Hey guys, long time no see. Sorry I’ve been away since my last post but I’ve been a bit busy to say the least. Since my last post in Feb, 2024, I’ve gone on to learn a bunch and experience new opportunities. In March of 2024, I finally became a SOC Analyst which I’ve been dreaming of doing since 2022. I’ve been working non-stop at the SOC learning as much as I can on my own and from senior analysts. I also was working on HackTheBox’s Cyber Defender Security Analyst (CDSA) and boy was that some good training. I submitted my exam about a week or 2 ago but still have not heard back. I recommend any aspiring entry/junior level take a look at that certification as I believe it to be the best source of blue team material for beginners. Don’t worry, more on that later if I pass (fingers crossed).
I also stopped my masters program (at least for now) due to it being a bit costly along with my uncertainty of a need for a cyber security master’s degree if I already have a bachelor’s with professional experience and certifications. I may consider going back in the future for maybe comp sci or business maybe? I guess we’ll see when we get there. Overall, I’ve just been working on my own everyday on different learning platforms instead of school is the only difference. Labs, projects, skills, all needs to be worked on as I aim to advance my career in this field we need to be updated on constantly.
So yeah, pretty much have professional technical experience now being apart of a SOC, blue team skills are getting better everyday, and have just been keeping myself busy trying to be better. Currently, I want to shift my focus on projects, I was working on my resume this weekend and I noticed that my project section is my weakest spot. Since the weekend, I’ve revamped my Github page I used for school labs into a cybersecurity portfolio (https://github.com/HackerFromEarth). I want to work on more projects to add to my portfolio for the purposes of developing my skills of course, the hands on work, and just having a better understanding of these new experiences to grow on my own.
I’ll go back to posting on here more frequently than last year of course haha. But yeah that’s what I’ve been up to since I’ve been away. I hope you all have been well, leave a comment to let me know what you guys have been up to also or if you have any questions I could answer. Thank you :).