Study Notes and Theory

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Situation There was an upcoming change to a BlueCoat ProxySG over a weekend swing shift ( Saturday 3pm - midnight). All we had to do was...

Source: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R76/CP_R76_VPN_AdminGuide/13847.htm The Situation You can learn a lot about encryption, ...

A full YouTube video of this blog post can be found here: https://youtu.be/aMEPK0L0d0U When there are network connectivity issues, the...

In a secure corporate environment, it is critical to have a strict change management process. Large environments mean large changes. ...