Tag: writing
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Outside My Comfort Zone
While my focus has of late shifted to cybersecurity, I have spent most of my teaching career focusing on Microsoft technologies. It made sense, since as an IT consultant I had always specialized in Microsoft infrastructure technologies. Even with my recent shift to infosec, I am still the go-to instructor for the Microsoft stack for…
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How Could You Let That Happen?
A close friend of mine, an elderly gentleman from the old country (in every way), is going through a terrible time right now. Part of his struggles includes (a known) someone hacking into his email account. When he asked me ‘…why can’t I just hack into the account to take it back?’ I had to…
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Not Passing and Failing
I maintain a spreadsheet that lists every single certification exam that I have sat since my first one in December of 2001. Each line consists of the date, the exam title, the exam code, the result, and the certification that it was applicable to (since many certifications, especially in those early days, required multiple exams…
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How Railroads Railed Us
The standard gauge of a railroad in North America and Europe is 4′ 8.5″, or four feet, eight and a half inches. Most people will give that absolutely no thought in their entire life. Of those who do, some will think to themselves, ‘I wonder if that is based on an old unit of measure…
The World According to Mitch 