certification exam has always been daunting. When I took the exam in 2016, there were 275 questions and the exam allowed 6 hours for completion.
These days the exam lasts only 3 hours, and has ...
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As it happens I have had a wonderful 20 year career in Information technology and cybersecurity, and the career continues with new adventures. While thinking about my IT career, I came to see it as a succession of steps.
For people just starting an IT or cybersecurity career, especially students in high school and college, your teachers and professors will place a lot of emphasis on planning your career and work ...
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One of the Facebook cybersecurity groups that I follow, Cybersecurity Lounge, is set up to provide ideas and advice to people at the start of their IT career, or who are studying for, or have just passed, a certification. One member of the group told a story of a recent interview he had for an IT job. He was first ...
Today I am continuing the thread I started last week about breaking into information technology and cybersecurity as a career. Let’s begin at the beginning. No matter where you end up in your career, you can expect to start in an entry level position in a repair center, help desk, or desk side support team. To be qualified for this position you need to know how to install, configure, maintain, and ...
One of the persistent questions I am asked, as an instructor, is a variation of: “Every job I apply for wants experience, how do I get experience without a job?” The flip side of that question comes from IT managers, and sounds like: “We see too many candidates with computer degrees that lack any hands on computer experience or working knowledge of computers or networking.”
The problem is most college degree ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Phishing Email AlertsCatch of the Day: Fake IT Support Phish
Chef’s Special: Inactive Email Account Phish
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
I would be delighted to accept suspicious phishing examples from you. Please forward your email to phish@wyzguys.com.
My intention is to provide ...
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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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