Podcast Trial - Episode 1

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We’ve been threatening it for a long time, and we finally got our first podcast done. I say “we", but all the hard work was done by my partner, Robin Cabe. The working title is “Sensuous Sounds of INFOSEC,” because that’s damned funny.

Anyway, for the first episode, which is pretty short at 26 minutes, we just talked about getting into the field of IT security, and some advice and suggestions for starting your career.

Show Notes:

Terms:

Security architect: A person with a broad view of the security and technology in an organization’s environment, usually combining all possible aspects of the organization, including physical/system/network/software/personnel security, lines of business/operations, risk management, and governance, in a holistic way.

Online resources/groups to look at if you're interested in the field:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/InfoSec101/

https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/

https://www.reddit.com/r/security/

https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CompTIA/

https://discord.gg/HyzFj94

Please feel free to ask questions/add feedback in the Comments section, and to offer suggestions of topics you’d like us to discuss in future episodes.

Advice for Job Applicants

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From my brilliant friend George J. Silowash:

"Pro Tip of the day: If you are applying for jobs to multiple organizations, be sure the "Track Changes" feature is turned off in MS Word, or, at least sanitize your document before sending it out to a perspective employer. If you don't, I am one click away from learning where you have applied to. Digital Forensics 001 folks. (No, this was not me, I am not looking for a job.) "

Read and heed. Also, this is good advice for those posting RFPs, too.