Security breaches are unfortunately quite common due to human error within an organization.  2011, I went on my first deployment in the United States Navy.  Our first port visit was to Portsmouth, England.  I was ecstatic to share pictures of this first naval adventure with my family and friends from home.  I immediately plugged my…

This child displays cutting-edge cybersecurity skills and is a well-rounded athlete and gymnast. However, during the duration of the video, it was apparent that most of the vulnerabilities were due to Bluetooth and wifi susceptibilities. One attack is bluesnarfing, which is derived from combining two words: “Bluetooth” and “snarfing.” Bluesnarfing is a cyber-attack that predominantly…

After reviewing this week’s modules, the essential difference between a threat and an attack is if the threat has been exploited.  A threat, in summary, is a potential weak point that an individual could take advantage of with nefarious intentions.  An attack is the literal occurrence of exploitation occurring.  I conceptualized this difference in means…

The threat of malicious applications on a network never ceases. However, we have numerous techniques to mitigate these risks and prevent the impact of infection. Organizations should consistently update software patches or updates to correct possibly vulnerable code in an application susceptible to malicious attacks such as buffer overload and vulnerabilities like SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting…

Security breaches are unfortunately quite common due to human error within an organization.  2011, I went on my first deployment in the United States Navy.  Our first port visit was to Portsmouth, England.  I was ecstatic to share pictures of this first naval adventure with my family and friends from home.  I immediately plugged my…

  IPv4 is unfortunately coming to an end.  When attending a course for CCNA, I recall the instructor stating that the IPv4 address spacing was dying out and would have already been exhausted if it was not for NAT (network address translation); it is a method to map numerous private addresses inside a local network…

I finally achieved the coveted CCNP Enterprise certification. I failed this certificate a numerous times, however with plenty of hands on labs and dozens of practice questions I passed ! Please contact me if you need any study material. Quick tip, please be proficient at configuring NHRP tunnels and be fluent in BGP. Please take…

Ok, this seems like a hot topic debate. Wanted to hear everyone’s opinion on this. I maybe biased but I believe college holds more weight than certifications. Oh, my bachelors degree won’t expire either.

How useful is Python ? I always desired to be fluent in Python scripting. Does anyone know how useful Python is for network engineers ?