It never was. At some point in the last decade, the network and security operations industry collectively decided that the problem was visibility, and that the solution was dashboards. If you could just see everything, in one place, you could fix anything faster. So we built dashboards. We bought tools that promised a single pane…… Continue reading The Dashboard Isn’t the Answer
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My First Tech Field Day: Notes from the Edge of the Wave
Actual image of my brain after AIFD8. The TFD Experience About a week ago I attended my first Tech Field Day event, specifically AI Field Day 8, and I’m still processing it. I’ve been to many technical conferences: I’m a regular at Cisco Live, attended VMware events, Microsoft TechEd back when that was a thing,…… Continue reading My First Tech Field Day: Notes from the Edge of the Wave
The Work That We Do
The work that we do, most of the time, is unseen and thankless. It is the stage lighting for the actors, the underside of the tapestry, the foundation upon which the auditorium rests.The work that we do is the underpinning of our entire modern society, ignored by most until there is an issue and generally…… Continue reading The Work That We Do
CCIE: No Longer TBD!
Around 11:00pm last night, I got the email that my score report was ready. I had felt okay leaving the lab center, MUCH better than the first attempt, but tried to keep my expectations in check and be ready to plan round 3 if I failed again.I cannot even begin to describe the emotional wave…… Continue reading CCIE: No Longer TBD!
RFC and Standards Documents
In this post, I will keep a running tally of IETF RFC and/or IEEE Standards documents that are relevant to the CCIE Security v6 Lab exam and/or just useful references in general. This is in no particular order (for the time being) and should be considered a living document which I will update as things…… Continue reading RFC and Standards Documents
Closing the Gaps: My CCIE Study Roadmap
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been reading through Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions, Volumes I and II. At my current pace, I expect to finish Volume II within the next few days at around 50 hours of time invested since I picked things back up at the beginning of October – at…… Continue reading Closing the Gaps: My CCIE Study Roadmap
eBGP Multihop vs. eBGP TTL-Security
The following is a really great article by Jon Langemak examining the differences in router behavior when using eBGP multihop vs. eBGP ttl-security. http://www.dasblinkenlichten.com/ebgp-multihop-vs-ttl-security/ Check it out, it is well worth the read. By default, eBGP packets are sent with a TTL = 1, because we assume a directly-connected peer. If the peer is a…… Continue reading eBGP Multihop vs. eBGP TTL-Security
Home Lab Components
As I start things out by going through the CBT Nuggets SCOR course to refresh my mind on a lot of the topics I went through for the SCOR exam, I know the next thing around the corner is going to be really digging into the CCIE Security V6 blueprint, and doing lots of research…… Continue reading Home Lab Components
My Study Schedule
I am not somebody who has classically good study habits. I get distracted easily or go too deep on tangents easily, I historically suck at taking notes, and sometimes when I don’t have a clear direction and a plan I struggle to get started at all – I frequently say my whiteboard is the most…… Continue reading My Study Schedule
Reading List
Here is a list of the books I own which will be used as reference material during my CCIE studies. Some I will probably read cover to cover, others may get a cursory glance. This list is certainly not the only list like this out there, nor is it perfectly comprehensive, but it covers the…… Continue reading Reading List
CCIE #TBD 