I recently became an affiliate of Coursera and saw that they had specializations in both Computer Forensics and Cyber Incident Response. I didn’t know of anyone who completed them, so I decided to see what they were like before listing them on...
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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,...
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...
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...
Continue reading...Get Your Start Careers Just Launched!
Many of you know that I’ve been working on a website for the past few months. Well, I finally took it out of “Coming Soon” mode but it’s pretty bare. Hopefully candidates and employers will sign up and start posting jobs and...
Continue reading...How to Incorporate Home Lab Experience into Your Resume
Someone asked me an excellent question yesterday about how to go about framing home lab experience into professional experience. I thought I could explain it best in a blog post with examples, so here it goes… A decade prior to entering the...
Continue reading...My Journey into DFIR
Prior to getting into IT, I held various positions such as office manager, accounts payable clerk, truck driver, and loss prevention agent. My father was a programmer for Sperry Univac and I loved going there with him on Take Your Kid to...
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