Category: Certification Posts
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Goal Setting for Q1 2026
Newsletter I have started a weekly newsletter that I am doing on Thursday’s at 2:05 PM MST. You can sign up for the Aaron W. DeJong Newsletter for free on Medium at the following link: https://medium.com/aaron-w-dejong-it-articles/newsletter You could also become a member on Medium which will let you see my articles and blog posts. The…
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Scheduled Changes and Updates
Scheduled Changes I have updated my calendar to add some more boxed out sessions for my studying. This includes studying more throughout the day and making it more routine. I am working on my skill set with TryHackMe and HacktheBox boxed in every day. There are some rooms that will help me increase my skill…
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Changing to a Network Administrator Role
Training I have been training with my study plan on the Linux Essentials certification. In addition, I have been doing some more courses on Udemy. I am now on the Personal Plan and can get access to something like 26,000+ courses. Doing some cybersecurity courses on Udemy including Volume 1 of Nathan House’s course. On…
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Changes to the Script
Changes to Training I was having some anxiety regarding the GSEC exam. This was due to doing essentially five certification training materials and it got overwhelming. I am thinking about re-approaching the GSEC later in my career. For now, I would like to focus on getting a Network Administrator role. With this role I will…
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Building my Knowledgebase
Building my Knowledge I am building my knowledge and the GSEC is what I am focused on for the rest of the year. I am studying to take this certification next year in February or March. There are some things that I am doing with my study plan. This is to focus more on the…
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Training and Ruby Update
Training I am working more on the GSEC training that I have for my study plan. Working with the GSEC training will allow me to take the GSEC around February or March in 2026. I have found that the training is somewhat easier than I expected, it just encompasses a lot of information. There are…
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Headway on Training
Training I have been doing some training for the GSEC certification and have completed one of the training items. This was the Udemy Certified in Cybersecurity Crash Course. I had been doing it before the change and was getting into doing that certification. The certification for the GSEC is having me train essentially for five…
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GIAC Security Essentials Certification Update
GIAC Security Essentials The GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) is an exam that is essentially the same as learning five certifications in one. These certifications include the CompTIA Security+ and CySA+, and the Certified in Cybersecurity from ISC2. They also include the Network Defense Essentials from EC-Council, and the AWS Cloud Practitioner – Foundational. These are…
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Training and Focus Changes
Training For my training I am moving to a three-bucket system. The three-bucket system is that I am focusing on a primary, a secondary, and general skill sets. For the primary skill set I am working on my Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, and Network Security skills. On the secondary skill set I will be focusing on…
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Traveling on a Less Traveled Path
Article I have made another article on Medium that is called Network Penetration Testing Certifications which you can find at the following link: https://medium.com/@dejong.aaron/network-penetration-testing-certifications-d1ee997d3420 I put some of my blog posts for this year on Medium as well and plan to do more articles on the Medium site. This article goes into the certifications that…
