Study for CySA+ v3 or v4?

Study for CySA+ v3 or v4?

by | May 22, 2026 | Career, Security

People who are pursuing CompTIA’s CySA+ certification are stuck with a bit of a decision right now. Do they study for v3 and take the test earlier? Or do they wait until v4 is (probably) released this June? CompTIA’s CySA+ page only says that the new version will be...
Are We Leaving People Hanging?

Are We Leaving People Hanging?

by | Feb 8, 2024 | Security

I recently discussed an escalation in tactics by scammers during an episode of the Security Weekly News podcast. The quick summary is that a finance employee in Hong Kong received an email that appeared to be from their CFO in the UK telling them to transfer the money...
Making Friends and Their Impact in Our Lives

Making Friends and Their Impact in Our Lives

by | Dec 30, 2023 | Career

The other day my son was asking to use some hardware that I had collected over the years and I ran across this little gem. In 2009, my employer had assigned me to the security role I had been advocating for. As part of this, our CIO felt that I needed to go to Black...
Developing Our Teams

Developing Our Teams

by | Sep 15, 2023 | Security

Today I’ve been reading Adversarial Tradecraft in Cybersecurity by Dan Borges and ran into these lines in chapter 1. “Expertise is also a seriously limiting factor in the cybersecurity landscape. The ability to develop new capabilities or operation expertise cannot be...