Skills for the Future

Important Skills that I want to highlight include Linux Operating System User Management, Penetration Testing, and Bash Shell Scripting.

Linux Operating System User Management:


Linux operating system user management has relevance across multiple disciplines. cybersecurity research is one and understanding user management is critical for controlling access, defining permissions and analyzing vulnerabilities and multi-user environments. data science and high-performance Computing is another discipline and many scientific Computing environments are Linux based effective user management and shares that diverse teams can securely and efficiently collaborate on shared resources. Social science and policy studies is another discipline examining user Management Systems can offer insights into digital privacy laws ethical computing and inclusivity and technology design. Access Control models reflect broader security and organization principles and group structures mirror organization hierarchies and collaborative workflows.

These images above show how I can use a Linux system to manage users in real time

Penetration Testing:


Penetration testing also has relevance across disciplines such as cybersecurity information assurance. Healthcare and IoT and ethics and legal studies. penetration testing is at the core of proactive cyber defense strategies and aids in the detection of vulnerabilities and systems used across multiple fields. In healthcare and Iot, penetration testing ensures the security of interconnected medical devices and sensitive patient PII. In ethics and legal studies, penetration testing introduced ethical dilemmas and regulatory concerns that cross technical and social domains.

These images are a step by step process of using the dvwa database and using a penetration testing method called SQL injection to take the hashes and user information

Bash Shell Scripting:


In bash shell scripting there can be relevance across disciplines such as Automation and research system administration and Creative Industries and digital humanities. In automation in research fields like bioinformatics physics and social sciences, bash scripts automate repetitive tests like preprocessing and simulation runs. In system administration bash your scripting is essential for maintaining servers conducting backups and managing resources and multidisciplinary projects. In creative industries and digital humanities automating multimedia, processing file organization, and text analysis and large-scale projects using bash scripting can be advantageous.

This image above shows my knowledge regarding bash scripting in a Linux environment I ended up making a game where you had to choose a lucky number and if you were wrong you got to guess again

Interdisciplinary application:

Some skills and concepts for entrepreneurial application include critical thinking collaboration and ethical awareness. critical thinking would be included in all three and demand logical reasoning troubleshooting skills. Collaboration is important because user management fosters teamwork by balancing access and security while penetration testing and scripting require communication to align Technical and non-technical objectives. In ethical awareness penetration testing and particular Bridges technology with societal implications encouraging reflection on the impact of research and technology on privacy law and policy.

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