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I've recently discovered that if you include the OSI model in your skills section on your CV or resume, potential employers will probably focus on that more than anything else that you list on your CV or resume. They seem drawn to it for some reason and will likely feel the need at some point, to conduct a pop quiz asking you if you can list all 7 layers of the OSI model.
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Be Careful What You Post Online!
Here's a quick story about personal privacy and posting on social media.
In particular, posting videos on platforms like YouTube, Tik-Tok and Facebook, etc.
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This is a video about a real-world, physical security fail that I experienced while staying at a 4 star hotel a little while back..
In a world of constantly evolving technology and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, it's easy to get so focused on the big security risks, that you can easily miss the little every day things that happen within an organization that pose a potential security risk.
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BSides Melbourne 2022 was my first in-person cyber security conference and although I had attended a number of online conferences, I was looking forward to the full in-person conference experience.
The BSides conference took place over 3 days, from the 9th to the 11th of September at the new Seek HQ in Cremorne.
Passwords have always been a pain to deal with, and it's a pain that has only gotten worse as our lives become increasingly interconnected with various websites and web apps.
While the current trend among the tech savvy when it comes to online security is MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) or Passwordless Authentication solutions, there still seems to be a significant portion of the population that struggle to understand the importance of good password hygiene and how best to manage it.
I'm hoping this post will help some of those who are still using, either weak passwords, or the same password and username combinations (including basic variations of the same password) across multiple web logins, understand why it's a bad thing and how using a simple password manager can dramatically increase your online security.