March 2020

How Your Home Lab Can Help Fight COVID-19

I was scrolling through Twitter a few days ago when I saw a couple Tweets about Folding@home. Having never heard of it before, I went to their website to see what it was all about. This is a quote from their website: “While you keep going with your everyday activities, your computer will be working to help us find cures for diseases like cancer, ALS, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Influenza and many others.” Another quote from their website: “The Folding@home software allows you to share your unused computer power with us – so that we can research even more potential cures.” I...

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How I’ve Been Studying for Certifications

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the resources I used for certifications and how I study for them. I may be a little ‘extra’ with my resources after failing an exam ten years ago, but I haven’t had to retake an exam since. These are my current certifications in the order taken: 2010 (Feb): CompTIA A+ 2010 (March): CompTIA Network+ 2016 (Dec): CompTIA Security+ 2017 (March): (ISC)2 SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) 2017 (Aug): CompTIA CySA+ (Cybersecurity Analyst) 2018 (June): Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops 2018 (Sept): EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) 2019 (July): Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 2019 (Nov):...

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