My first GIAC gold paper was finally published in the SANS Reading Room. It was a labour of love, frustration, discovery and determination. For those of you unaware of the process to get a SANS “gold” certification, this is the process. You pass a one of the SANS’ “silver” qualifications, then choose to push yourself [...]
I got to take the SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking with Bryce Galbraith. Penetration testing is not part of my official job role, but understanding the mindset, tools and tactics employed is immensely valuable to any one working on behalf of the networks defence team. So off I went and jumped in the [...]
(or MCSE 2008 as the rest of us call it) For reasons only known to myself, I’ve stupidly decided to kick off the final two MCITP: Enterprise exams starting with 70-649. Ah, nothing like making bets, attempting to get a bit of competition going, that you can get certified before the rest of the team. [...]
I took the GSEC course in July with around 70 other folks in Canberra. I’ve taken a number of other SANS courses already, but wanted to see what I’d missed. In hind sight it would have been great to have taken the GSEC (401 track) course as my starting point to my SANS training, but [...]
In a bout of madness, I booked in the 070-620 TS: Windows Vista, Configuring exam with the vague thought that I need to get the studying for the new Ms Os seriously underway, rather than mucking around with it on VM’s. Upgrading from MCSE 2003 to 2008 or MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (sooo much more fun [...]
