by John Breth | Dec 3, 2020 | Certificates, IT Engineering, IT Operations
This past summer, I passed the Juniper JNCIA-JUNOS exam! This was part of the Juniper Networks Associate certificate challenge I had laid out earlier this year. I challenged myself to go after all 5 of the certs and this was the first one that I attempted to pursue...
by John Breth | Nov 28, 2020 | Certificates, Cloud, IT Engineering, IT Operations
Microsoft has recently been offering free training and a free exam voucher for their Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification. This is a great introduction to understanding cloud technologies as well as the Microsoft Azure service portfolio. I took advantage of this...
by John Breth | Nov 28, 2020 | Certificates, Cloud, Cybersecurity, InfoSec, IT Engineering, IT Operations
Over the past year, there’s been a lot of different opportunities out there for free training and free or discounted exams for folks wanting to do different IT certifications. So I wanted to share something that’s a little bit more network-centric...
by John Breth | Aug 11, 2020 | Cybersecurity, InfoSec, IT Engineering, IT Operations
Today’s blog post is the second part of our #30DaysofJuniper information-sharing campaign (See Part 1 here). For 30 days, we posted tips on Juniper configurations to help novice and experienced engineers alike on Twitter. This is our second campaign like this, as we...
by John Breth | Jul 1, 2020 | Cybersecurity, IT Engineering, IT Operations
Today’s topic was requested on Twitter, to talk a little bit about how to build Cisco switchport trunks and specifically how to improve their security configurations. We’re going to take a look at how to configure them, what are some security best practices, and...
by John Breth | Jun 15, 2020 | Cybersecurity, InfoSec, IT Engineering, IT Operations
Do you want to know how to hack a four-year degree in two years and save yourself tens of thousands of dollars? This topic excites me because it’s something that I try to share with people as much as I can. I’ll show you a few specific hacks that you can...