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Stories of a CISSP: New CISSP Exam Updates

To my dear children reading this 30 years from now: this is a story of a life your father had a long time ago in a profession known as an...

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Stories of a CISSP: Commercial-off-the-Shelf

Thank you for taking your precious time to read this article. What is commercial-off-the-shelf software? Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)...

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Stories of a CISSP: Pen Testing Revelations

It was a chance to be immersed in multiple real-world CISSP topics - I volunteered immediately. My mentality is one in which I largely...

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Stories of a CISSP: Multifactor Confusion

This incident reached near comical levels. My manager and I still laugh about it to this day. As this story involves SOC engineers and...

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Stories of a CISSP: High Security

Two black Chevy Suburbans effortlessly drove through the cold mountains, crunching the snow underneath its vulcanized rubber tires. "Sir,...

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Stories of a CISSP: EOL/EOS Devices

8:45 a.m. was just too early to start off Monday morning with a call from the infrastructure project manager (PM). Not that it is always...

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Stories of a CISSP: CBC vs CTR

If you recognize the terms CBC and CTR from the blog post title already, GREAT job! It means you have been really studying Domain 3:...

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Stories of a CISSP: Surviving Layoffs

7:19am - Logged into my bank account to make sure my direct deposit had arrived. There was something weird though, I got paid three...

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Stories of a CISSP: VPN vs Regular Traffic

Working at a SOC (security operations center) has times which are excruciatingly slow. I sit ready for any sort of troubleshooting...

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Stories of a CISSP: CPTED

Winter is always a time of continuous critical thinking on this complex topic: what to do with the kids instead of being in the house all...

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