It’s been over a year since my last blog post. Instead of sending out a newsletter, each month I will blog about newly launched training and let you know about upcoming training events. The focus is on Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) training. Like the Free and Affordable Training Site, nothing in these blog posts will be over $1,000. This first blog post will cover two months of new releases since I started getting caught up in September after being out of the loop for a while. I will also list the training that has been added to the...
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The IR Training Plan Using Free Courses has been Updated
The other day I realized the Incident Response Training Plan I created had some broken links. I also discovered that some of the platforms I had in the plan changed their free offerings. So, I went through the various platforms (RangeForce, CyberDefenders, TryHackMe, etc), and updated the plan. I also replaced a couple of courses with newer courses that came out. The plan is based on a combination of what I wish I knew before starting in Incident Response, and Ryan Chapman’s Implementing a Kick-Butt Training Program: BLUE TEAM GO! talk. Part One of the plan is geared toward people...
Continue reading...DFIR & Cybersecurity Events are Back!
Hello everyone! The new DFIR & Cybersecurity Community Events site is now live! The main goal of this is to help beginners to Digital Forensics & Incident Response find free and affordable events to attend, but events related to other areas of Cybersecurity, OSINT and IT are also welcome. This will replace the monthly DFIR Related Events for Beginners blog posts as well as the DFIR, Cybersecurity and IT calendar I had on the Free and Affordable training site. The home page of the site is similar to the calendar I had on the training site. It has events from...
Continue reading...Site Updates, Events, and My Myeloma Diagnosis
Hey everyone! I’m sorry haven’t blogged or posted on social media in a while. It’s been a rough few months. Last year pretty much all of my waking hours outside of work (when I wasn’t studying for certs or taking training courses) were spent on my blog/website and related social media. I was staying up all hours of the night actively looking for events for the events blog posts and calendar, training for the training site, discounts for the discounts page, manually scouring job ads to keep the job board populated with jobs that met the posting criteria, and responding...
Continue reading...DFIR Related Events for Beginners – December, 2021
This is geared toward beginners but there is something for all skill levels. All events listed are virtual. Type “free” in the search box to only show free events. Type “under” in the search box to show paid events under $50. Be sure to hit the “Load More Events” button until you see “No More Events”. If I missed something when I originally posted this, I’ll add it, so check back or subscribe for updates. CLICK THE “LOAD MORE EVENTS” BUTTON TO SEE ALL EVENTS For events covering other areas of Cybersecurity, see the Free and Affordable Events calendar on...
Continue reading...DFIR Related Events for Beginners – November, 2021
This is geared toward beginners but there is something for all skill levels. All events listed are virtual. Type “free” in the search box to only show free events. Type “under” in the search box to show paid events under $50. Be sure to hit the “Load More Events” button until you see “No More Events”. If I missed something when I originally posted this, I’ll add it, so check back or subscribe for updates. CLICK THE “LOAD MORE EVENTS” BUTTON TO SEE ALL EVENTS For events covering other areas of Cybersecurity, see the Free and Affordable Events calendar on...
Continue reading...The Free and Affordable Training Sites Have Merged!
I had a week of PTO and since I have no idea how to just relax and chill, I took a much-needed break from social media and emails and created a new site combining the old Free Training Site and Affordable Training Site into one. In the process, I fixed broken links, updated prices that changed, and added social media profiles associated with the training. There is nothing over $1,000 (base price). The new site provides a better way to search. You can search everything at once, search only the free training, or search only a specific category. You can...
Continue reading...DFIR Related Events for Beginners – October 2021
This is geared toward beginners but there is something for all skill levels. All events listed are virtual. Type “free” in the search box to only show free events. Type “under” in the search box to show paid events under $50. Be sure to hit the “Load More Events” button until you see “No More Events”. If I missed something when I originally posted this, I’ll add it, so check back or subscribe for updates. CLICK THE “LOAD MORE EVENTS” BUTTON TO SEE ALL EVENTS For events covering other areas of Cybersecurity, see the Free and Affordable Events calendar on...
Continue reading...DFIR Related Events for Beginners – September 2021
This is geared toward beginners but there is something for all skill levels. All events listed are virtual. Type “free” in the search box to only show free events. Type “under” in the search box to show paid events under $50. Be sure to hit the “Load More Events” button until you see “No More Events”. If I missed something when I originally posted this, I’ll add it, so check back or subscribe for updates. CLICK THE “LOAD MORE EVENTS” BUTTON TO SEE ALL EVENTS For events covering other areas of Cybersecurity, see Free Events on the Free Training Site....
Continue reading...The Get Your Start in DFIR Scholarship Site Just Launched!
Last year I announced that I had two more websites planned after creating the Free Training and Affordable Training sites. The first one, Get Your Start Careers, a US & Canada job board for entry level jobs in DFIR, Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Tech launched in May. I also planned on creating a scholarship site to help others get into the field because I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for the training and certification scholarships I received in the past. I experimented with different funding options but none of them worked out. Then Josh Mason, who started...
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