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Is 30 too old to break into the field ?
 

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@Regine Hunter the 501? were any labs on there and i keep reading its the same test bank depending on when you take it but congrats none the less
i take mines next month

i'm doing these labs now and feeling :win:
 

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@Regine Hunter the 501? were any labs on there and i keep reading its the same test bank depending on when you take it but congrats none the less
i take mines next month

i'm doing these labs now and feeling :win:
Got mine not so much, but you defffffffff need to know infrastructure and ACL rules. I fukked up and choked and couldn’t remember some ports.

And application of security controls in the data center, office space, guest lounge, etc.

Where to apply switches and firewalls. Mine virtually had no cryptography, just a few questions on certificate extensions (binary vs ascii)
 

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I’m gonna learn my way around Kali, and figure my way around a SIEM. What’s the preferred one to use in the industry?
Probably Splunk because it has multiple uses. The Splunk user cert training is free and the cert used to be free also. I got a ton of jobs just from having Splunk on my resume. You could download it for free and get experience on it.
 
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Got mine not so much, but you defffffffff need to know infrastructure and ACL rules. I fukked up and choked and couldn’t remember some ports.

And application of security controls in the data center, office space, guest lounge, etc.

Where to apply switches and firewalls. Mine virtually had no cryptography, just a few questions on certificate extensions (binary vs ascii)
theres 35 ports i have flash cards for do i need more



man i really hope im not over thinking this test
 

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This post is my motivation......can’t do this retail shyt for long

I am studying for the sec+ right now and have a Masters in Information science with one year of help desk experience

How you have a MS working retail brother? Why not apply for more help desk postions
 

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theres 35 ports i have flash cards for do i need more



man i really hope im not over thinking this test
you should be good with common ports, but have some UDP under your belt too.

like what does port 3333 do?
what's TCP 1812? you gon see it everywhere
 

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Contractor lost the re-compete. Mgmt said the new contractor taking over in 4 months. They told us it a 99% chance we'll get brought on with the new contractor but they said to still test the waters with our resumes

If we get brought on we all could get pay raises since our team is loved by the client. And the new contractor doesn't want to have to hire new people and train em on processes that we already know. I been coming in during this corona shyt risking getting sick while some other team members work remote (and half ass their work)

I've been studying for the CEH for like a week. Already have the sec+ and cysa+. These recruiters seem to not realize the CySA+ covers everything the CEH does on the DoD 8570 chart:comeon:.

Im getting hit up by recruiters in Indiana, Cincinnati and Hartford, CT. . The gotta pay me atleast $90k+ to move to one of those cities. :scust:

I applied internally with my company to a position in San Diego. Tired of these DC winters.
 
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