A colleague sent me this study plan, and I was so excited to dive in! Here’s Katie’s intro to her plan: There are many ways to learn. While some people prefer to have a live instructor in a course, others are great at doing self-study. I teach SANS FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence, which is a great…

A few notes before I get started: GIAC Exams are open book. “Easy!” you may think. Nope, not easy! There are two factors at play here. One is time, and the other is the amount of content covered. The GSEC exam is 180 questions with a 5 hour time limit. That’s roughly a minute and…

I feel a little weird about it because these classes are not cheap, but hear me out. I’ve been a SAHM (read: six kids and all the craziness that comes with running that crew) for more years than I like to admit. I mean, yes I’ve done a lot of things outside of that role…

I passed the Security+ exam yesterday! My hard goal was to finish before the SY0-501 exam version is retired this summer, but secretly I hoped to finish in March or April. Well, life got in the way of my March or April dreams, but I met my true goal so I’m definitely happy about it.…

Time to complete the trifecta! I started studying for this one as soon as the holidays were over, and I’m excited to really dig in. Here’s are the resources I’m planning on using: CompTIA exam objectives – this is a must for any CompTIA exam, they’re so detailed! CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-501…