Hey there, fellow security professionals! If you’re tired of manually checking AWS configurations for compliance issues, or if you’re looking to automate your SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audit preparation,...

This is it! The first major step in my hands-on learning journey. Building a home lab felt incredibly intimidating, but I decided to just dive in. My main goal was to create a sandboxed environment...

It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. After 5 years in general IT support, I felt stuck. I was good at fixing computers and helping users, but I wanted something more challenging, more strategic. Cy...

After months of studying, practice tests, and more coffee than I care to admit, I finally passed the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) exam! Here’s my complete study plan, the resources I used, and what ...

I never realized how much data was flying around my network until I fired up Wireshark for the first time. It was like putting on X-ray vision glasses—suddenly I could see every packet, every conve...

There’s this voice in my head that keeps whispering, “You don’t belong here.” Every time I solve a problem or learn something new, it’s followed by doubt. “Anyone could have figured that out.” “You...