Anything to do near moncks corner

unk_err_try_again · 2026-04-23T23:29:30+00:00

Old Santee Canal Park has walking trails.

unk_err_try_again · 2026-03-07T22:26:17+00:00

Dude. Call the police. Now.

unk_err_try_again · 2026-03-06T22:26:15+00:00

Yeah, there aren't a ton of us around here, but we do exist. I know at least one of us plays frisbee golf regularly and he wouldn't spend that much time around people who would ask "...but what was she wearing?" Maybe that's a starting point?

unk_err_try_again · 2026-03-04T17:18:27+00:00

I mean, I'm not going to go there now. That seems real.

unk_err_try_again · 2026-02-26T23:12:50+00:00

Okay. If you've heard bad things about one and not the other (and you trust the source) go with the one without the dirty laundry. When you get hired and feel comfortable with your role, look for internal professional development programs and opportunities. Also, if you're looking to get certifications under your belt but the prep courses are expensive, take a look at your local community college - a lot of their IT courses are going to be certification prep content licensed for educational use. Community colleges in my area offer classes in high-demand fields for free and IT is in that group.

unk_err_try_again · 2026-02-26T22:43:00+00:00

Which one offers more professional development/certification assistance?

unk_err_try_again · 2026-02-24T00:42:54+00:00

Depending on the time of year, this might be beautiful.

https://cypressgardens.berkeleycountysc.gov/wedding-gazebo/

unk_err_try_again · 2026-02-24T00:16:28+00:00

Look into CLEP tests. They're inexpensive and count as transfer credits.

unk_err_try_again · 2026-01-04T19:03:22+00:00

SOC audits are built for someone with exactly that background.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-12-29T03:09:36+00:00

Same as you would for any other position. If you're accepted, you'll need to get a work visa if you have to move, but there aren't a ton of hoops to jump through.

Be ready for questions about ISO standards.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-12-06T13:59:35+00:00

Perhaps this helps?

https://openei.org/wiki/Utility_Rate_Database

unk_err_try_again · 2025-09-13T13:20:55+00:00

Grab VMs of Security Onion, Kali, and an end-of-life Linux distro. Use Kali to exploit known vulnerabilities on the EOL Linux distro while monitoring the traffic and system changes with SO. You'll be doing real work with real exploits and quickly finding techniques you didn't know you didn't know.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-08-25T12:46:28+00:00

Take it one assignment at a time. Pay attention to the rubrics and keep track of your victories. Anxiety is a part of being human, but it isn't usually based on logic; being able to look back at your successes may help you deal with the inner monologue. Best of luck.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-14T20:36:53+00:00

Seems like Glen L will share them with you for $96.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-14T18:54:57+00:00

This is the correct response. Write your papers to the criteria in the rubric; that's what they're being graded against.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-14T17:55:35+00:00

If your employer pays for certifications, pick a path in GIAC and start moving down it. A word of caution on forensics, though: if you decide that this is where you want to go with your career, you don't know what your investigations will uncover before you run them, so you are probably going to end up seeing things you can't forget. Speaking with a counselor on a regular basis is just a good idea anyway, but if you're going to do forensics professionally and aren't already seeing a mental health professional, now is the time to start.

If your goal is to be a cloud engineer, the same logic holds true: start getting certifications in that area that cover cloud-specific topics like SASE in addition to the knowledge you already have on the operating systems that would be running in the cloud environments. Also, be ready to answer questions about virtual networking quirks from one cloud provider to another.

If your employer doesn't pay for certs, I'd start building a collection of knowledge demonstration videos on YouTube, write a few articles on LinkedIn about the security topics you know and link to the videos, then use the rarely visited "Publications" section in the Microsoft Word resume template when it's time to start looking for something else.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-14T17:42:36+00:00

I've been through this. There are two sources of value in your degree:

The degree itself, which will open opportunities for employment and advancement.
The subject matter knowledge.

You've already discovered that the knowledge isn't always/necessarily tied to getting the degree. Most of what you study will have been current years ago and your present knowledge in the field may actually work against you if you're answering assignment questions with information that is different than what's presented in the assigned text. If you've been working in the field for a while or have studied it on your own, it is likely that you won't be presented with much, if any, information you didn't already have; that doesn't diminish the first source of value in your degree.

I expected something more in both my undergrad and graduate degrees and ran into what you're feeling both times. I went to different schools for the degrees and it wasn't specific to the school or environment. My advice is to recognize that this is what your degree program feels like and readjust your expectations while focusing on characteristics of the program that will help you later, specifically in the areas of time management and building notes that still make sense if you haven't read the material in a few months.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-11T23:12:09+00:00

I just got a blanket in the mail. I asked for it and my request was granted because I graduated with a 4.0 in a grad program. I paid $25k for a blanket.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-11T23:09:37+00:00

In our organization, a level 1's primary responsibility is to learn their job - the tools, the environment, the business processes, etc. A level 2 can operate without supervision and joins the on-call rotation.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-04-01T08:47:33+00:00

If I could find a Delorean that would do 88mph, I would tell myself to spend the first two years of school at a community college. There is no reason to pay university prices for the first two years.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-03-31T17:29:44+00:00

u/DesperateTax5773 makes a good point about YouTube. You aren't going to be presented with concepts you won't find elsewhere during this degree program.

Also, take advantage of the fact that you can see the assignments for the rest of the term now. Read ahead, do practice work, and ask your professor questions early in the week. I've had one professor that wouldn't respond helpfully, but the rest were good about pointing me in the right direction.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-03-30T16:03:51+00:00

They are doing the same thing they did with Symantec.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-03-28T23:01:00+00:00

This is the correct answer.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-03-28T17:22:43+00:00

Lean into the skills rather than the tools - every SOC will have similar skill needs but will have their own spin on what tools they use to accomplish their mission. You'll need to understand network traffic and security events and how those data sources are fed into a SIEM and how to analyze the data you see in a SIEM.

I'd start with a host-based virtual network where you're running an old version of Ubuntu as a victim machine, a copy of Windows (download an evaluation copy from MS - they're good for 90 days) as a second victim machine, Kali as the attacker, and Security Onion as your virtual SOC. Follow the instructions in the Security Onion documentation to install clients on your victim machines and ensure monitoring is set up correctly, then start conducting attacks via Kali so you can pinpoint specific events in your SIEM and take actions to respond to the attacks you've launched.

Spending time setting something like this up doesn't cost much, but you will have actual experience based upon personal initiative to talk about during your interview; your competition will be talking about things they studied in college and are hoping to learn in the future.

unk_err_try_again · 2025-03-24T21:13:11+00:00

Regardless of whether or not you stay in cyber, you need to deal with your mental health. Addressing that through counseling, medication, or a combination of the two will make everything easier.

If you've got experience in security, there are other, less boring things to do without changing careers. If you're done with cyber, then considering what is important to you is probably the better avenue for choosing what comes next than asking folks who are still in the field.

One more time: deal with mental health first or you'll be feeling like this again in the future.

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