IT Systems, Networks, Security and Education
This is post 16 of 16 in the series “[ A+ Certification ]” Current A+ objectives include at least some degree of familiarity with the Windows, Linux and Mac command lines. Fortunately, Linux and Mac use the same commands, for the most part. Our text covers specific commands in some detail. You need to know: …
This is post 15 of 16 in the series “[ A+ Certification ]” The A+ doesn’t require a deep knowledge of virtualization, but you should know the following, at least: What a VMM is What a hypervisor is Type 1 hypervisors Type 2 hypervisors We’ll be using virtual machines (VMs) in this class, on the …
There’s more than one way to study for the CEH. 1. If you’re already deeply experienced, do self study. You can pick up a textbook or catch a quick online course and give the test a try. The test ain’t cheap, though: $1199 as of today, plus an extra $100 if you didn’t attend the …
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Okay people in New Mexico listen up: NM Workforce Solutions has 60 (that’s SIXTY) full-ride financial aid openings for students in the four central counties of NM. That means *60* people can take the full A+, Network+ and Security+ certification series *free* including a stipend for rent and fees! Somebody here should grab this. IT …
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This ominous-sounding set of regulations is going to apply to a lot more businesses than they will expect. And they’re deep, and specific. Most organizations are going to be required to have a CISO, for instance, and that’ll be a bitter surprise to some. It’s likely that the responsibility will be loaded onto some existing …
The hottest certification org in Albuquerque: EC-Council’s Certified Incident Handler training is coming May 29th – 31st, 2019. See https://lnkd.in/ezAYtJf Lots of my students ask about more advanced certifications, which really means, which advanced topics to study. Interested in pen testing? Or being a CISO? Forensics? Or incident management? Things get very specialized once you’re …
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This is post 5 of 5 in the series “[ How to Teach Hacker Highschool ]” This is the fifth unit of my course for teachers, which brings together a lot of material I generated while working as Project Manager for the Hacker Highschool v2 Rewrite Project, 2012-2016. This session helps you get started with …
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This is post 4 of 5 in the series “[ How to Teach Hacker Highschool ]” This is the fourth unit of my course for teachers, which brings together a lot of material I generated while working as Project Manager for the Hacker Highschool v2 Rewrite Project, 2012-2016. This session helps you get started with …
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Bash is so powerful it scares me. It’s like Fred Flintstone riding a dinosaur to work: one false move and it’s gonna be mad destruction. So I love me some man pages. I also dig through the better online references. If you want man pages for a specific version of Ubuntu, nothing beats manpages.ubuntu.com. Check …
Virtual machines are great. They’re cool for testing operating systems, and let you deploy machines and add and remove applications and services. But they’re big and resource-intensive. Containers are the new kids. Think in terms of deploying a virtualized application, rather than a whole OS. The big names here are Docker and Kubernetes, with the …
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