I'm something else entirely.
Common deployments, OSI and TCP/IP models, VLAN configuration, Cisco and Juniper CLI familiarity
NACL, Trust Boundaries, Federated Identity, DNS, DHCP
Network protocols including: STP, OSPF, BGP. Also wireshark and packet analysis.
Whether it's the physical network, the protocol stack, or their logical implementation I feel proficient with all requisite networking concepts and applying them in your LAN environment. I've labbed a lot of different LAN models and simulations to further understand the architecures and troubleshooting involved. I have labbed extensively in the Cisco IOS CLI. I found the Junos CLI familiar and comfortable following my Linux certification. Currently while studying for my CCNP Security, I'm learning even more about VXLAN fabrics and VTEP configuration.
Attack types and vectors, risk management, and vulnerability mitigation
Network segmentation, SIEMs and network monitoring, and IDS/IPS/Firewalls
Patching, user training, and IAM
I know my cryptology basics including symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography. I have hands-on with PKI, digital signatures, and certificates. I've done lots of labbing with Kali, using metasploit/metasploitable, "Damn Vulnerable Web App," and full understanding of the whats and hows pre-loaded on Kali. I've seen BurpSuite and Splunk in action. I am familiar with the NIST and ISO cybersecurity frameworks. I'm well aware of the formal steps and processes of Pentesting and how to monitor all your network and node logs. I know my incident response best practices. Security is an element of IT that I am most interested in. I'm by nature an extremely private person AND I enjoy taking things apart (some might say breaking them). These two things combined with a competitive nature, make pentesting an extremely attractive goal to strive towards as I continue to learn more coding, exploitation techniques, and tricks.
Designing application architecture, business organization, and hybrid-cloud environments in AWS
Deploying the appropriate networking and VPC architecture to support efficient work flow AND security
Maintaining a cloud environment, configurations, IAM, and infrastructure as code
This site, that you're on! It may have been smart of me to host this very simply on one of the many static hosting sites, but what is the point of an education in AWS if I'm not putting it to use! This site is being hosted via
S3 with Route53 and a Cloudfront Distribution to allow for HTTPS communication. HTTPS communication that I have used AWS ACM to back for my PKI. I wanted to showcase my ability to work in AWS (in this very small degree) and as you
may read in the coding section that follows, I have other plans for the future of this site!
I do find every single thing that I learn about AWS wicked cool and that is helping to keep me super interested. Having so
recently learned about
the inner workings of computers in general, imagining and creating with digitalized versions of those concepts at enormous scale is just plain fun to think about. On a not totally unrelated subject, I've been virtualizing plenty
of
environments on my home-built PC so I can play around with different Linux distros, including Kali to practice my "hacking."
Full understanding of all DML/DDL SQL. Functional awareness of the data dictionary and savepoints.
Can read and understand a RDB ERD, create custom crafted queries, and tell an effective story with data
Aware of DB Admin responsibilities, DB user account management, permissions, etc
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How could one not want to play with data and see what inferences can be drawn? What analyses made? What stories told!? Where data is
employed towards the lives of others I can't help thinking of this.
After completing my Salem State University class in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, I feel very comfortable at the DB terminal.
Let me at your data! I see the importance of data everyday in my life and am
loathe to watch statistics be misused. While my SQL exposure is in Oracle SQL, the overlap with ANSI SQL leaves me feeling confident I could start working successfully on a different DB engine without issue.
Familiarity with BASH scripting, PL/SQL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap
Understands relevant conceptual background for programming including data structures, control statements, validation, etc
Planning on learning C and Python, while extending my skill in BASH
I have conceptual elements of coding understood, so far as, loops, cases, and if statements. Given a little time with any language and requirements clearly stated I feel confident in my ability to perform rudimentary scripting.
For right now, my "coding" if you could call it that, can best be described by this quote from Picasso, "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." Even the best devs will find themselves on StackOverflow from time to time. When I need to put a script together, I'm happy to lean on and learn from others recommendations or advice. I
have a tiny bit of hands on with Bash and PL/SQL. My immediate interest lies in learning C and diving into this textbook. I find Linux a full, fascinating, and fertile area for professional growth since it runs, well, everything. Getting to know C and getting "closer to the metal" as it were, without getting into Assembly Code, will help me conceptually with my Linux learning and with eventually optimizing my ability to work in the
Posix/Unix coding environment.
I learned plenty of html5, css, js, and bootstrap while making this site and will continue to foster these skills. Webdevs if you're reading this, know that it's my first site, dont pick apart my code too harshly! When I do endeavor towards some application building, my security background
leaves me with a firm understanding of secure coding and security's primacy (coming from a security nerd) in the SDLC. As I have coding projects to add I'll aim to transition this site from a static one to an EC2 spot
instance as a "running portfolio."