Cybersecurity controls are mechanisms (which includes processes rather than something tangible) that are used to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber threats and attacks. Best practices suggest that these controls are implemented in a layered approach that provides redundant and diverse protections for the organization. The right set of controls implemented properly will help an organization […]
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Introduction Expanding upon our previous post about IPv4 Addresses (IP Address Basics) today we learn how to subnet existing networks. This is a crucial skill to understand not only from a network administration perspective but it is essential to Security professionals as well. We are going recap some of the basics covered in the previous
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Introduction In a previous article titled IP Address Basics we covered what function IP Addressing serves and many fundamentals of the IPv4 addressing scheme. There is a new protocol on the horizon, one that will eventually replace IPv4 and that is the IPv6 standard. Unfortunately, due to the growing pace of devices being added to
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Introduction For devices to communicate over a network there needs to be some logical addressing scheme. Much in the same way that the post office uses addresses to uniquely identify each house networks use an IP address to uniquely identify each device on a network. There are two main IP address types IPv4 and IPv6
I don’t typically suggest that people memorize a lot of things just for the sake of knowing them off the top of their head! In the real world it isn’t uncommon to use cheat sheets because there is so much to remember in tech and security. One of the few things that I recommend people
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Intro In part 4 of this Python Basics Series we will be exploring loops, if-then statements, and boolean operators. Loops, if-else statements, and boolean operators are essential to any great program as they introduce the ability to branch and apply logic to our code. Code First lets look at what Loops are and what they can
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Intro Now that we have our Python environment set up lets discuss some basic coding concepts. In part 2 of this series we discussed the sections of code but let’s do a quick review and add on a few additional concepts. The first thing we typically start with are comments about our program’s purpose and
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Intro The next step in becoming proficient with Python is to install an Integrated Development Environment or IDE. IDE’s are applications that allow programmers to develop code efficiently and come with tons of features and addon’s. Download The IDE that I suggest is Microsoft Visual Studio and it can be found here https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ the Community
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Introduction Using the Python programming language can be a fun and rewarding process even if you are intimidated by coding or scripting. Python is also one of the most popular languages used in Cybersecurity today so it is immensely valuable to learn. This series is meant to simplify and demystify your journey into learning Python.
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