aaronwdejong.net: a blog about my journey in IT and in life.
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What I am Reading and Certifications
Reading I am on the last book that I have told you guys about. This is the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Cert Guide. I have been working on studying for the Network+ along with the CCNA and will be reading more books. There are some additional books that I want to read next. I am reading…
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Musings on changes at aaronwdejong.net
Site Changes I have been working on some changes to the website and concept behind aaronwdejong.net. These changes have allowed for a donation section on the About page which is done as a sole proprietorship not a charity so it is really for contributions and tips. This was done to help finance the website as…
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Taking a New Path
Cybersecurity I have been working on my cybersecurity training and want to go through some more certifications. I’ve decided to take a new path and go more towards the cybersecurity field by doing the Certified in Cybersecurity certification, and the Security+ for this year. Wanting to take some training on the three EC-Council essentials paths,…
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Cryptography and Cybersecurity
Cryptography Recently, I have written an article on LinkedIn which you can get to with the link below. I have been working on some cryptography problems and am an enthusiast for cryptography. There are certain things like the Cicada 3301 cipher that I am thinking about attempting to solve. In this article, I provided a…
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Network Defense and Cybersecurity
Network Defense Working on setting up my learning plan for the year. I am planning on doing a specialty in Network Defense. There are some certifications already for this along with the Blue Team certifications. These Network Defense certifications include the N|DE and C|ND from EC-Council and the eNDP from eLearnSecurity. The N|DE is the…
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Working on Goals for 2024
Certification Changes I am going to only work on four certifications for this year. The certifications that I am working on are still the same for the first two. These are the CompTIA Network+ and the ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity. For the other two, I am working on the CompTIA Security+ and the EC-Council N|DE…
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About my Anxiety
About my Anxiety I have been having some issues with my anxiety with posting on this blog and also my mental health group. I’ve found that the way to overcome this anxiety is to look back at what I have done and try to go through with my daily plans. My plans are the core…
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Cybersecurity and Programming
Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is one of the paths that I am focusing on this year. There is the Certified in Cybersecurity certification, from ISC2, that is a certification that I want to clear this year. This cert will get me to a better spot in my studies as far as cybersecurity goes. I will also be…
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New Direction
Certification Progress Currently working on the CompTIA Network+ and have around half of the training completed. This is due to me still having issues around Cisco exams. I think that I am going to have to go another way to resolve these anxiety issues. I am pushing off the CCST: Networking and CCNA to later…
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Starting off on the right foot
Happy New Year 2024 Happy New Year’s Day! This is going to be my first blog post in 2024. I am getting ready and excited for this year. I am already reading the first book, which is Terraform: Up and Running. Doing around 45 minutes throughout the day for reading. I am looking forward to…
