I Passed the CISSP Exam
Today, I finally conquered the CISSP exam—a milestone I’ve been working toward recently. It’s been a long journey filled with lots of late-night study, some anxiety near the end, and a whole lot of...
The Pentester Blueprint
“The Pentester Blueprint” is a great guide for anyone interested in pursuing a career in penetration testing or cybersecurity. The book, co-authored by Kim Crawley and Phillip L. Wylie, provides a...
Raku: Why It Hasn't Caught On
I've been watching Raku since it was still Perl 6, back when Larry Wall gave his State of the Onion talk in 2000 . Fifteen years from announcement to 1.0. You can defend the timeline; they were...
Do Not "Switch To Linux"
Using Linux for your first time can be very exciting. You suddenly gain access to a wealth of customization options, all the free and open-source software you could ever want or need, and access to a...
Subsequent Data Breaches
The perspective that once personal identifiable information (PII) or personal health information (PHI) has been leaked, subsequent leaks are less significant is a common one. However, there are...
Note Taking Applications
As I delve deeper into the field of cybersecurity and penetration testing I’ve discovered that if you search Google or Youtube for “penetration testing note-taking applications” you’ll see there are...
Why Use Strong Passwords?
During my penetration testing studies I’ve come to realize the need for strong passwords is now more important than ever. I only realized recently just how easy it is to crack a weak password. Let me...
Automate Linux Kernel Builds
I wrote a small shell script™ to automate building new Linux Kernels. I use this to build new kernels on my Debian systems: #!/usr/bin/env bash WORKSPACE='/home/gd/workspace'...
Hand-on Test-Driven Development Book
My new book Hand-on Test-Driven Development Book has been published: https://tddbook.com/ .
Reorder Rails database migrations files
On new Rails apps, that are not in production yet, I sometimes like to reorder my database migrations. I wrote a small Ruby script to automate things.