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I was very honored to be a guest on the Safing podcast, interviewed by Raphael Fiedler, my friend and colleague. We argued about privacy and politics, and generally had a lot of fun! If you get an opportunity, check it out: https://safing.io/podcast/2021/03/05/should-privacy-even-exist/
Wow— I had no idea this was even happening…but my book on privacy, “Exposed,” is now available as an audiobook:
The reader is amazing, and I think it turned out really well. Please let me know what you think of it, if you listen to it!
I’m very excited about this: the first audiobook version of my work is now available for presale!
It will eventually be available through all popular audiobook vendors. Enjoy!
My friend and colleague Roger Ison-Haug of Berigo has generously offered to sponsor five students for my Udemy course, “How To Pass Your INFOSEC Exam.” The first five people to respond to this link and ask for the course, get paid access, compliments of Roger! Thank you, Roger, and thank you Berigo!
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6770752797093748737/
It’s my pleasure to announce my first Udemy course, available to the public, based on my book, “How To Pass Your INFOSEC Exam: A guide to passing the SSCP, CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, Security+, and CCSK.” This course includes two sections: Security Basics, and Cryptography, totalling three hours of content. I intend to publish additional courses, with sections covering all the material in the book, in the future.
I’m very interested to hear feedback and suggestions; I hope you like it, and find the material beneficial for earning your certification!
https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-pass-your-infosec-exam/?referralCode=CEB07D31DF60C7FB5113
Erica racing
Erica getting attention from a horse
Erica on the show!
The book Patti mentioned: http://www.wateringcanpress.com/html/supersmartcyberguide.html
The JROTC program Patti mentioned: https://mcjrotc.net/innovation-camp
Markel, the company where Patti is the CISO: https://www.markel.com/
One of my former students, Mark Landes, shared this with me today. Mark reminds us of the purpose and use of practice questions: not to learn the material, but to prepare for how to deal with questions about the topics. Thanks, Mark, and congratulations!
”Hi Ben. I was in the CCSP boot camp with ISC2 conference last November. Just wanted to let you know I passed the certification exam in December and got the confirmation of award in late January. Your class and books (study guide and practice exams) were a great help. There were not a lot of direct ‘book questions’ from either, but rather a lot of questions applying the cloud models and technologies the books taught. The practice of answering all those sample questions really helped prepare from a psychological perspective. Thanks again!”
I was extremely honored to appear on a Tech Talk session moderated by my friend and colleague Prashant Mohan, hosted by INFOSEC Train. The audience was great, and it was Prashant’s first time as a moderator! I had a blast. You can check out the recording here:
Links mentioned in the show:
CapinTech: https://capintech.com/
CapinCrouse: https://www.capincrouse.com/
I was very proud to have been interviewed for the cover story in the latest issue of the Information Security Professional magazine. Many thanks to writer Astrid Harders and editor Anne Saita!
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) just published Version 4 of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). If you are involved with securing a cloud environment, I cannot recommend this tool highly enough; it works for any type of organization, in any kind of cloud deployment. Best of all, it’s my favorite price: free.
Go download it here: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/cloud-controls-matrix-v4
Vinge’s original paper on the subject: https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html
Just published the official Second Edition of my book, "How To Pass Your INFOSEC Exam: A Guide To Passing The SSCP, CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, Security+, and CCSK" with revisions, updates, and corrections to the original.
The ebook is available here: https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
The paperback is available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T7HNPK7?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Many, many thanks to Robin Cabe, who formatted it, and Rachel Ribando-Gros (https://ribandogros.webnode.com/) for the kickass new cover. You two are the BEST!
ISC2 is finally going to experiment with offering online testing. It’s the last major INFOSEC certification body to do so, and it’s taken a long time to get to this point. I applaud this evolution, and am pleased that underserved communities will finally be able to leap the barrier to entry that physical testing required. (I’m also glad that online testing will reduce pollution necessitated by travel.)
Well done, ISC2!
https://www.isc2.org/News-and-Events/Press-Room/Posts/2021/01/11/ISC2-To-Offer-Online-Exam-Proctoring-for-CISSP-and-Other-Cybersecurity-Certifications