Daily Cyber Threat Brief

SIEMs are a critical part of #cybersecurity and are run by SIEM engineers. What is a SIEM Engineer, and how do you become one?Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

Joined by Erika McDuffie!Gerald is a GRC expert and cybersecurity practitioner.We will give full explanations, full thought process, and teaching you how to answer the questions no matter what they ask.#cybersecurity #GRC #interviewSimply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

#Tattoo are common now more then ever and are appearing more acceptable in the workplace, but the acceptance is subjective.  What do you think? A small heart on the wrist is cute. Ok?An arm tattooed from wrist to shoulder. Ok?A face tattoo. Ok?Why are some ok and others unacceptable in the workplace and what are the qualifiers you apply when answer this question.We will dig in!I'm hoping to be able to allow chat to share their tattoos LIVE on-stream, so be ready to show off that ink. GDrive Link with Photos Referenced has been removed.Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

The Conti Ransomware gang has startled many for their criminally effective startup environment. Well organized with third party affiliates and even “bounties” for enterprise insiders to provide them with information on their own organizations makes them #Conti is one of the most prolific ransomware gangs today. Join to learn about:How the Conti Ransomware attacks do reconnaissance and pick their targets.Their favorite best practices tools, tactics, and techniques.How offensive testing techniques can be used in your enterprise to safely simulate Conti attacks to shore up defenses against them and other attackers.Check out Cymulate's 2021 State of Cybersecurity Effectiveness Usage Report for free here: https://cymulate.com/resources/2021-c...Dave Klein, Director, and Cyber Evangelist for Cymulate is a 20 plus year cybersecurity veteran is a well-known author, speaker, and cybersecurity expert.Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

ICS Security is a front and center area of interest, but to the uninitiated it's a mysterious unknown in the #cybersecurity community. What is the current state of ICS Security, is it a niche sub-set in industry, and what skills are needed? https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmichaellee/https://twitter.com/RobertMLeehttps://www.dragos.com/Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

🔴 Stacey Lokey and I are co-hosting a very special #simplycyber livestream on 4/14.🎯 Akin to a call-in radio show, we are planning on talking to as many people as we can about their lessons learned or pit falls to avoid on their journey to break into #cybersecurity.  Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

The modern SOC analyst has to deal with hundreds of alerts daily. Understanding threats, false/true positives, and how to prioritize true incidents are all needed skills for effective SOC analysts.Automate alert triage, incident response, and threat hunting with Intezer. Get a free account to analyze 50 files per month (or sign up for the 14-day enterprise trial to test the full capabilities)  Link to Intezer:https://bit.ly/3Nz6gvGGet help dealing with alert fatigue. During alert triage and response, quickly classify threats and extract IoCs from suspicious files, URLs and endpoints—providing you similar insights as an experienced reverse engineer. Resolve alerts on your own, up to your threat analysis skills, and get clear classification for threats in seconds. Intezer automates your workload by identifying reuse of code, techniques, and infrastructure to ensure you never have to deal with a threat more than once. With Intezer's powerful platform, both new and experienced analysts can quickly identify threat families and extract artifacts for detection & hunting.Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

Reversing is a valuable skill within the #cybersecurity industry. The ability to take apart a binary to analyze it and see exactly how it works is useful on the blue side (to figure out what that malware is doing) and on the red side (to find vulnerabilities).How do you get this skill, how hard is it, and what it actually look like??Guest Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshstroschein/https://twitter.com/jstroschhttps://www.youtube.com/c/M9developmenthttps://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/josh-stroscheinhttps://github.com/jstrosch/malware-sampleshttps://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-training/courses/malware-analysis-for-l3-soc-analysts/Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

Much focus is given to operational roles within the information security space, but there are many other opportunities that might align with your personality, skillset, and strengths.It will be truly a look at a potential career path you could pursue, without having to commit 5 years to find out if you like it.Guest Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgreaux/Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io

SOC Analyst skills are in high market demand. There are so many options to get experience between cyber ranges, labs, youtube videos, and books. How do you cut through the noise to find the valuable skills, the avenues to learn these skills, and how to obtain them in an affordable manner?The PAY WHAT YOU CAN model ensures that not only do you get an amazing set of marketable skills, but you get it at a price point that will absolutely work for your budget, including $0.We will go deep on the current state of SOC, his approach to teaching, and why his core skills are THE CORE SKILLS for any SOC Analysthttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/soc-core-skills-w-john-strand/Guest Links:https://twitter.com/strandjshttps://twitter.com/BHinfoSecurityhttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-hills-information-security/https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/Simply Cyber's mission is to help purpose driven professionals make and and take a cybersecurity career further, faster.📱 Social MediaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldaugerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/Gerald_AugerYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/GeraldAugerDiscord:  https://discord.gg/VsNWyZnJBT🔥 My Curated Website of Free Cyber Resourceshttps://SimplyCyber.io