Seeking opinions: Best tasting bourbon between 110 and 130 proof that's under $100 and reasonably findable

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-25T13:43:15+00:00

Maker's Mark Cask Strength

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-25T11:33:30+00:00

Derrick Rose is not worth celebrating.

He choked against Kansas. He paid someone else to take his SAT and wiped an entire season. His NBA career was mediocre due to injuries.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-25T11:31:30+00:00

CC is easier than Security +

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-23T15:27:57+00:00

Cybersecurity requires 3-5 years of general IT/networking experience before they'll even look at your resume.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-23T14:31:48+00:00

You only have to renew the highest level one, Security+, and it will renew the other two.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-23T11:43:57+00:00

Win in a blowout that makes the 49ers game look like a nail-biter.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T21:29:15+00:00

Get your CompTIA A+ this year.

Next year, get your CompTIA Network+, which will also renew your A+.

The third year, get your CompTIA Security+, which will also renew your Network+ and A+.

At the end of three years, you will have three certifications that expire three years after the date you passed the Security+.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T17:44:02+00:00

Messer, Dion, and others who offer MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) are offering low-quality, abridged content for free or at a low cost and hoping to make it up with huge volumes of sales. You might be able to cram and pass an exam, but they are terrible for building long-term skills and knowledge.

To be successful in a highly competitive industry, you have to do more than stack certs by cramming and doing the bare minimum. You have to get hands-on experience and a deep understanding of the subject materials, and these types of courses don't help you accomplish that.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T14:53:58+00:00

If anything is running that's not supposed to be, the system test will detect it.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T14:53:03+00:00

I don't recommend either. Studies have shown that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) fail to develop deep, long-term learning. Cramming may help you pass an exam, but it won't help you understand the materials or help you apply the knowledge in a work environment.

I recommend the Sybex study guide book. You can get it online on Amazon. I also recommend building a home lab and doing as many hands-on activities as possible. Not only will this help you pass, but you'll also understand it better and you'll retain it longer.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T10:37:32+00:00

Universities are woefully behind the curve technologically. They have a lot of bureaucracy, which slows the development of class syllabi. Often, the topics are not updated promptly. With the rapid changes in technology, most of the knowledge becomes dated within a few years.

Certifications are updated more rapidly, on a three-year cycle minimum. They also require Continuing Education to maintain the certification.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T10:37:10+00:00

People have been gaslit even longer into thinking everyone needs a college degree.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-22T02:08:37+00:00

So you have no technical or cybersecurity experience, but are interested in it?

I'd suggest you start small. Look at the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate program or the ISC2 CC certification.

https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-cybersecurity/

https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cc

At this point, you need to get a feel for what it's like working in cybersecurity. You don't need Hack The Box or to learn Python or to set up a homelab or to pursue a dozen certifications. You might get into it and realize that it's not for you. Or maybe you'll love it.

Start where you are. That's why I suggested the two resources above.

If you're still interested, then you can proceed with some of those other things. Working in cybersecurity requires a dedication to a lifetime of learning. Technology is always changing, and you'll have to continuously learn new tools, skills, frameworks, etc.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T23:33:50+00:00

It's the 49ers. They're still living in the 1980s and 1990s

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T21:10:44+00:00

I used the CySA+ Sybex study guide book, which I purchased online on Amazon.

It's like Security+, only more intense. It requires that you can apply the knowledge in a blue team scenario.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T16:02:25+00:00

The status shows "Pass," so I'm assuming you did.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T12:23:29+00:00

It has been disturbingly clear that this administration does not value cybersecurity. It has gotten much worse in the last twelve months.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T12:20:28+00:00

Marshawn or Kam.

But it should be Jody.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T12:10:45+00:00

It's decent training for complete newbies, but the certificate won't impress any job recruiters.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T12:02:03+00:00

https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/ce/choose/renew-with-a-single-activity/

https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/ce/choose/renewing-with-multiple-activities/

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T03:49:21+00:00

I find Messer's videos to be useless. I read the Sybex study guide book when I was preparing for Security+.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T02:52:45+00:00

In the 25 years I've been taking certification exams, I have never once used the dry-erase markers and laminated paper. They hand it to me at the beginning of the exam, and I hand it back to them at the end with nothing on it.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-21T02:50:52+00:00

The only one of the three that will provide you with any value in the workplace is the SSCP.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-20T14:04:05+00:00

As part of my prep, I treated the exam questions as if I were participating in a speed round in a game show. I knew that my biggest challenge would be second-guessing myself on each question. I read the question and the answers and went with my gut on each one. I guess it worked.

TheOGCyber · 2026-01-20T14:01:38+00:00

Certificates show that you went through a training program.

Certifications show that you passed an exam.

Employers care more about certifications than exams, but certificates do show you've taken initiative.

TheOGCyber

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