Welcome to this review of the Pluralsight course CompTIA Security+ Access Control and Identity Management by Chris Rees This is the 5th course in the Security+ learning path. It is the shortest course at 1h 21m in length and containing just 3 modules. It is quite relevant to application development and many developers will already…
Welcome to this review of the Pluralsight course CompTIA Security+ Application, Data, and Host Security by Chris Rees This is the fourth course in the CompTIA Security+ learning path. This is one of the shorter courses and is comprised of 5 modules: Application Security Controls and Techniques Begins with an explanation of Fuzzing. Then covers…
Welcome to this review of the Pluralsight course CompTIA Security+ Threats and Vulnerabilities by Chris Rees This course discusses the range of malware that threatens your network, both at work and at home. Even if you have no interest in becoming a security professional, the material in this course could arm you with the knowledge…
Welcome to this review of the Pluralsight course CompTIA Security+ Compliance and Operational Security by Chris Rees This is the second, and the biggest course in the learning path with 9 different modules. The first module is Risk and Related concepts. It covers the security cycle: Assets are endangered by Threats that exploit Weaknesses resulting…
Welcome to this review of the Pluralsight course CompTIA Security+ Network Security by Chris Rees. This is the first course in the Pluralsight Security+ learning path, covering the first domain of the CompTIA Security+ exam. It describes a huge number of different networking terms and concepts, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network address translation,…
Pluralsight currently has four different learning paths for aspiring and established IT security professionals. Each learning path relates to a specific industry certification that you can gain. In addition to the learning paths there are a couple of single courses for other industry certifications or standards: Microsoft MTA. This stands for Microsoft Technology Associate, and this…
Welcome to the first of my 2016 series of posts on Pluralsight learning paths. My aim is to complete a learning path every month and give you my take on what the best bits are and whether or not you should follow the learning path yourself. For January 2016 I have chosen CompTIA Security+. There…
I have run a poll on Twitter asking whether or not paying ransomware should be made illegal. This is paying ransom to online attackers who have encrypted your files, in the hope of retrieving a decryption key in return. Paying ransomware already is illegal in many countries, but in many others it remains legal. The…
2015 has been a year in which I’ve learned more about myself. This helped me in writing Psychology for programmers, which discusses psychometric assessments and personality types, and is the first of a 3 part series on creativity published on SimpleProgrammer.com. I’ve learned that it is almost always a mistake to make decisions that commit a…
Zombie Code Kill 