Multi-disciplinary I.T. problem-solver
I started working with Red Hat’s ‘Labs as a Service’ offering (officially called ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux Skills Workshops‘) a couple days ago, & so far I’m fairly impressed. If you’re not familiar with that, it’s essentially a site that … Continued
Although I’ve long had some interest in penetration-testing (aka “white-hat hacking”), I’ve wondered if it was just something that ‘sounded cool’ or if it’s something that I would actually enjoy – or if I would have any aptitude for it. … Continued
Today’s big news (at least in the InfoSec world) is the aptly-named ‘WannaCry’ ransomware. Wired magazine has a pretty good overview of the situation. Based on one of the graphics in that article, although Britain is getting a significant share … Continued
I haven’t done much with this website & blog over the last few weeks since I’ve been focused on learning Python, as well as studying for the previously-mentioned certification. And while I still have a lot that I can learn … Continued
I’ve spent a good part of the last few weeks in a “self-improvement” project – since the I.T. industry is moving full-steam ahead to a DevOps paradigm, I’ve embraced the new direction by tackling Codecademy‘s ‘Learn Python‘ course. Despite the … Continued
More than a little bit disappointed to have missed SnowFROC 2017, I was really looking forward to the hands-on pen-testing track – but attending simply wasn’t even a possibility. This year’s flu hit me like a truck, at exactly the … Continued
I made time this week to attend the so-called ‘AWSome Day’ – a one-day seminar that Amazon has created in order to build familiarity with their ‘Amazon Web Services’ (or AWS) offering. While I’m no stranger to AWS (I was … Continued
The topic of February’s meeting of the Denver OWASP group was wireless network security, the talk was presented by the engaging Keya Horiuchi, an engineer with AppliedTrust. The talk started out by covering wireless basics (different protocols and WLAN channels, focusing … Continued
The Docker-Denver Meetup group’s February get-together featured Tsvi Korren, a CISSP from Aqua Security who shared some valuable insights about how to optimize security for the Docker containers that you create/deploy, and how to work with your security team from … Continued
SnowFROC 2016 was a regional Information Security conference put on by the local OWASP chapter. It featured several presentations on Application Security as well as a ‘Security 101’ hands-on track that allowed the students to use Metasploit to work through … Continued