Earlier this year I completed the SANS Undergraduate Certificate in Applied CyberSecurity program, during which I took four GIAC certification exams, GFACT, GSEC, GCIH, and GPEN. Two of those exams (GCIH/GPEN) are in GIAC’s relatively new CyberLive format. CyberLive is GIACs step into the ‘practical’ exam space as, along with…

Back in July 2020 I started SANS Technology Institute’s Undergraduate Certificate in Applied Cybersecurity. Back then the first course in the program was called ACS 2201: Technology Essentials and did not have an associated GIAC certification. However, as time passed the course was revamped into the new SEC275: Foundations —…

So this blog post is crazy late, like six months late, but here it is. …

My ‘first’ course in the SANS Technology Institute Bachelors in Applied Cyber Security degree was a combination of a few different courses. The main one being SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security, partnered with SEC403: Secrets to Successful Cybersecurity Presentation, and SEC402: Cybersecurity Writing. I say ‘first’ because I guess technically…

Completing my Undergraduate Certificate program with the SANS Technology Institute I chose SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking as my final course. I picked this for a couple reasons; first, I wanted a fun course to cap off the program as a whole, but also because, knowing that I…

This past week, Feb 1st-5th, I was able to attend InfoSec Institute’s AEH bootcamp. I thought I’d write this up as I have a lot of opinions on it. To be frank I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the experience, but more on that later. In this review I will first…

SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling was the third course in my undergraduate certificate program at SANS Technology Institute. I was lucky enough to pass the final exam this past week on Jan 24th, and can now focus ahead on my fourth and final course of this program…

For all the crap the world suffered in 2020 I believe one sliver of sunshine to look back on was the breakout year TryHackMe.com had. Combining their own tireless efforts to improve the platform and the securing of partnerships with powerhouse creators like Heath Adams, Joe Helle, and Tib3rius, the…

I think the two most popular certifications talked about for those first wanting to break into the security field might be the GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) and the CompTIA Security+ certification. I also believe this is for good reason. GIAC certifications remain some of the most sought after certifications…