A student recently asked me about my views on different cybersecurity certifications. I offered my views but their response was that they wanted my opinion on the real value. I spoke about my view that working in cybersecurity really required a commitment to lifelong learning. That wasn’t doing it for them. They wanted it boiled […]
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Comparing Entry Level Cloud Certifications
In 2019 I predicted that there would be a shift in the training industry towards cloud computing. Looking back I was wrong. In early 2020 I again predicted to friends in the training industry that there would be a massive demand for cloud training courses and associated certifications. I was wrong again. Now that it […]
So much for UEFI security.
I read reporting in Ars this morning about the Kaspersky identified CosmicStrand UEFI rootkit. As a nerd and tech instructor my hope has always been that with the move away from BIOS based computers to UEFI everyone would be more secure. After all one of the main features of UEFI was to be able to […]
E2EE and AEC: Very Seriously Risky
Signal is working with MobileCoin to enable financial transactions over Signal.
School Surveillance of Students Through Laptops May Be Doing More Harm Than Good
My hometown news website recently published an article with the above title authored by University of North Carolina Professor Nir Kshetri. I’ve never met Professor Kshetri but after reading his essay I posted the following comment. Professor Kshetri is all wrong in his analysis and conclusions regarding monitoring minor students use of district supplied computing […]