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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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Sep 28

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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Sep 1

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: Sec...

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Aug 14

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 time...

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Jun 11

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 ticke...

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Feb 24

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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Dec 14, 2019

Stories of a CISSP: SNMP Monitoring

Life in security has been one of sporadic accomplishment and constant humility. As in, I can resolve most firewall related problems, but...

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Sep 24, 2019

Stories of a CISSP: IPS Locks Out Firewall

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc/SolutionsStatics/sk110683/Example.png 11:00 P.M. Tuesday I had 98% iPhone battery life left, but wanted to ...

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Feb 17, 2019

Stories of a CISSP: Sabotage

There are times when the security professional no matter how much technical knowledge, certifications, college degrees, SAT scores, or jo...

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Nov 20, 2018

Stories of a CISSP: Censorship

This is the second canon of the ISC2 Code of Ethics: "Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally." You can ask, "why shoul...

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