Watching the Network You Built - Network Security Part 2
Part 2 puts the security in motion: services, the monitoring pipeline your log lines feed, wireless done currently, safe remote access, and where it all leads.
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The Packet Walk Comes First - Network Security Part 1
Network security is controls placed where traffic must pass. Part 1 builds the floor: addressing, switching, routing, and your first enforcement reps.
The Terminal Is a Conversation
My first Linux distribution no longer exists. I mention that because it lands two points at once: Linux is old enough to have history, and the skills transfer anyway...
The Map and the Floor
After years of working, teaching, writing in this field, the pattern I see most in newcomers is not lack of ability. It is freezing...
Practice at Home the Way You Preach at Work
I spend my working hours telling teams how to do security well. Segment the network. Write the change down. Model the threat before you build the control. Then I go home, and if I am honest with myself, the temptation is to cut every one of those corners because it is "just the lab."
Names, Addresses, and Time From the Wire Up
I work two support queues. In one, readers email when a lab created output or did not match the screenshots within the book, the other, my extended family calls because the smart doorbell logs visitors an hour before they arrive, or the Wi-Fi is "broken" while every light on the router looks fine...
Basics Series - #5 Firewall Configuration (OPNsense VM Configuration) Part 3
Welcome back to the Basics Series. In Basics Series - #3 we compared the firewall market, picked OPNsense for the lab, and installed it as a VM. In Basics Series - #4 we worked through the traditional vs. transparent-bridged decision and I promised a configuration walkthrough. This is that post...
Know the Ground: Inside the Network Security Controls Labs of the Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook
Before we get into the core of the article — a quick, time-bound note. Packt is sponsoring a giveaway on my LinkedIn channel...This post moves to the first place that thinking touches wire: Category 2, Network Security Controls...
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It's Official: Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook, Second Edition Is Now Available for Pre-Order!
The Second Edition of the Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook: An Architect's Guide to Designing, Building, and Defending the Modern Enterprise is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
books
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Review: Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions - 200-301 CCNA Exam Guide (Second Edition)
This second edition serves as both a thorough exam preparation resource and a practical reference for aspiring network professionals targeting the Cisco 200-301 CCNA certification.
AI
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Insights and Reflections "Deep Dive"
This "Deep Dive," generated through AI in a podcast style, provides a review of the main themes and important ideas presented in the "Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook."
