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Books

Apr 14, 2022 aws cisco ccnp ccna encor enarsi security networking career

Here are the books I've authored or co-authored. Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: CLF-C01 Exam Set yourself apart by becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. Click the book to view on Amazon. For errata, click here. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate …

Don't Get Conned by Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin/Blockchain

Jan 6, 2022 blockchain career bitcoin cryptocurrency security

Many moons ago, I told you that blockchain was a passing fad, and that the only meaningful use of blockchain technology was cryptocurrency (a la Bitcoin). Over 4 years later, my prediction turned out to be true. But this is not an "I told you so post." Rather, it's a warning. Cyptocurrencies have exploded in …

Overcoming Censorship

Dec 14, 2021 security career

Online censorship has ramped up significantly in the past few years. We've all seen it. For instance: Seemingly innocuous social media posts getting removed for reasons that make no sense, or for no reason at all Veiled and not-so-veiled threats about what you are allowed to say online without fear of losing your …

My Technology Training Courses

Feb 27, 2021 aws cisco ccnp ccna encor enarsi networking security windows

Here you'll find a list of my IT training courses. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architecting for Operational Excellence on AWS Architecting for Reliability on AWS Architecting for Security on AWS AWS Networking Deep Dive: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) AWS Networking Deep Dive: Route 53 DNS AWS Networking Deep Dive: Virtual …

Studying for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate Exam

Jan 8, 2021 amazon aws cloud security 2021

Whether you prefer to read or watch a video, here are some AWS certification training resources I've put together for you. Study Guides The following study guides include hundreds of assessment questions and answers as well as online access to graded practice exams. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: …

Dumping Twitter Will Make You Smarter

Nov 22, 2020 Feb 20, 2021 career security health 2020

About three years ago, the following phrase popped into my head: "Social media is making you have stupid opinions." Now that's obviously not directed at you, and when I had the thought it wasn't about anyone in particular. It was more of a general observation that social media is antithetical to critical …

Finding Suspicious Traffic using CloudWatch Log Insights and VPC Flow Logs

Jul 28, 2019 aws cloud networking security 2019

While playing around with AWS CloudWatch Log Insights to analyze VPC flow logs, I thought of a couple of fun ways to identify (probably) malicious traffic. Finding Vulnerability Scanners These are the guys that hammer your box looking for anything from silly SQL injection attacks (so 2005) to CSRF vulnerabilities. The …

Architecting for Security on AWS

Sep 7, 2018 aws security 2018

My latest course “Architecting for Security on AWS” is now available on Pluralsight! You’ll learn how to secure your data and AWS services using a defense-in-depth approach, including: Protecting your AWS credentials using identity and access management Capturing and analyze logs using CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and …